Slow Stitching

Did somebody steal January?  Sheesh, the months are going quickly.

There has not been much sewing going on around here - again - this past week.  I am beginning to sound like a broken record. 

One of my fairly regular Christmas gifts seems to be a jury summons.  I always love how it comes in with the wonderful Christmas cards.  Anyway, this past week saw me on jury duty and actually serving on a jury.  It was a short one this time, unlike the 5 month one I was on in 1997.   It still took up my treasured time, but I am free for another year now.  Yeah.

My sewing moments were short, but I finally managed to finish up my Sally quilt that I started about 6 months ago.   It has a soft flannel backing and an all over quilt design so it is nothing fancy, but I am pleased with the finish.  It's one more completed UFO in my books too. 

When I do the quilts for the grandchildren I always like to include a label with their newborn photo on it. 

I'll be linking this one up with a Lovely Year of Finishes.

 

Goal setting for February is going to be tight as we have a busy one, but I think I will finish up a Schnibbles from several years ago.  It is done in my favorite fabric line, Boutique by Chez Moi.

One other small project that I finished was a pincushion.  Beth had made one for herself and shared the material with me to make one.  It is a nice heavy one with the crushed walnut shells.  I loved using the selvage edge on the fabric too.

Lastly, I sewed up a couple of X&+ blocks for our February queen who requested bright + and gray, black and white Xs.

I am hoping to get a little more sewing in this coming week.  We will see.  You never know what will pop up around here. 

End of the Month

It's hard to believe that August is quickly coming to a close for us.  Half of the grandchildren are already back in school and the rest go this week.  Where did the summer go?  My orioles have already migrated as well.  The garden will quickly take on an autumn feel.

August has been an incredibly busy month for us so my sewing room has sat idle day after day.  The bits and pieces that I did get to are mostly not finished. 

Thanks to Ida, who so kindly sent me some of her leftover Dick and Jane fabric, I was able to work on a quilt for the newest grandbaby.  Since her name is Sally, I wanted to use the Sally piece as the center of the quilt.   It still needs a border to tie it all together before the quilting can be done. 

Quilt Story recently had a sponsered giveaway that I was lucky enough to win.  These are the luscious fabrics that I received from Joy at A Joyful Soul Fabrics.

I was able to finish my Easy Street binding this month while being a passenger on several long car trips.  Mary did the wonderful machine quilting on it for me.  It's nice to have this finish for the month.  I hope to make some shams to go with this and use it on the bed in my guest room.

For my September finish, I think I will try to finish the election quilt that I made last summer.