bit o' basting...

on the weekend to-do list was getting some things basted and ready for hand quilting.....these 2 wall pieces are now ready plus prepped backing for the "antebellum album" top...this is the newest sew along from barbara brackman, "stars in her crown"....will look great on my beige walls...

and this one from just leftover scraps....might be put in the "to sell" pile, not sure....also cut a new small stencil for the solid squares to use....solid turquoise binding is ready and waiting!

the "antebellum album" is bigger than these 2 so will hold on basting until the senior center is open next week...our work room there has about 7 large banquet-size tables with plenty of room to lay out quilts....once the "cabana daydreams" is done, then will baste the 365 quilt for a 2019 finish and gift to my daughter and SIL....tons of quilty fun ahead!

a friday finish

last year one of the guild's projects was a round robin....happy to say mine is finished and ready to hang on the wall...

the colors are brighter and more intense than you see.  the feathered star is paper pieced.  used some of that fabric i was "saving" ...i keep referring to it as "red robin"....juicy, mile-high hamburgers on the brain no doubt...LOL!  ****  and if you see this little guy today, wish him a happy 66th!   it's brother #1 and he is no doubt the brainiest person in our family.  a tough but tender yankee, sometime foil, sometime comedy routine partner, sometime adversary but always resilient and much loved.   he missed the whitney hair genes and he has ignored common sense sometimes (i.e. choice of females) but we adore him anyway! 

well it's friday and since i only sew on days that end with Y, the studio is calling!

mayday! mayday!

after finally cleaning my stove this morning, sat down at the machine to tackle my may list....all was going well until went looking for a particular scrap.....

bad idea....realized the scrap basket was once again overflowing--toweringly so--and cannot be ignored much longer.  ok, will start by pulling the solids....which still leaves a monumental (think WASHINGTON MONUMENT) pile of scraps.  the May list will get adjusted to now include cutting up at least half of these to prevent collapse....and is it really the 7th already?  so 3+ weeks to june....it goes faster and faster! 

you asked....

about my "cabana daydreams" quilt.....well, after some net surfing, found the pattern (may/june 2014 Quiltmaker) AND the designer....

this is called hex-a-doodle designed by shayla wolf, sassafras lane designs....this particular pattern name is NOT on her website but she has "wynkoop court" which looks the same and is for sale....and this is my version....

called "cabana daydreams"....mystery solved!  this was a breeze to sew up and the hand quilting is going pretty fast too....big pieces you know!