goobye july!

here in maryland, summer is now half over and dog days are well and truly upon us with a vengeance. makes for great sewing weather inside!  the july mini is done and ready to show...

years ago participated in a block swap of friendship stars...recently unearthed and decided to use some (yes, there are more) and the cheddar print was spied in the stash...perfect!  it was a small piece and is now gone except for a few short pieces...even small projects can bust stash!  on the back is more of the fish border print gifted to me by dear friend marianne a few years ago. linking up with wendy and the other monthly mini makers!

it's a companion print to some san diego-themed fabric, so i believe it was her intention to make a san diego quilt but never did.  the fishes piece was about 11 yards or so and i've used most of it now...what's left will back a few more small quilts.  *** and then this got finished....

a rustic placemat made from those gifted christmas-y squares....and the backing of this was also a piece that got busted.  bit by bit the stash is getting used, which makes me happy indeed.  while pulling for churn dash blocks, noticed some pieces that will get flung, the "why did i ever choose this" type...

my babylock machine is all cleaned up and packed for its trip to my sister-in-law.  since my mother is passing her vintage singer to me, don't need to stockpile machines.  i've still the featherweight and my treadle, so my stable will consist of all vintage singers...wouldn't trade any of them for a brand new high-end anything...except maybe bernina---nah, not even that.  

next task is to baste the christmas gift quilt, keeping me on target.  so far this year have busted about 40 yards of fabric and added 12.  plan to pick up a couple of background fabrics in maine for some scrappy donation tops.  plenty of sewing ahead to keep all 3 machines humming!