Small Projects and More

    Sara ( from JoAnn class Friday) emailed me the photo of her small quilt top with sashing, cornerstones and border.  She is getting ready to quilt.  Great Job!

      After a morning appointment, I spent some time in the flower beds.  Then I tackled cleaning pollen off the from screened porch so it is ready for use.  Then I was ready to rest and quilt.  I found a cute tulip design on scrapbooksetc.com which I used with fusible applique.  I enlarged it to make a couple of snack.mats (aka mug rugs).  I tried out a new background quilting design which probably does not show up.

Another Top Complete

     Just a little to share today.  In Friday’s class on adding sashing, cornerstones and borders Betty had 3 of 6 blocks made so she added sashing and cornerstones to those for half of her small quilt top.  Her theme is owls. 

I neglected to get a photo of Sara’s top before things were packed up because we ran out of time.  If she sends me a photo I will share it.    

    Today I finished adding borders to my pastel crumb top.  It will be added to my pile of tops waiting to be quilted. 

Piecing and Time for Yard Work

    I have 35 crumb blocks that finish at 6 inches. 

I played with the layout until I liked it; hopefully no similar blocks close to each other.  Yesterday I started adding sashing and cornerstones and got a lot done.

          Today has been yard work day so far.  I cut back some azaleas and found many limbs on the ground had rooted so that there are now multiple plants were a few use to be.  Some of the rooted plants are several years old.  I hope to move a few to another location.  I will pot some smaller ones for now and maybe have some to give away.   It was difficult to trash limbs with roots.   I must be doing something right for them to root so easily.  I hope you can see all the small plants around the older plant. 

   Tonight I have 2 students for a one night class at JoAnn Fabrics on sashing, cornerstones and borders so maybe I have a couple of photos tomorrow.