FINISH NUMBER 19

 I made the binding and sewed it onto the National Parks Panel quilt.

It is now done!  It is Finish #19 for the year.

And here's how the backing looks:
 

I wanted to center the pieced stars on the backing, but I miscalculated and ended up cutting off the very bottom of the stars.  Oh well, I still love how it looks.  It's a nice complement to the front panel.

FOUR QUADRANTS

This month's instructions for this year's Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month was to sew the previous month's blocks into quadrants.

Yesterday I got the A section quadrant's done.  Today I finished the B section and put them all together on the wall.

The instructions don't say anything about sewing them together, so I'm not going to yet.  I tried them in two different orientations.

PANEL QUILTED

 I finished up the quilting on the National Parks Panel.  I had started it yesterday and there wasn't much left to do today.

It's now off the machine, waiting for binding.

GOODBYE TABLE

I've had this vintage oak dining room table and four chairs since probably 1988.  I've tried to sell it, but apparently no one wants small well-made vintage tables.  So I decided to donate it to Habitat for Humanity.  They picked it up today.  I hope it finds a good home.

I was also trying to rehome this big chair we no longer want.  I tried to add it to the existing pickup order for the table, but couldn't do that.  So, I asked the guys taking the table if they could also take the chair.  They said they had room in the truck so they could.  Goodbye chair.

SUNFLOWER JOY

 I've really enjoyed growing some Sunflowers this summer. 

And I'm really happy to see the Chickadees enjoying the seeds.

TURQUOISE SLABS

For the last few days I've been making SLABs from my Turquoise Scrap Bucket.

Still have more to make to get it to twin-size.  Lots of scraps left.

 

LUCY GLO APPLE

 I love apples.  I found a new variety in our store this week.  It's called Lucy Glo.  It's a very big variety of apple, yellowish on the outside and a surprising red color on the inside.

It was labeled as being sweet and crispy.  I might have gotten a bad one.  Mine was very tart and a little dry.  I couldn't finish it, it was too tart for me.

A friend in New York said she had tried them too.  Her's was sweet and crispy.  Maybe the New York variety is better than the Washington variety.  ??  Either way, I don't think I'll try it again.