Well, things didn't go exactly as planned...but I did finally finish the Vintage Tin quilt that was on my quilt frame for most of last year. It's not trimmed or bound yet - that's been part of my delay - trying to either find the binding already cut along with a label made up or fabric enough left over from the quilt top to make binding along with making a quilt label. No pic yet either. I've made a new label and found enough fabric to make the binding, I hope.
I'm still in the process of straightening up my work table in the hopes that I'll find the already made up binding but hope is growing dim.
In the meantime, I made this quilt top for the young(er) woman who lives across the street from me.
I didn't have anything that I thought would work for a baby quilt so went online and ordered a cute print of ducks on a yellow background. It just arrived yesterday so I haven't had time/energy to take a photo. It's been a busy weekend. I hope to get this quilt on the frame for quilting sometime this week- it won't be done this week, though.
Almost forgot that I decided that I'd take the 2 1/2" leftover squares from the baby quilt and mix them in with other blocks of the same size and work on another quilt top. Years ago, when I was still a member of the quilt guild, at one of our Saturday sewing ins, a group of us made Goodnight Irene quilt tops and then made quilts with them. While trying to organize my 'stuff', I found the pattern again and decided to use those 2 1/2" squares to make a smaller version.
Well, it didn't go as quickly as I had thought it would. The main blocks are done but are not sewn together --and I still have to make 26 border blocks...sigh. Anyway, here's what I have so far. 
Ok, so I think I've caught up on the past two weeks in my quilting world. Other than to tell about the Art Quilt that quilting friend, Joyce and I went to yesterday afternoon. It wasn't a huge show but there was plenty to look at and a couple of artists there to tell you about their work. One was a woman who created quilted sculptures and had two on display. Because it was very crowded and an art galley, I didn't try to take photos...and most would be hard to describe.
Carol Bryer Fallert-Gentry had an entry...Wow! Never thought I'd see one in person. I asked the young woman at the desk how they happened to have one of her quilts. She said that they put out a world wide notice asking for art quilts for their show and she contacted them! This was in WILLIAMSTON - what was a farming community when I (and my four younger siblings) attended school there is now a community with antique shops and condos...another 'bedroom' community to East Lansing and MSU.
If you look up Loewen Art Gallery in Williamston, Mi., you can see a bit of what we saw.
Ok, time to let the B's out to potty so they can have their bedtime treat - and quit buggin' me for it lol.
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