One of the things I managed to get done was to pull backing fabrics to go with the quilts I finally found that are for Sunshine quilts. I knew when I had moved over a yr ago now that I had a tote filled with quilt tops for American Heroes and for Sunshine Quilts. Well, that tote managed to stay hidden until a couple of weeks ago when it decided to make an appearance again. These five pics are the ones that I made for Sunshine a couple of yrs ago and then never managed to get them sent off to be quilted by someone. Thanks to today being payday I can finally afford to mail them off next week. Just need to confirm with the quilter that that is ok. Some of the fabric in them (upper right quilt and lower left quilt) is from Bev, a very special quilting angel that Sunshine misses very much. I've still got some of her fabrics somewhere so her love for the kids will carry on as I have time to make it up. The middle quilt on the right was made from the leftover fabric that I had in making up backings for the other 4 quilts.
I finished up a couple of commissioned projects for a friend back in Dallas. These included felt Wordless books and bean bags. The bean bags are made out of cotton fabrics, with one side being solid green and the other side being a rail fence type block with 4 stripes. They are supposed to finish at 4", but I ended up cutting the strips wrong and the blocks finished at 6". Net result was that I had to remake the strip sets for the bean bags. But because I hate to see fabric go to waste - especially as much as this would have been, I too the blocks that were too big and put them into a quilt top. This quilt will end up going to American Heroes at some point in the future for the child of a service man/woman.
This weekend I'll be headed to a quilt retreat after getting out of school on Friday. I'm taking lots of goodies to work on, and hopefully I'll make a dent in what I'm taking with me. Among other things that I'm taking with me are blocks from 3 BOM projects - one of which I started back in 2005, the other two are from this year. Here's a pic of the three blocks that I'm taking to do the buttonhole stitching on for the 2005 BOM. I've got a number of other projects with me as well to work on including pillowcases for Christmas gifts and fabric for a sample block for my next block submission. And I should say, I'm not taking a one of the commissioned garments that I need to get made up. This weekend will be spent sewing on fun stuff. I'll post a pic next week of what I get done over the weekend. =)
Gratitudes -
1. The hot temps are finally gone!
2. Quilt Retreat is this weekend and I can afford to go again.
Hi Moira. Good to hear from you! It is fun to have a sewing marathon, it feels so freeing. I have a friend going on a quilting retreat - it might be this weekend. She is going to North Webster. Is that the one you're going to? She described the itenerary and it sounded so wonderful. Her name is Catherine. She is about my age, has white hair and a huge smile. Anyway, have a great retreat!
ReplyDeleteAll the tops are great, but I also like the one you did with leftovers from the other. You are so creative! Nothing goes to waste at your house. =) I hope you are getting a lot done during the retreat - I'm sure you are!
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