binding and bastings

it's monday reckoning after a busy weekend....what got accomplished?  first, the scrappy blue logs got completely tied and the binding is now on and pinned....thanks to a generous quilter, had a perfect backing fabric in the tote that even left a yard for the stash....today it'll get sewn down and crossed OFF the UFO list....

it'll go in the donation pile....sometimes during the winter, a local organization will contact the guild looking for quilts and i never have any to give....so now i'm keeping a few on hand just in case....and with the folding table up, took advantage of the space and got 4 small quilts basted.....the gold backing is a secret until october--guild challenge--but the others get stacked up until a few other UFOs are finished.  but i might cave and quilt the leaves for the fall--no time like the present!  

 also this weekend washed/dried all the new stash with only one sorta casualty.....

i bought this half yard for a couple of small patriotic wall quilts....it did have a white background, but when pulled out of the washer, it was wrapped around a RED batik....so now it's pale pink with blue stars.   immediately dunked it in hot water, some detergent and 2 color catchers that helped some, so i'll give it another go and hope i'll be able to pass it off as blue stars on a cream background, which would be usable for the original plan.  it was the only fabric with white and others didn't seem affected.  it's why i ALWAYS wash/dry fabric, except those charm squares and jelly rolls of course.

ADDENDUM:  any AMC movie theatre fans out there?  i got a gift card online and used it to purchase my downton abbey tickets but erroneously ended up with 2 gift cards, each worth $25.  i used one but don't need the other.  if you can use it and want it, i can email the gift card to you.  you can send me a check or carefully concealed cash or even paypal if you must.   let me know....