back to quilting

so, today i finished RE-basting the lovers' links quilt that i want to finish this autumn.  i bit the bullet, put up the folding table and got it done.   now, i can sit and quilt on it in the evening as we are getting temps cool enough to do so.  i hope you can see how it's going to be quilted, in the white spaces only.  also today i worked on the amish pinwheels AND the red/cream northwind.  these 3 projects plus the civil war diary are going to dominate my time for the immediate future.  once this bed-size quilt is done, i'd like to tackle another bed size and get it finished before the end of the year.  as i've said before, i'm paring down the number of bed quilts i'll make and focus more on small projects i can finish quicker.  **** went to the beach this afternoon for a few hours; no "stuff" just a chair and a bottle of water.  it was heavenly there; nice breeze, not too hot.  it was easy to see where irene had left her mark.   lots of seaweed and broken shells, driftwood and even rocks washed up.  the tide came all the way up to the parking lot, which is a fair way from usual.  we're taking advantage of every good beach day we can, soaking up all the rays we can!