now and then

it took only a couple of days and some marathon sewing to make a dent in the strip tote....this is now...

and this was then....just mere hours ago....

the tote even weighs less...LOL....and now i have these....

49 blocks waiting on more....such fun and lots of memories come to mind, so just like visiting old friends...but the angel on my shoulder kept whispering UFO.....UFO...so will save the strips for another fun day and pulled out this, the lozenges wall quilt using awesome kaffe fabrics...

current plan is for 10 rows of 10 lozenges for the flimsy.    ****  peak foliage has finally arrived here with balmy, sunny days where the out of doors is always beckoning....just driving around with no destination is wonderful!

it's been windy off and on making lots of trees prematurely bare....all around town fall/winter pansies are planted, so plenty of color everywhere!  no real weekend plans--exercise, bind october mini, quilt and read....that's about it.

 

happy birthday.....

to this little guy....dear brother #2....he lives far away but in our hearts and thoughts every day...he's a grandfather now...how did that happen???   8 years younger than me, so now he has joined the medicare generation...

 and just like popcorn, couldn't stop making those scrappy squares from 1.5" strips....

don't mind my wonky design wall....i needed a piece of flannel for one of the monthly minis and yes, i hacked it off my design wall...  these are NOT log cabin blocks, rather just strips sewn as pulled from tote until they are the right size.   some days miss going to work but not on a blitz sewing day!  still a long way from emptying the tote, tho...keep calm and sew on!

a flimsy!

 

the amanda nyberg pattern is now a flimsy, 60" square and soon to be flung to the thrift...somebody should love it's colors and find a place for it, and it'll generate funds for their service projects, win/win i'd say!  

moseying around blogland inspired me to answer the siren call of the scrappy sewists...LOL!  the tote of 1.5" strips was in my face and overflowing...what's a sewist to do?

especially when a blank afternoon is on the horizon....well, thought i would try a scrappy block or two...and shazam!

the sewing mojo kicked into overdrive and now there's a stack of half done blocks plus these....no pattern, no fussy cutting, no nothing but pull out a strip, sew it on and trim.  now that's what i call fun.  thinking another donation top is well on its way....and only a load of laundry and the day is wide open...more sewing fun!