Fall is here and so is the World Series (stash report week 43)

Corydalis - sweet little perennial that blooms til the frost gets it

Hello!!

Once upon a time I followed baseball, especially Cardinal ball, very closely. Then about a decade ago MLB decided to change everything I had learned and added new teams and, well, now that I live here, I can just keep tabs on what's going on by listening to a few minutes of the news.  However, it is exciting to have the Cardinals in the World Series again, and, to have a big win like last night's game.

On to the business at hand - here's the backing to my former boss's quilt.

As DH watches NFL all afternoon, I should be quilting it, as simply as it is pieced.

Here are a couple hexie flowers.  I liked the yellow one that I sent off in the hexie swap so well that I made one for myself.  Of course, here's another polka dot.

The Clover & Violet Embroidery 101 blocks are all done.  WooHoo!!

Jennie has posted that she may do a smaller stitch along before the holidays.  So, if you'd like to try out some embroidery, check her blog.

I may not get this one together for a while, we'll see.  I have lots of UFOs in the quilting queue.

It's almost time for quilt guild meeting so here are my Civil War blocks.  This one is called "Union."

Not wanting the duplicate "Union" in a 6" version, here's "White House" from Barbara Brackman's Civil War Quilts blog.

This is the first time I've tried to match stripes.  You can tell - lol!  Oh well!

Finally, here are a couple charity blocks for guild called "X's and O's."








In this post I showed my latest stash additions - 11 FQs! I love FQs!!

Used this Week: 0
Used year to Date: 49.42
Added this Week: 2.75
Added Year to Date: 109.57
Net Used for 2011:   -60.15

Check out more Stash Reports at Patchwork Times.  Have a great day!!

Little finishes

Happy Weekend!

It's still hot and the lethargy caused by the heat continues but I did manage to get some handwork done this week.

 Like these little hexies.

Click over to Confessions of a Fabric Addict for more Woop Woop finishes.

One reminder, if you are a new quilter and would like to join the Wantobe Quilter giveaways over at Sew We Quilt Stash Manicure, you can enter here.  Just send me your name, a phone number, and email address and I will send them along to Madam Samm.

Vacation is over

Some Oriental lilies in the backyard.

 Yes, DS is home! We did a day trip to pick him up yesterday. Papa handed us a CD of photos so I will pick a few to share over the summer.  He is still in bed atm as Papa and Grammy let him stay up late.  He was at full speed until we got home last night.  Wheww!  Wonder how long it will take to get him back to routine.


All that time in the car was productive.  Lots of hexies basted.  Usually I just baste and sew one together all at one time but I knew I needed something for this road trip.
 

As you can see, these are all polka dots, the theme I finally decided upon.  Now I am trying to decide what to do with them - how to set them together. 


For example, do I do a traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden and start making lots of white hexies, or do I do applique and make each flower into a flower with a stem and leaf?  HHHmmmm....decisions, decisions.  Since I have two done so far, guess I have sometime, don't I?

Let's say "so long" with a look at one of the many Asisatic lilies in the back yard.