Startitis

Startitis has hit me hard.  I haven't started anything new even though I went to my Sampler Class last night that my friend Jean is teaching.  (I still need my background fabric to arrive as I ordered it online.)

Yesterday I quilted a little table runner.  It's a Dirty Dozen from last year.  I got the top made and basted. Backing and batting were pinned and it was ready to quilt.  I just need to get the binding attached now.  I even have the binding made as it is some solid black I had leftover from binding my Christmas "Artic Flame".  Hope to have a finish for you by tomorrow!  Fingers crossed.

The Startitis fever is due to all the new cute fabric I am seeing online.  The Halloween fabrics, the Autumn fabrics, the Christmas fabrics!  I could go on and on.  Sigh.  I do have some fabrics cut and kitted up, I'm going to get one of those out if I can't fight off this feeling.  

Quilted Hug

I just finished a Quilted Hug for my Quilt Guild's service project. 

The fabric was a prequilted  piece that I had bought for some project that I now can't remember.  But it has found a good home as a Quilted Hug.  I thought the placket would be hard to make, but it wasn't bad at all.

These are going to a local nursing home and I hope this keeps someone warm and cozy.

The Quilted Hug Project has a Facebook page here.  You can find the free pattern here.  Also a very helpful YouTube video here.  Hope you decide to try to make one.  

Arctic Flame

 Arctic Flame has made it to the finish line!

I made the top back in May/June 2016, five years ago!  My friend Vicki quilted it for me last year and it took me until now to get the binding on it.  Whew!  It's done!  I love how this turned out.  Now to keep going on those other projects that have been sitting unfinished.

FYI:  This pattern is by Villa Rosa and you can order the little card pattern here or digital pattern here.

Bindings

 I've been working on binding a couple of quilts.  When we went to Minneapolis to visit, I took one of my quilts along.  And-I forgot to get it into the car when we were ready to leave.  We'll be back up again, but it's not going to get done as soon as I had hoped.  Sigh

But, believe it or not, I have other projects that I can work on.  I have 3 small quilts or table toppers that I need to quilt and bind.  Guess I'll be working on those.

Sorry

 Sorry it's been so long since I have posted.  Many things going on.  

My husband had some surgery and I was playing nurse to that.  We had grandkids visit in the middle of all of that.  Which was wonderful to see them.  But my routine has been thrown off.  And it doesn't take much to throw me off the routine.  LOL

So I'm starting over.  I haven't been in the sewing room for weeks and it's time to get it back together.  So today is going to be an organize for 15 minutes and then play for 15 minutes.  Hopefully things will start to feel normal.  

Summer is heading down the road to Autumn!