Moira - School's out and.....

.........the 'mice' are quilting and sewing now that school is out for the summer!  Lots of work in there as well since hrs have increased at the store for me, and am working hard to finish everything up for my driver's ed instructor certification (will be another PT job for me).

Have managed to put together two quilt tops and finish the border on a third one over the last 10 days or so.   Have even finished up the first of 16 commissioned scrub tops that need to be done asap this summer.

The first to I finished up started with wanting to use up a remnant with the 'super-hero' words used in the old time super hero shows like Batman.  Added a solid red and yellow to the print.  Adapted a quilt design that I'd seen in a picture online for it.  

The second quilt top finished up started with blocks received from another member of an online group I'm in.   the focus fabric with  dancing alligators was one i had and she made the blocks from it.   Center block is off-kilter because she had left the ends of strips on some of her fabric for the outer fabric (the striped one).  Added a yellow to the outside and trimmed it square to get rid of teh selvedge.  The alternate blocks were made with half-square triangles blocks and were super easy to do.   The printer fabric is more orange that the picture shows.

The final quilt top finished is the top for this year's mystery quilt that I had designed and hosted on my blog.   Just need to get the final corner posted (the light green one) along with final assembly instructions and then it will done.   Then it'll be on to working on my next design for posting.   Have an idea for that one but need to pull some fabric out to test it with.

Both of the first two quilt tops will be donated to Sunshine Quilts.

Have also finished the first of 16 commissioned scrub tops that I need to get finished this summer.   Only 8 different fabrics (two of each)......so they get worked on two at a time while I have the right color of thread out and in the machine.

Moira - Oops...........

.......hmmm, all the good intentions I had did not get this post written on time.....oops.

I did manage to get some sewing done this week.   put together a set of 10 blocks that I had from a challenge into a top for Sunshine Quilts.  It finished out at 50" by 64" in size.

 Started working on the border for my mystery quilt.   There will be four different corner treatments.  The upper left and lower right will be chevrons and flying geese.   Still thinking about what to do with the lower right.   I want it to be along the lines of the one I've done, yet a different block.  I know, clear as mud right?

And last but not the least I started sorting the many piles of fabric that I've had laying around this place so that I can put them in the proper boxes.  (Stash is organized by color, theme, and type).    These piles are laying on the table for my mid-arm machine.  I've got more than this yet to sort and put up.

Have also been sorting out stuff to sell or donate.   Need to find time to deal with it......hmmmm, maybe when I'm off for surgery would be a good time to do that.

Retreat is next week so I've also started packing projects and what I'll need for sewing while there.  Will get eventually to the clothes.....lol

Moira - Finally posting

Overslept this morning so I didn't end up getting my post written this morning.   Worked on a couple of projects this week and made progress on both.   First one was finishing the latest step on the mystery quilt that I'm hosting on my blog.   One more step and the border to go on it and it will be done.   Am starting to ponder what I want to design next to share.

The other big project that I worked on is the top panel for my pumpkin quilt.  I've got everything that needs to be appliqued cut out and pinned in place.   Just need to fuse it down.   Am going to replace the small pumpkin on the right with different fabrics tho before I do the fusing.

Next project up tho is a pair of felted wool slippers now that the pattern for them has arrived.  And after that I'll start packing for a quilt retreat that I'm going on the middle of April.  =)   I've several projects in mind, one of which I actually need to sit down and figure out the cutting instructions for since I may need to write them up.   It is a quilt that I plan on submitting to see if I can get it published........