Tuesday.

This week so far....

I've been sitting in waiting rooms working on this project.

I don't love this project anymore...

But, on the bright side....

I am happy to have something to do during those
L-O-N-G waits!!

Only 15 blocks done.

I'm not even going to go back and remind myself

how many of these I'm supposed to make!!!

After appliqueing them down on squares

I still have to go back and somehow applique them onto
something else!!!!!

I began this one sometime last year.

Can you tell I'm a wee bit discouraged?

I guess I'll keep pluggin' away though...

I also made a donation quilt for my guild.

A great No THINKING kind of project.

It's also one that doesn't take more than

a YEAR(s) to finish!

I worked on this as a leader/ender kind of thing

as I was sewing other projects.

I was sooo happy I had this little box of 2 1/2" strips.

It sure came in handy for the binding on this one!!


I used a few scraps from that bin and think this
blue stripe is my favorite with this quilt.

Then I took this pack and.....

made a rain coat.

;)

My husband will be leaving soon on a

2 to 3 week trip.

He thinks there may be some rain...

so now....

He's covered!!!

O.K.

That's what I've been up to.

This is what I haven't been doing.

And you know what I WANT to be doing????

Beginning a new quilt....

crazy, huh?

backpacking fever

My husband and two of my children will be leaving in a couple of weeks for a long backpacking trip. They will be hiking the John Muir trail which is about 230 miles. I made these bags (stuff sacks in backpack language) for them to use. Aren't they cute? I found the ripstop fabric, cord and fasteners all at my local fabric store. They were simple to make and my husband thinks I can do anything, just because I can make these simple bags. :) The next project is going to be more difficult - raincoats! We'll see how that goes. Maybe I can quilt while they're gone.