tale of two quilts

again this year joined up with lori at humble quilts for her doll quilt swap.  due to escalating postage costs, it's the only swap i do these days.  it is a first-class swap and every little quilt is excellent and gorgeous.  i patiently waited for mine and got a double delight!

this is from barb in AZ....teeny tiny flying geese, so perfectly executed and quilted...and the colors!  oh my, they are gorgeous!  she was kind enough to send along some leftover fabric too....

this one arrived from sue in NZ along with a few little gift items...not seen is a card wallet she made to hold my excess reward cards etc....which have been falling out of my wallet nearly daily, so this was a timely and much-needed gift.  again this is a very nice doll quilt of broken dishes blocks, beautiful colors and quilting too.  so consider myself doubly blessed for this swap. 

running start

on the may scrap attack goal....

the smallest block was already on my design wall; the others i made first thing this morning.  then some 1.5" strip pieces prompted me to make these little 4-patches that could be fillers....anxious to see how many blocks these scraps will make and how they can be set.  might even need some HSTs and a floater border for that littlest block....a true kitchen sink project!   ***  also on today's sewing plate is get the QOV flimsy done and also, since summer has arrived, fix the hem on a pair of shorts that are fraying.  some muslin bias will re-hem them nicely to get them thru another year. *** and since i've started my maine vacation planning, have changed my header to a dreamy vista of boothbay harbor taken a few years ago.....

scrap attack progress

it's nearly may and time to take stock of my scrap attack goals for april....pretty slim i'm afraid. i think i made a total of 10 civil war diary blocks, a pitiful attempt at the 121 i need.  for may's scrap attack, i've chosen these leftover cheddar/indigo pieces to use.  some 4" churn dash blocks are the plan and it'll be a small wall quilt that'll finish off this pretty FQ bundle.

another UFO drawer will get emptied and, being a smallish project, should give me time to make more civil war diary blocks.  also on may's plate are 2 more gardening angel applique blocks and finish quilting the donation quilt.  switching out some projects each month avoids boredom and shortens (hopefully) my list of unfinished stuff.  trouble is, there are always more to take their place...LOL!   and just this morning, attached a sleeve to this and got it on the wall....it really brightens up my living/sewing room and gives it a bit of an exotic flair.  now off to rehab again!