bindings

Thursday evening I sewed the binding on the 1st donation quilt.

Friday I got up early and after doing a few house-y things sewed the binding on the 2nd donation quilt on the backing side and then turned it to the front and  machine finished it.  The 1st one I forgot to do that so I had to hand stitch it to the back.  I don't know if it makes a difference but I think doing it all by machine might be more sturdy for a quilt that gets a lot of washing in a hospital setting.

I took a deep breath and wrestled the bear sewed the binding on Calming Circles too!  whew!

I have about 3 feet of it hand stitched down but the weekend is full of activities so I'm thinking it will take  3 or 4 days/evenings to get it finished. 

I hurt my lower back today digging out way to big Shasta daisies and several other overgrown perennials.  I should've listened to my body when I started to get tired but you know how it it....just a few more...almost done, why stop and have to get all dirty again tomorrow or the next time we have a nice day and by then they'll really be too big to move.

 I've taken Aleeve, iced it, hot showered....I'm sure hoping at my age I finally learn to be more careful.  Oh that's funny and it hurts to laugh too.  

wisdom and patience....wisdom and patience...

Dwirling from the back

and the front.

I really like how it turned out.  Will have to wait for some quilt holders and a less windy day to get a good picture of the entire quilt.

This quilt named "Calming Circles" unless I can think of something better, was on my 2011 quilting goals list. 

This makes 6 of the 11 original quilts listed done (well except for the binding on this one-gag)
Of course, the flimsy list is longer now and unless something changes, I will end up with more quilts to quilt at the end of the year than I started with.

Not how I wanted/expected things to go. 

It is what it is.

I'm quite aware of how lucky blessed I am to be able to do all this sewing and quilting.  Back when I was working full-time, I think I finished 1 top in 2 years.  Egads! 

 But the year is still young and with summer and the nice weather I will not be in the basement sewing as much, well hopefully quilting as much and sewing less...

I also got the borders on the 1600 Jelly roll top I made a few weeks ago.



73 x 77



I still haven't put the bindings on the 2 donation quilts I finished....just kept moving the 1st one out of the way...I have to make something delicious and amazing for dinner. ( nah, just chili!) 

And then HOPEFULLY I will sew on the bindings tonight, at least one.

LCQA

I finished putting my LCQA top together about 1/2 hour ago. I had a picture but it's gone, I think.

 

I loaded this monster 99 x 99 on Monday. 

I'm doing the topoghaphic/dwirling pattern on it.  I have a ways to go, but can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done. 

I'm already dreading sewing the binding on!  -hahaha.

 

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Spring has sprung!!

Finally!

Crazy Curves

Today I spent the entire day sewing.  First I put together July's BOM block from Shannon.

Then I finished sewing the rows together on my crazy curves quilt.  I originally thought I would just add 1 border (3" finished) as I did before on a the Black/white and Red one. 

But when I got out the yardage I had for the borders there was enough of the light for a 1.5" finished inner border and a 6" finished outer border.  It now measures 99" x 99"!  Holy-moley!

Ta-da!

Tomorrow she has the day off work.  We're going to go see Eclipse;  been waiting for the teeny-bopper crowds to thin out. There's enough teenage angst on the screen I don't need to be surrounded by it in the theater!! heh-heh.

Thursday, Libby needs to go to a quilt shop or two for backing fabric for her One Block Wonder. I'm going along for the ride (am I a good friend or what??)  I think she wants me to quilt it so I'll share a picture then. It's very beautiful....totally different from mine.

Block a Day Batik Sampler

I finished sewing the rows together this morning.
 I like it.

It's pressed and neatly folded on a hanger where it will wait for inspiration (and time) to strike for the borders. 

This bunch of blocks are waiting to get up on the design wall.