transition time.

In a couple of weeks one of my girls will be

heading off to college again for the next year.

:(

That's the transition I've got to get used to.

She's also got a transition in store for her!

She's moving UP in the world.

Out of dorm life....

Into apartment life.

:)

Four girls.

One kitchen.

Four aprons.
I wonder who will be the

chef in this bunch!

Which one of these aprons will get dirty?

Hmm....


I also gave them each....

A simple corsage of "flowers".

yo-yo flowers.

One of my favorite kinds.

:)

simple

I have some unfinished projects at my house that were

"handed down" to me.

I didn't choose the fabric.

I don't have the instructions.

But I can't give them away.

If I did give them away

I imagine they would be thrown in the trash.

So.....

I kind of feel like I'm saving those precious projects

that someone else didn't get to finish.

This is one I ran into yesterday.

Chop. Chop.

Sew. Sew.

One little quilt top ready to go!!!

Simple quilting lines.

back and forth.

I even had a fun backing for this one!!

I just doubled my donation goal!!
I figured I could make one donation quilt a month.
I finished TWO this week!!!
yeah!!

I'm adding this to amy's sew and tell.

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?

stripes and pinwheels!

My striped quilt top is complete!!!

How are you doing striped challenge friends???

You're right.

I still need to quilt it.

Details.

Details.

Let me know how you're comin' along on

YOUR striped project!

barely bees.

Two blocks for the modern quilting bee.

These are for Annette who took her inspiration from Jacquie.

Thankfully....I had enough of that white.

I just BARELY made it!!

I don't think I have the SAME white in my stash....

so I was sweating it out at the end there!

I did run out of Annette's printed fabric,

so I added a couple of rows of something I had

that I think matches o.k.

oooh....I wish I would have planned better.

Look!!

I laid it next to that vintage fabric I bought yesterday.

I kind of like the way they look together.

Hmmm...do I see some NEW fabric in my future?

Then I worked on these blocks for Ruth.

I ran out of her pretty fabric too.

:(

Maybe I'm having an OFF day.

:/

Ruth said this might happen.

Oh well.

You win some.

You lose some.

May YOUR quilting fabric NEVER run out.

May you have joy in your stitching...

and

May you find peace as you trim and press!

I'm adding this to sew and tell friday.

treasure.

This is my kind of treasure hunting!

oooh...I love finding things like this.

The selvage doesn't give me any clues about....

year....

designer....

colors....

Like the fabric does these days.

Only 36" wide....

But it's 4 yards long!

Woo Hoo!

an old friend.

I've been away from home the last couple of nights

and let me tell you...Heavy sigh...

I'm happy to be home.

Oops! maybe not....

my husband just called and said

no hot water until tomorrow!!!

Guess I'll be back at my relative's for hot showers

and I've got things washing now that will need a dryer!!

UUUGGGHHH!!

O.k.

Here's the happy note.

I slept under this old friend the last couple of nights.

:)

I used to make simple quilts like this as gifts.

This one is my niece's.

See the simple squares?

The yarn ties?

AND she still uses it!!

Hooray for quilts!

It was so nice to be welcomed with this one!

This was the project I had along with me the last couple of days.
I made some progress!!!
The sewing machine wasn't calling my name like it does at my house.
All I had was this quilt....
One needle....
scissors and some thread.
I also had a wonderful "mom" to talk to.
Quilting and talking...
mmm. mmm. good.

This capital B made me happy.

I'm getting soooo close to done!!....

I can feel it.