Just a quickie!

I spent most of the daylight hours today in my sewing room... I got the borders onto yesterday's lapquilt project.

 And then I started on this project... this is a pattern I purchased from the IceHouse quilt shop up near Houghton ( or is it Higgins?) Lake.  I don't remember what year it was but it was my second (and last) time I went on retreat with some of the other guild members.

What you see here are only 1/2 of the blocks... there is one more that needs to be joined to each of these to make a 'row', but you don't sew them together until almost all the applique is done. 

It's not a big quilt... more like a narrow crib quilt or wall hanging - I'm going with the second option.

Best thing of all is that I am not having to go purchase anything for this - well, except for MAYBE a backing; we'll have to see about that when I get that far.  I thought I was going to have to buy some fabric for the background but then I remembered the yellows I had purchased (but didn't use) for the
Save the Bees sew along and even after cutting one set of three background blocks too small, there was still enough to recut in the correct size.

Ok, that's it for tonight and since tomorrow is grocery shopping/bill paying day there might not be much of anything done quilting wise until Thursday.  That is, of course, contingent on Mother Nature and her 'mood' tomorrow; if it's nasty, we'll stay home and do our running around before/after hubby's dr. appointment the next day.

I'll give you more info about the current quilt the next time I blog.  I'm being lazy tonight and I don't want to go back into my sewing room.  :)

take care....
ttyl....