Which is good, no time to dwell on things not worth thinking about.
Yesterday I sent a little scrappy quilt throw top, batting and backing with a long arm quilter. It is one I did using 3" squares and is totally scrappy very few of them are the same fabric, and they are very radomly put together. I made it for a donation for a friend son's school. She has twin boys that are seniors and the senior class is donating a Picnic basket filled with all kinds of goodies for the school's annual auction/dinner fund raising event.
I've pieced for several years now, and I've done hand quilting, but didn't have time to do hand quilting on this one, have never machine quilted and didn't want my first attempt to be displayed before so many at an event, so elected to have it professionally quilted. The school colors are Navy and White. So the backing is Navy, the binding will be white and the quilting on the Navy will be white so it will show up. She is doing a feather stitch and I'm anxious to see it finished, I'll do the binding. Quilting thread for the top is varigated.
I have 2 quilts in the work in progress (WIP) stage. I have 36 blocks - 9 patch, 6 of each color, pink, blue, red, purple, green, yellow and will set them together with white (now have enough white fabric to do this and more). I have a pinwheel that has blocks 36 made from 5" squares white on one side and a flag print fabric on the other, then I have 16 made from 4" squares using the same fabric to add for corner stones. I made the 36 into grouping of 6 for 6 rectangle blocks and will sash with 3 strips, one blue with white stars, one red (identical to the blue) and one red. Very patriotic, and will get it quilted and use on my bed or guest bed for patriotic holidays. The 9 patch not sure if it will be put away for a future great grandchild or what yet.
I have quilt patterns, BOM and fabric for 8 quilts for my 4 children (4 pieced and 4 art type) and 1 each for 11 grandchildren and 7 grandchildren, but inbetween guess I'm making and stashing for future Greats as that number is still growing.
I just got a commision to make a throw sized quilt using a "Morning Star" quilt pattern. It will be a scrappy type using browns. Not only are the blocks scrappy but also the sashing. The corner stones are white and the white fabric is used to make half square triangles on either coner of the sashing and the end result looks like an Ohio Star. Neat quilt pattern, looks easy to make.
