sunday report

i'll be away on July 4th so am posting my progress today....first, now we are 4!  four of the 6" churn dash blocks are done, 22 more to make in july...do you think anyone will notice they are bats???

then, the 'midnight at the oasis' is a flimsy!   finally attached last border section just this morning...

the camera plays tricks with the colors but you know how vibrant kaffe fassett prints are.  this was a real challenge quilt for me.  lots of handwork and piecing, always hoping each border would fit properly and checking my measurements a gazillion times.  if you make one, advise stay stitching the checkerboard border as i found it stretched a bit in places.  i'll be prepping the binding today and a good press, then ready to baste.  *** so what next?  bonnie hunter has a new leader/ender challenge...how did she know?

my 1.5" strips tote is packed to the gills....i won't be making the quilt pattern she offers, but just sewing up the foursies for future use.  these come after finishing the christmas squares broken dishes blocks.  i'll be cutting up more shuttle or lozenge pieces from my pile of kaffes for the wall quilt in progress.  only 100 will be needed and some are already cut...

happy to say 3 large spools of thread--2 machine and 1 hand quilting--were finished off this week, so must restock soon.  with summer dog days here in earnest, will be in the 'studio' except for fitness visits and cooking/eating all those fresh vegs from the farmer's market.  counting the days to my trip to family in maine and some serious beach time.  my soul is longing for salty air and ocean vistas....