Nothing New or Different

 Here is the finished Wind Drifter quilt hanging at my guild meeting this morning.

And the back.

Made from the leftover fat quarters.

It is my new favorite quilt. I love how it turned out.

Another finish...

Donna gave me all the nine patches years ago. The runner is long - 53 inches - she has a large dining room table that will really show the colors off, so I plan on gifting the runner to her when she visits next month.

Bella is not allowed outside - ever. But she is allowed in the garage. While there she likes to hunt / wait for lizards to appear under the garage door, catch the lizard and bring it into the house. She caught her second one this summer. Normally, I'm able to rescue them (usually without a tail). The newest lizard hid in the rails of the glass slider. I threw Bella in my bedroom and rescue the poor lizard still alive.

She sat there ALL day and half the night, waiting for it to show up again.

Mama finally showed up with her babies.

They are so cute!

I think I'm going to take a few weeks off from blogging. I don't have anything loaded on the frame. I'm not starting anything new or finishing anything. The pieces and parts I may work on are the same pieces and parts I've been working on for months and if I'm bored of looking at them, I'm sure you are too. So it seems like a good time to take a break. See you in a few.

Lots of Quilting and Binding

 
I added a scrappy binding to the scrappy quilt.

I think I've already mentioned the pattern is Lady by Villa Rosa Designs. Very easy to make. It was a great leader ender project.

I finished quilting Wind Drifter.

I really like the quilt pantograph I used. Really easy and I love all the movement it gives the quilt. I've sewn the binding to the front and I'm about a third of the way done with hand sewing the binding to the back. I'll show the whole quilt next week.

Here is some more quilting I did.

My ribbons don't look very ribbonie but I like how the half daisys turned out.

I picked up the Care Bear and pink butterfly fabrics at last month's Quilts 4 Kids meeting. I love how these two little quilts turned out, soft flannel on the back...Bella liked them too.

On the frame now is the nine patch table runner I made last year.

I've completed all the in-the-ditch quilting, added a bit of cross hatch quilting and am now adding this ruler motif in the cream nine patches. I've finished 10 out of twenty blocks. Now I need to decide if I'm going to add anything to the setting triangles. And if I do, what?

I went from gung ho to ho hum.

I finished quilting the scrappy quilt.

I still have to add the binding. It will be scrappy also. The butterfly flannel was one of my "JoAnn's is closing" purchases. I wish I had bought more but part of me thinks I bought the last of the bolt.

I cut out the borders for the Care Bear quilts...and haven't touched them since.

I started getting Wind Drifter ready to quilt.

I got this far and started second guessing all my choices. So, it sat for most of last week.

I'm using black batting. The quilt is 73 inches square. For some reason I bought a queen size bat (I think the only options were queen or king). While the package said queen (93 x 108) the batting must have been a king. I cut over 35 inches from one side and will have more than that left on the bottom. Trimming the side was a booger.

After a week of procrastinating, I finally loaded it yesterday. Why do I torture myself second guessing things? 

When I stopped this afternoon I was about half done and everything is looking great. I'm using another new pantograph and it is easier to follow than the pantograph I used on the scrappy quilt.

Here is another distraction I had on Saturday. 

This is Oakley. She is about three years old and the sweetest girl. Her and Bella had a blast together...until Bella decided they weren't. Don't you love that she is the same color as my rug.