two for two

my second donation for the guild community service project is now done.   these will go to their new home at our next meeting.  have to say yet again this was the quickest pattern i think i've ever done.....and so colorful too.  it was made even quicker with a shoebox of strips all ready to use.   ***  a few uninterrupted hours with the rotary cutter turned this overflowing pile into a manageable remainder...

in this case, half empty is a very good thing!   ***   after a week of nice cool and dry weather--that would be 70s--a couple of hot summer days are on the horizon.  hates to give up, summer does, but inevitably it will.   after a brief sojourn at downton abbey, life seems rather dull and ordinary.....i think a tiara would perk it up nicely!

before and after

you might remember that i made this cute little pumpkin for my friend vic in NH...her birthday is in october and i knew it was something she wouldn't make for herself...i found the pattern on the internet, designer sonja callaghan...

fast forward 2 years (or maybe 3) and look at jack now!

is this the way kaffe would decorate?  could be....it just needs a bit of stabilizing quilting and it'll go to a fundraiser for thanksgiving food baskets...that's if it sells.....stay tuned!  and since i was playing in 'those fabrics' decided to try a couple of little blocks....

these are 4.5" and no, it's not really a new project, just a try and see....but they are cute, aren't they?  and a couple of UFOs got some attention this weekend....

more plaids, a plaid sofa size quilt that's moved closer to the top of the pile, and this project that gets worked on now and then, or at least not seriously until a few things get done and the new england sampler is a completed top...i think of it more as a take along....

last year i visited the baltimore applique society and a program of antique red/green quilts....no, this won't be a quilt, just 4 blocks, but it's going to have some type of swag border....they are 18" blocks....sooo that was my weekend fun....did i tie that charity quilt?  no....did i vacuum and wash my 2 little floors?  no....did i do laundry?  no...there's always another day and with a bit of motivation, i could get all of them done today....or tuesday?