seek loving home

as mentioned, here is my offering for the UFO adoption event....

included are some units already assembled, center cheddar circles all basted, plenty of pieces cut and plastic templates....i like it but don't love it....planned for a full size quilt....it's machine pieced so far....would love for it to find a finishing home....postage required but otherwise FREE!   color photo and complete directions included....let me know if you love it more than i do.....

orphan adoption time!

it's that time again when those no-longer-inspiring UFOs can be put up for adoption and sent along to a good home where they probably might should WILL be finally done!   it officially starts today over here and you can read all the fine print, post adoption items on your blog and link up...easy peasy!  i know i have a couple that i'll be posting, probably tomorrow as today's calendar is full.  but get to start the adoption fun with a real finish of my own, the blue logs scrappy....ready for the donation pile!

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....