Flowers, Wick sampler, and bills

I took a walk in yard to enjoy my flowers. The coneflowers are blooming profusely!

I did get a package. Superior Threads had a small group of King Tut thread colors for 70% off! I got $175 of thread for $52. I have two blue flannel lap sized quilts to make so this blue will come in handy for that. 

I got a bit more stitched on the John Wick sampler. I stitched in the stems down the right side and got a few stitches for the leaves at the bottom of the right side. Here is what it looked like the last time I posted it and what it looks like now.

I was tired after I got home from work so I didn't get any quilting done. I did have to spend some time paying bills. July is real estate taxes and insurance.

Progress on the pinwheel quilt

This quilt is going together a bit differently than normal, but I am makaing good progress. Yesterday I did a bit of laundry, mowed the front and side yards, then quilted the rest of the day. I got the pinwheel border quilted and got the binding done on the right half to match what was already done on the left half.

Next I will quilt the middle. Here is a shot of my big center flower bed from my sewing studio that I see when standing at my pressing area.

As I was getting ready for work this is the sunrise thru the trees.

Progress on the black and white pinwheel quilt

I was up by 8 a.m. Saturday. The sun was out so I just couldn't sleep any longer. 6 hours would have to due! LOL!! I received an email from a friend that her altered dress got delivered to her and that she needed another girl baby quilt. I sent her a couple pictures and she picked one. I don't have much of a stash. I only have 5 baby quilts left in my stash! I got the label sewn on the quilt and she stopped over and picked it up. It is much prettier in person.

I spent the rest of the day working on the second quilt for my friend from PA. The top was sewn together so it was time to join the batting.

Next I sewed the backing together, pressed the seam then taped and used binder clips to hold the backing in place. Thank goodness for my big table!

Spread and smoothed the batting

then pin basted the top

Next I stitched in the ditch the narrow print border

and I now have 2 out of the 27 pinwheel blocks quilted.   I am free motion quilting them so I have to really concentrate making straight lines around the outside of the pinwheel and then outlining the four black triangles.

Another road trip

Yesterday the band headed to Meadville, PA. I made oatmeal raisin cookies for the trip. Big ones this time because I was in a hurry.  They were a big hit!

It just poured rain the closer we got to Meadville. For a bit you couldn't see the car in front of you. The rain slowed down by the time we got to the venue and then eventually the skies cleared. I think it kept the crowd down, but the ones that did show up enjoyed themselves.

There is this pretty pond right behind the stage. I wish I had a pond like this on my property.

Ther was a printing company sponsoring the event and I got some swag!

My friend and her husband came to the show so I handed off the quilt. She was excited thta it was done. The friend that had made this passed away 13 years ago and it was a weight lifted off my friend' mind that it was now a usable quilt. I am excited to the next one done for her. This was made by the same woman.

I got to bed at 1:45 a.m. this morning. Let's see what I can get done today!

More tote bags and a package!

I sewed together another 10 tote bags to try and keep ahead of what we might need at the merch booth.

When I got home from work it was raining - thank goodness! - and I spied a package at the door.

It was from Hancock's of Paducah. It was packaged very well and nothing inside got wet.  I needed some black Kona cotton for binding so I picked up a few other sale items so I would get free shipping.

There was this fabric that will be perfect for the back of a Harley quilt. The name of it is Born to Ride and it was only $5.99 a yard!

Then I just had to get some of this Buffalo check for the back of a flannel quilt. I love Buffalo check and it was on sale for $6.29 a yard. In person it is a darker red and cream. I have plans for it since I have been collecting red plaid flannels to make myself a quilt. Now I just need to get to it!

Dress -done!, Hoodie - done! Next project

I have been crossing things of the to-do list! I finally finished fixing this dress. I took off the ruffles shorten the body of the dress by 4" and sewed the ruffle back on.

The opening for the armholes needed to be made smaller and that was an easy task. It is now done and will be headed to its owner today.

Then it was time to get the zipper replaced in my nephew's hoodie. Here is the before

and the after. I got it packed up with a few other things I had on my list to ship to my sister. With a quick trip to the grocery store's post office, the hoodie is on its way back to my nephew.

The next thing I got into was the second quilt from my friend that needs finished. This was made by the same friend of hers that made the other quilt I just finished.  The lady passed away.  I feel good about getting these finished so they don't end up unfinished forever.  I first had to sew the seam of the quilt top to join the two halves together. I had already disassembled the backing and batting from the left side.

As you can see it wasn't just one straight seam.

Done!

The right side of the quilt is partially quilted and even has the binding on it! The left side is just the quilt top.

My next step will be to join the right side batting with the left side batting then the backing so the same with the backing. There is a bag that contains the pattern, a couple extra blocks, and more binding.  All I need is the binding.  

The Shasta daisies are blooming! I will have to water them tonight. I have not watered them thru the heat wave; they are pretty tough.

There are more in the center bed that haven't bloomed yet.

The quilt is done!

I got the binding and a few rows of stitching in the ditch done last evening. It got a wash and looks pretty good despite the challenges of the two wavey sides. It finished 83 1/2 x 83 1/2.

Of course it needed a bag! I will deliver this to its owner on Friday.