Two Quilt Back from the Long Armer!

I picked up these two quilts from Lora Thursday and got the bindings on them pretty quickly!  I LOVE them!  This one is Jelly Snowflake which was a mystery we did the summer or 2020!  Five years in the making, but worth the wait!

This is Merry Mayhem Mystery # 148 from New Year's Day 2024. For some reason the colors and fabrics in this one just make me happy.  I used the border fabric to pull colors and it really works.

 

A Forgotten Quilt (Tula Pink's City Sampler) and a Reading Retreat!

A few weekends ago I attended my fifth Booktube Besties Reading Retreat!  It is 24 hours online (we do sleep) reading, sharing about favorite books, discussing a book topic, and playing a game or two.  The time goes really fast!  Now that I have a book club with five people from a previous retreat, we have a running side conversation, and it really is even more fun!  We usually get a bookmark and do a small craft that they send us.

This year we made bookmarks from napkins!  You peel off the lining(s) of the napkins and apply mod podge to the bookmark.  Then you apply the napkin and put some cling wrap type stuff on top of it and get all the wrinkles out with the nail file.  You mod podge on the top too.  Use a hair dryer to dry it.  Flip and repeat, add the tassel! Here is the other side.

There are about fifty four total people in the retreat, so this is just some of us.

In other news, I have been sewing a few of Bonnie's leaders and enders this year.  It is called Four Patch Fun.  I have not done one in a few years, but the diagonal line of this one really appealed to me!

Mark Lipinski is making Tula Pink's City Sampler, so I wanted to show him mine.  In searching my blog I could not discover the completed top so I apparently never posted it to my blog!  According to Facebook I posted the top on September 1st, 2020.  I do not think this one has been quilted yet, but I need to dig in my quilt top bins to make a backing and get it in line for quilting!
Here it is without borders.

 Here it is with borders.

A Few Finishes and some Art Smock Gifts!

I have not been sewing a ton this summer (maybe once a week) but I did make Indie and Hazel paint smocks for their upcoming birthdays.  One small, one medium.  I have a large one in progress for the future.

We planted a container garden again.  Mostly so the kids can enjoy watering it and collecting the vegetables.  They love it.  We have tomatoes in two or three types/sizes and tiny cucumbers as well as green beans that are thriving.  Our sunflower is looking good.  Our zucchini died fast and the yellow squash is slow to grow.  We also have basil and oregano that are doing great and I am cooking with both. The radishes came up quickly and the kids loved pulling them!

I did whip up another Streak of Sunshine quilt.  This one is most likely going to Maggie Lou and Jair for their upcoming baby boy.  (My cousin Carla's youngest daughter's kiddo). 

My new long Armer, Lora put I love you hands on this Princess Crown quilt.  It has a pink back so it is waiting for a baby girl.  I did recently send two quilts to California since Hailey had a baby girl (Sterling) and Physicity will soon have a baby boy.  

Lora also quilted my modern quilt from a few years ago.  This one is called New Day and I am super proud of this one.  I really worked hard to get the edge of the curve right and the colors from my scrappy fabric as well.  I love how it came out!

 I do have the Secret Agent quilt back from Lora and need to make the binding and attach it and get pictures.  Mom and Aunt Nancy are coming to stay for a few days and to attend Indie's birthday on Saturday (how is she two already?) so may try to get it in before they get here.  I jacked up my knee and am hobbling around and struggling to walk.  Makes me crazy!