Mom and I went shopping and out to lunch with daughter Carol. It was a great day, and I even managed to trim all of my quilt blocks and put them in order for binding and joining.
I have a specialty machine foot coming in a few days that is supposed to make the binding process a breeze. I think I'll wait for that foot to arrive before doing any more work on this project. I'm sure there will be a learning curve, but I'm excited to learn a different way of attaching the binding!
The blocks for my next quilt have all been quilted. Next up, trim them to size.
I'm going to approach this quilt a little differently. I have been binding all the blocks, and then choosing the layout. This time, I'm going to choose the layout first, and then bind them. That way I can join blocks in the evening while watching t.v. Leaving all the joining until the end is a little tiring on my hands!
It took me all day, but I finished Joanne's patriotic pot holder quilt today! I'm so pleased with the way it turned out.
I spent quite a bit of time working on quilt blocks today, and I managed to finish eight.
Since daughter Joanne and granddaughters Sophia and Kara are also working on quilt blocks, I took pictures of both the front and back of each block so that they could get some ideas for their blocks.
I have an idea for using fairy wands, so I put some more together this afternoon. Once my supplies arrive, I'll share what I've thought of doing... if my idea works!
Today is daughter Carol's 45th birthday. Happy birthday, Carol! To celebrate, we went to a new Italian restaurant in the next town south of us. The food was delicious, and the company was even better.
I spent a lot of time crafting with two of my granddaughters today... long distance, of course! They're in Georgia, and I'm in Illinois.
One of the things we're doing is making beaded pens. I'm not sure what the kids will do with theirs, but I will be passing mine out at school.
Sophia and Kara have decided that they want to learn to sew. I found some inexpensive fabric squares on Amazon and had them shipped to their house. Sophia practiced on the sewing machine today.
Kara worked on hand quilting. I'm so proud of both of them!
We thought there might be more storms today, so I started my day with quilting five more blocks for my next quilt. It did get a little dark for a while, but we never saw any rain. That's okay!
I really wanted to watch The Alamo today. I remember going to the movie theater with my sister on a Saturday afternoon. The deal was that when we got home we had to tell Mom all about it. I often wonder if we did a good job telling about the movie. I was only 8 years old when it came out. I've asked Mom, and she doesn't remember.
Anyway, it was easier to work on sewing two strips together for Joanne's quilt than to concentrate on tatting. My next step will be to add the final strip to these two. After that, I will join the first four strips with the last three. The end is in sight!
