a finish - a start

the summer weather has me inside and sewing up a storm!  finished my 'batik splash' quilt, 64" square, my apologies to the designer as i don't have her book/name at hand.  this is off to dear daughter's next week.

that's the finish...and the start?

this small wall piece got popped into the frame and should be a fairly quick finish.  no destination in mind but perhaps my mom would like it to brighten up her space.  and one more thing....

while the kaffe fabrics were piled on the table, cut the remaining shuttle (lozenge?) pieces for another wall quilt.  these are so colorful just love working with them!  *** july's big task is to baste the gift quilt...batting and backing on hand so just a matter of motivation.  that and the july mini, already in progress.  ***  PT extended a few weeks working on balance and fine tuning abilities.  will finish just in time for vacation, yay!

celebrate and honor!

 

have a wonderful holiday filled with thanks and reverence for those who earned and protect our freedoms.  for those of you who take a knee or turn your back on the flag or anthem, remember every single time you do that, someone died and spilled their blood for you to have that freedom and you are disrespecting that sacrifice.  remember, too, those who lie in foreign graves, those who never returned, unknown and missing, families still waiting for answers and closure.  always working toward a more perfect union....

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....