off to the quilting pile

that would be the orange scrappy mod top...finally done, well almost.  have decided to add a very narrow white border to it to "stop" the eye and then it'll get bound with a gray solid which should pull out the gray in the alternate blocks as all those oranges are a bit overpowering.  and that aurifil variegated orange thread is perfect for quilting this!

this pattern came from the book "modern neutrals" altho would hardly call it neutral!  but it came out exactly had envisioned it would be and really like it a lot.  this one is a keeper....and yesterday was the monthly meeting of the bee; brought my little solid bow ties and got a small stack sewn.  still need quite a few, like 180 or so, to finish off this project but there's no deadline....basically to use up scraps and stash. 

am also quilting on the donation quilt and sewed up a small stack of 2" squares into foursies.  next up is the latest of the star blocks with those yummy kaffe prints and finish up an applique block PLUS kit up 20 blocks for a QOV for the guild...whew!  still missing my little job--and especially that nice little paycheck--but managing to keep busy regardless.  lots of quilty events coming up this spring and hoping can squeeze a bit out of the budget to attend at least a few.  now back to regularly scheduled sewing!

monday is some day

you know "some day"....that mysterious and hazy point in time where put-off tasks finally get done...for "some time" now have been shoving muslin scraps into this bag kept under the ironing station.  on vacuuming day it gets moved and thoughts of "some day" always crop up.  today is finally "some day". 

while i'm still in "scrap attack" mode, am cutting up some of these muslin pieces for Antebellum Album setting blocks.  there are 13 blocks in all and hoping to have them all done long before the sew along ends in december for an early 2019 finish.  not all these pieces are big enough for what i need, but some of them will be used.  while i didn't pay anything near today's prices for this yardage, it wasn't free so it needs to be used.  and one last look at this, for it probably won't be empty for long....

all the carefully cut units have been filed away in their respective shoeboxes waiting for inspiration and opportunity!  what can you attack today???

PS...for those of you of a "certain" age, you know that today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday.  My first recall of his birthday is sitting at my desk in primary school where mimeographed silhouettes of both Abe and George were passed out for us to color, cut out and tape to those cold, wintry classroom windows.   Today, of course, the two have been combined for the ease of retailing no doubt, a pet peeve of mine.  how would you feel if your birthday were moved just so there could be a giant sale weekend?