Tuesday Morning....6 February 2018

Packing day!  We will leave this evening (hopefully no later than 9:30pm) for a hotel just outside Indianapolis.  Two hours worth of driving.  Sleep in tomorrow morning and then 6 hours plus to Oshkosh to spend a few days with mom.  We will accompany her to her neurologist appointment on Thursday (just a followup), celebrate her 87th birthday on Sunday and then Monday morning, make our way back home.

As to Quilty talk....

This was delivered to the recipient yesterday.....

I am rather pleased how it turned out.  Most of the surrounding heart blocks were a result of a call out for this particular quilt for a Yahoo group member.  There are some very talented quilters in this particular group so it was a pleasure putting the quilt together.  

After the quilt was acknowledged as having been received, I quietly removed myself from the group.  Sometimes life has a way of telling us to start paring down.  Time is precious....am I spending the time wisely?  

And what am I working on while at home?  Why backing for this flimsy:

Not the best of photos.... One of these days I'll really make attempts to capture quilts in the making properly.  
Measures 77 1/2 x 77 1/2.  

And here's the start of the backing. Oh yes, it's going to be one heck of a quilt.  This is called "using up one's stash" and I had plenty of small polka dot fabric.  Strips are 6 1/2" wide.  Why 6 1/2" wide?  Because that's the max my strip cutter cuts.  But of course!  Once the backing is pieced, I can boast - all tiny polka dot fabric has been used.  Yay!

My take along project to Oshkosh?  String blocks.  6 1/2 square.  Only 50 more to go. No sashing.  Just put 4 blocks together.  Easy peasy. The backing?  Piecing together several yards of fabric.  No more strips pieced together for a backing.  Boy, that is tiresome.   



Latte finished and it's getting later by the minute.  

Breakfast date with the hubby!

May your day be a very blessed one...

Sharon