she liked it!

that would be the doll quilt received by Andrea just yesterday....used the last 6 hexie rosettes i had to make this...i haven't received mine yet but a little bird told me the trip to my place might take a wee bit of extra time...

and this is where i am on block #3....thanks to zooming friday night, much progress was gained...with 28 days to go i can see all 4 blocks done and hopefully a flimsy....

these are the scrappy blocks mentioned previously....i've a fair stack of them done already but the strips are overflowing and need to make more...plus finish up a few small things so they don't become UFOs...

the scrap tote at our senior center has been very good to me...recently i found these 3 pieces...the christmas red/green paisley, the lemon print that i think is soo summery and 2 yards of a delish kaffe fassett stripe....have to dive into my KF books to find a project..

and last, the 6 left over basket blocks are now a placemat....a bit of hand quilting and then bind and that pile will be gone...

today is the last of the hot/humid for a while...next week looks picture perfect...70s daytime and 50s nighttime...good sleeping weather, good cleaning weather...i absolutely MUST finish the spring scour...it stifles my creativity when the place isn't spit spot...that's all for today!

may challenge

 summer IS coming...we've had a few 80+ degree day already...and may day is going to be another...

chookshed challenge number has been announced!  

8.  red/green applique.  a visit to the baltimore applique society initiated this project--i'm making 4 blocks (2 done) shooting for a finish next this Christmas.

my red/green applique project....if it hadn't been chosen i was going to swap out for this one...these days sometimes too warm to sit with large quilt on my lap, more comfy to do some applique.  working on block #3 now and quite possible to get them all done, squared up and maybe even basted?  

as for machine sewing this month, hoping to empty a shoebox of scraps for more blocks i hope to sell....vacation is looming--a mere 82 days away--and fun money is definitely required.  

no plans for mother's day so most likely will order a special dinner for delivery....and today?  a start on apartment clean before summer arrives in earnest....remember to count your blessings and have a good day...

then there were.....

 44!   my SMT  (scrappy meets thrifty) sew along blocks are piling up....

now that i see them on the design wall, thinking some sort of spacer block might be needed...so will play around and see what's in the stash....most of my time has been taken up with this....(bad blogger)...

the repro triangles top....final size is 66x90 so generous twin or double....the colors are a bit more subdued than this photo depicts...this is now off my UFO list as i am hoping to sell the top for vacation money...and in the nick of time, my chookshed challenge is done too!

a challenging financial week here in now 80s maryland....supplement health insurance took a $41 hike and the cable also went up $25....money out of the food budget....so had to cut the cord....2-3 streaming services will give me plenty to watch at way less money--alas, i had to sacrifice 'jeopardy'....but gained a few channels that i really like...

and couldn't resist this little chuckle....how things have changed, many not for the better but still there are blessings....summer is finally here!  have a blessed day....

sunday inspiration

saturday was a fantastic fun day for me....two friends invited me to tag along to a local quilt show...rain held off until i got out of the car at home...LOL!   here are a few that caught my eye...

nice representation of kaffe's wild fabrics....there was another done similarly but without the sashing...not as effective...the sashing is needed for a visual resting place to really appreciate the prints i think...

there were very few hand quilted pieces that i saw, but this one was done so beautifully...the flowers were painted on and then hand quilted for accentuation....there was a bit of some glittery stuff too, giving it a wow in my book....like irises in the morning sun with dew glistening on petals...

another that caught my eye...so simple yet delightfully appealing because of the fabrics...i thought hmm i have plenty in my stash that would work...perhaps a smaller scale?  

there were a few of these, a mini-challenge i think....the perennial tomato pincushion....i heard many say they had one from a mother or grandmother....i have my mother's as well...

another that drew me in....batiks sashed with the striking black/white stripe....crayola box on steroids....i love it...i could definitely make one albeit smaller....

there was a bed-size hawaiian, hand quilted, and some smaller hawaiian-style pieces machine quilted.  in the "bid or buy" section were small amish style hand quilted priced at $100, quite reasonable.  there was a vendor selling machine quilted table runners priced at $80...and some small pieces that were mostly thread art priced at $3500....prices unjustifiable by me or my cohorts...

i have a neighbor a bit older than myself totally frustrated and constantly complaining about the effects of aging, like why does she have to put up with these changes....and then i saw this on instagram....

it gave me a chuckle but would only increase her frustration....nothing to do really but find quality of life in spite of age....isn't that what we all do?