Time to Baste

I managed to get the top done for the Appalachian Trail quilt on Wednesday.  

Piecing the backing was not something I was looking forward to.  

But I did it.  

Now I need to baste it and quilt it.

Blah.

As a distraction from the AT quilt I did my Farm Girl blocks.

Fresh Pears

Feed and Seed.

Boathouse on the Prairie

After supper last night I got my boathouse top finished. 

I love it.

When it is laying down like this you can't see the pattern very well.

I wish I had a way to take a picture of it hanging somehow.

I'll think about that.

I still need to find a backing.

Next up I need to get a move on a group quilt that I need to assemble and finish.  

I feel like I need to get a move on.  

Fast.  

It's a super secret gift for our fellow quilt group friend that happens to be hiking the AT.

FAST.

I thought I would have until late Sept/early Oct.

I now think I need to get it done in the next few weeks.

She started at the end of March and only has 700 miles left! 

I don't know how a person can walk 26 miles a day.

But apparently she can.

Origami Triangle Baby Quilt

That is a strange name for this quilt, but it's how I've come to think of it.  

The fabric that was my starting point is a colorful animal print, with peacocks, lions, giraffes, zebras, elephants and butterflies.(Michael Miller Origami Oasis Pride Candy). 

I pulled solids and a couple prints in the colors of the animals, and went with it.  

The instant gratification of a simple baby quilt is wonderful!  

Everything but the binding was from my stash.  

The aqua backing was a very new stash addition that I bought just because, and within a week I'm looking at it realizing its a PERFECT backing.  It must have been fate.  

I am getting this ready to ship off.

 I feel so happy that this is my sixth quilt, here in the sixth month of the year.  

I was hoping I would make a quilt a month this year after last year's craziness.  

Now I am headed back to my Boathouse.  

I have all of those HSTs pressed.  

Now I am clipping the corners.  

You can see I started playing with the block to be sure that I like it, and I LOVE IT!

I am listening to a new audiobook called Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky.

Loving it! 

Farmgirl Blocks

I am currently not behind on my Farmgirl sampler blocks.  

Last week I made four blocks to get caught up...

corn and tomatoes

country crossroads

crops

egg basket

I started using a barely there print for the background.  

I am hoping to find a couple more light prints to use in this quilt, so it will look scrappier.

  I am behind on my Snapshots QA and my Calendar BOM.

Hopefully I will have a little time to sew this weekend.  

A Summer Baby Quilt

I was reminded the other day of an approaching baby shower for a cousin of mine, and I thought I better get going if I want to make her baby a quilt.

I had a pattern in mind, pulled fabric I love and got to work.
I love the instant gratification of a baby quilt.

This morning after swim lessons and summer school I got this sweet quilt basted and quilted.  

During karate I left the dojo to run to Hobby Lobby for binding fabric. 

Hopefully I will get it attached and closed sometime this week.

Some fun arrived in my mailbox this morning!

Three Terrain charm packs I scored on the destash hashtag last week.

I am so excited to add to my list of Kate Spain quilts!

Someday.

The monster and I had such a busy week, I didn't get much time to sew.  

I did squeeze in time for sewing night though.  

My friend Kristen is moving away in a few days and it was our last sewing night.  

We had cupcakes. 

It will be a big change in my life here.  

Kristen has always been up for sewing night and shopping trips. 

I will seriously miss that.

I did get my Boathouse chain piecing done.

I need to press these HSTs.

I recently went to my LQS and found this pretty fun panel.

I had been keeping my eye out for a map of the states.  

Today I have nothing planned and my house is clean enough that I can take time to sew.

 I think I will make it a priority to get my Farmgirl blocks made today.

I've Been

Since I finished my rainbow quilt I have been doing lots.  

I've been...

..buying stuff.

...stitching this.

...plotting this.

....chain piecing these.

... stopping to smell these.

...watching these.

....cleaning this.

I should be sewing my farm girl blocks!

I'll surface again soon.

My New Summer Nap Quilt

I just finished up the binding on my rainbow quilt.  

I cannot tell you how happy I am.

The backing was something I found at HoLo and I love it.  

The binding came from my stash.

Sometimes simple patchwork and simple quilting are a nice change.  

This is a good example of that.

I think I will be using this for naps this summer.

I can hardly wait!

Came Close to Relapse

Yesterday I realized I was getting close to relapsing on my WIP habit.  

After finishing the rainbow quilt I was talking to the hubs who told me it would be okay for me to wait to baste these quilts until he returns.  

I was tempted.  

Actually I resolved to just make quilt tops and put them away until the fall.  

Then I realized it would end in disaster.   

Even having two quilts waiting to be finished started feeling bad when I thought about it.  

Shoot while the rainbow quilt backing was in the wash I started cutting something!

I don't want to end up with a dozen wips again.  

What a slippery slope!  

So this morning after breakfast I mopped. 

And spent ALL MORNING basting. 

(but I have an awesome audiobook I'm listening to right now, so it wasn't boring)

I unhappily realized the backing for my Horizons quilt was barely big enough.  

Nothing like squeezing by with a tiny bit of excess.   

This quilt I will be hand quilting.  

The rainbow quilt I will be machine quilting. 

As for the Boathouse fabric I started cutting yesterday... 

It will be there waiting for me to finish the rainbow.  

What great motivation!  

On a Gloomy Day

I have my rainbow top finished.  

I love it a lot.  

I had a terrible time trying to take photos outside because it was quite breezy. 

 After several bad words I took it inside.  

I am going to try to find a backing soon.  

Maybe I will finally mop and baste this AND my horizon.

Halfway

I just keep stealing moments to sew a row here and there. 

My pile is getting much much smaller!

Miss Kate

Today at karate I finished the binding on this beautiful quilt.  

I am so happy this thing is DONE.  

I love that I tried something new.  

I am proud of myself.

 I know my stitches aren't perfect.  

I have a lot to learn and I need a lot of practice, but I love this quilt anyways!

I don't often admit when I am proud of myself.  

But I would shout it from the rooftops in this case because I am!

This is only my fourth finished quilt of the year.  

I am loving my pace!