saturday for squares

with the secret sewing project top just about done--just a border to add--decided to let my quilty muse take flight and she headed right for those christmas squares recently gifted.  how to use them?  organized them again by print....and sewed this up first...

all those pretty neutral backgrounds called me...another placemat but not before i add some wildlife applique, maybe a moose or bear and a tree...i know just the person for it!  then, more of the broken dishes blocks....

this is what's left of the black/white print...

so not too many more....next?  set these aside for a patchwork stocking...

leaving these....

after using some to finish the black/white print, maybe a few more stockings.  i have plenty of suitable lining fabrics...maybe i'll use the neutral prints and add a moose to that or just some trees....anyway, respectable dent has been made and a hot saturday has been well spent.  the only other thing done today was a quick trip to the farmer's market to replenish vegs.  pretty soon will need to replenish some thread!

churn dash-ing

only one photo today...most of my sewing is on the secret gift quilt project, but i did get all 29 of my little churn dash blocks done...a june goal.

one will need replacing as the contrast is minimal...but waiting until assembling the top as there might be others when the time comes....

and this fall, sending just joy to live with my sister-in-law.  mom has decided to pass her machine to me.  it's a vintage singer 328k work horse that sews like a dream.  a bittersweet transition of course, but it's been hardly used for many years, which won't be the situation here i can tell you!  featherweight and trudy treadle still on board for now, keeping the machine stable at 3, which is enough.  

evenings spent quilting 'batik splash' hoping for a june finish as well....we'll see. 

lastly, if you are a praying person, say a quick one for me and my sister...both of us near top of housing lists.  we've waited over 3 years, so long overdue for safer places...thanks!

monday report

monday again?  crikey, weeks go by fast...but have truly been busy all week.  doing what?  first, the weekend was spent sewing together the secret gift quilt.  the top half is done...it's a biggie at 90" square and got 5 rows put together when i had enough.  will probably get the top done before week's end.  this is the largest quilt i have ever made and will ever make.  what else?  

a bunch of little churn dash blocks got cut out and ready to sew before sunday ran out.  on today's list.  *** last week at the farmer's market, purchased a jam tart for $2 and the more i thought about it, the pricier it seemed, so tried some of my own.  i don't have the fancy tart pans but they taste the same...

might have mentioned culling old quiltmania magazines....something that can be problematic...LOL

most of the pages i saved were for small projects except this one that more than whispered to me.  of course ran right to the stash for a tryout...

while i don't have enough background yardage for the entire piece, pulled several FQs of same value.  when i finish one, will just continue with another.  will probably skip the sawtooth border.  absolutely no rush on this, long list of others first, but just couldn't pass it by.  and so it goes....