FLOWERS QUILTED

I put the Flower Power quilt on to Eduard yesterday and finished it up today.

I think I finally figured out this computerized pantograph thing.

I helped Eduard work on this and in between I was sewing the City Sampler blocks into rows.  I love it.

V'S BIRTHDAY

Today is Victoria's 18th birthday.  She's all grown up.  Happy Birthday!

I finished cutting up the fabrics for the Flower Power kit that I had started cutting yesterday.

Then I chain-pieced the first half of one of the blocks.

Bentley is also enjoying the new bed I got for the dogs.

We went to Julie and Jeff's to celebrate Steve's Retirement.  Yea!

JELLY ROLL MESS

Oh my!  I think this is the first time I've worked with a Jelly Roll of fabrics.  My , my, they are messy.  There is just an abundance of little fibers from the edges that have been pinked.  It's everywhere!  

So, I bought this quilt kit a while ago and have been working on it lately.  The Jelly Roll strips need to be sewn into groups of four; I need 18 strip sets.

I had to run out to Pacific Fabrics yesterday to buy template material.  I needed some that I could iron for the circles that will go in the middle of the blocks, and just some regular, thick template for the wedges.

Once the strip sets are sewn together, they had to be ironed.  Then using the wedge template I made, I cut out six wedges from each strip set.

After I got the wedges all cut out, I quit for the day so I could go pick up the husband at the airport.

TUESDAY OUTING

We (the dogs and I) got up and and headed to the grocery store to take advantage of a coupon deal on halibut - buy one get one free.  I scored some beautiful pieces of fish to give to my Mom.  Since Darrell is out of town for the week, I thought I'd just take it to her (I probably should have saved myself a piece - oh, well!)  I also had some frozen ground beef  for her that I had picked up several weeks ago on another coupon deal.

We had a nice visit then I left so she could get on with her day.  The dogs and I went to a nearby park for a walk.

It was a great morning, the weather was perfect.  It's a very nice park, lots of birds and a beautiful little lake.  The dogs loved it.  I let Jelly run loose and she was having a ball, running back and forth and investigating everything.

We'll have to go back soon - and this time take binoculars with us.

In the afternoon, I got out a quilt kit that I had bought a while back and has been waiting for attention.  I sorted and sewed some jelly roll strips together.  I have a ways to go yet.  Stay tuned.

CUTTING IT ALL OUT

I bought another kit from Craftsy!  I can't help myself, they are all on sale.

This one is called "Molly".  I like the colors and the pattern looks quick and easy.

I took all the fabric to work and got it all cut out during the slow times.

I have to make the half-square triangle squares yet.

I can probably bring those to work and trim them down, too.

[an efficient use of time]

I was pretty upset, because there were supposed to be 20 fat quarters, and I only had 19.  And, the larger piece for the binding was advertised as being red - I got brown.

Luckily, before I sent of a complaint, I found the missing fat quarter at home, hiding.

I went online to order the red for the binding, and it was out of stock.  So, I ordered a different red that should work.