The Sun is out!

And I'm so happy to see it. The cats are also enjoying it too. They get cranky with gloomy weather, similar to humans. Seeing the sun light come through this window in my stair way is fabulous.

It occurred to me the other day that I could make a cover for my couch rather than use towels.  The cats sometimes get sick and this has preserved my couch all these years.  So I started it yesterday.  

Kitty here is the quilting I did on the Kaffe quilty hugs top.

These are pictures of a Heart Builders quilt that is finished except for the label and a wash. I am finishing up a lot of loose ends. Move them along!

Long Over Due

I have been handling life one day at a time and so far so good. I have been quilting as it is my sanity in this crazy world.

I was lucky to order Bonnie Hunters newest book in the first wave.

I am doing the new mystery quilt by Bonnie called Good Fortune and keeping up with the steps.  So far I am using red and neutrals, black instead of blue.  I haven't picked out the other colors.  I am using green for this weeks clue making chevrons.  This is not my favorite block to make but I will get it done.

Last night I loaded a top to quilt. It's so fun to play with my new machine. This top you see is for heart builders. I was very pleased with the quilting.

I have customer quilts to do this weekend so that will be my priority. Maybe in the middle of quilting those I will start on good fortune step three. Bring out those pretty greens.

Friday evening relaxation

After driving home from Florence through heavy rain storms and traffic I settled in to finish quilting this top for Heart Builders.  It is the last one so I can send all of them.

I have been really trying to stretch my machine quilting skills by trying new hand guided patterns.  The one I mastered this time was the orange peel.  It was a little awkward at first but by the end of the quilt I was fairly comfortable.  Feathers were mastered long ago.

Here are pictures from this morning where the light and shadow were perfect.

Weekend Update

I had a bag of scraps that I was tired of looking at so I did something about it. I turned them into MAM blocks. All 55 blocks.  Now all that's remaining are short scraps that will become coins.

A batch of Carolina chain blocks.  A Bonnie Hunter design.  I have at least one more bag of carolina chain blocks to sew into a top.

A donated top from a member of High Country Quilters NC. This will be sent to Heart Builders for their November quilt drive.  

Heart Builders

I finished up two quilts for the heart builders group.  There are two more to do but I am going to concentrate on on my chemo quilts.

Heart Builders Top

This morning I quilted a heart builders top I received recently.  It's very bright and colorful.  I kept the quilting simple this time.

Just add batting!

I volunteered quite awhile ago (a few months ago) to quilt kids quilts for heart builders.  They needed a finisher and I was happy to commit.  I quilted circles and loops, fun, easy and fast.

The binding has been stitched on and later I will machine it down to the other side.

I added a backing that I think matches.

Kitty from https://alefthandedquilter.blogspot.com recently sent me a box of goodies for my Quilty Hugs passion.  In the box were two tops, one of which had a back and binding.  Assorted blocks and odds and ends.  Thank you Kitty for being so generous.

I was in the groove this morning and knocked out this top, enjoying the feather quilting.  I'll post more pictures later.  I LOVE how it came out!  🐸🐸🐸