Truly Insane

Signing up to make a tiny paper pieced butterfly dwell block was possibly my worst idea ever.  Mass production was long and tedious.   I felt like quitting.  I complained a lot.  But I finished them.

Now I wait to get the swapped houses.
I have PLENTY  to do while I wait!

Sewing Pretty Things

I've been sewing lots of things lately.  Just whatever I happen to feel in the mood for. 

At my leisure. 

I did have a self imposed deadline for my Stars and Stripes, the fourth of course.  

 

Oddly enough when it came to basting it, I thought about going batting-less.... after much debate I ended up going with a layer of flannel instead of batting.  I love how thin it feels.  One day I'll make a summer quilt without batting... one day. 

Closing the binding was a race to finish on the 3rd, but I managed to get it done just in time.

The hubs had shoulder surgery in May, and cannot raise his arm up yet, so my quilt photos are going to suffer for awhile.... but oh well.

I made my test block for the Summer 2017 Bonnie and Camille Dwell Swap.

I have most parts of the butterflies cut and ready to mass produce.  I need to make 24 paper pieced butterflies.... It was possibly a bad idea. Luckily I had to order the white solid approved for the block, so I have time until it arrives.

I got my Chandelier quilt top done.  It is from Vanessa Goertzen's book Charm School.

This pattern is too, it is called Railroad Crossing.

Call me crazy but I am going to collect tops for a bit, then maybe this winter I will finish them up....This is my third project from Charm School, this one is called Scrap-Happy.  I broke open FOURTEEN beloved candy packs for this pattern.  

I am just starting with the chain piecing.

And as if I don't have enough going on (notice I haven't mentioned my Snippets, because I have not made any progress on it)

I've decided to make a second Fancy Forest!  In Bonnie and Camille!

I pulled my fabric groups for it and ordered my background..... So after I get my Dwell houses made, and catch up on my Snippets, and get the Scrap-Happy quilt assembled, and quilt and finish the Railroad Crossing, and then quilt and finish my Snippets...... I can start this Fancy Forest.  

**Insert all the crazy face emoji here**

Also, we are getting ready to finish the process to be certified as foster parents... so sewing time might come to a screeching halt soon anyhow. We will see!

-Happy Sewing to you!