Terrific Tuesday

 So, it was sunny, which always elevates my mood! (Remember, I said that I think I have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)?! And, it was reasonably warm....I didn't even need a jacket this afternoon.

The first thing I attacked this morning (by 7:30 am) was laying out the Lupine & Laughter blocks I completed yesterday. I don't have a large quilt wall, so I put them out on my bed. 

OOPS!

That green and gold block you see toward the bottom center is the quilt I have on the bed,

not one of the blocks of the quilt I am making!

I am missing a block. So, back to the cutting board, machine and iron!

I've since cut all of the pieces and only need to piece the block together. 

I pulled out a few UFO's (UnFinished Objects) or, with a more positive spin, "WIPS" (Works In Progress), to decide what I might work on next. 

These were some placemats I put together a few summers ago. I wasn't feeling well and was 

a member of a sewing group. I wanted something to do so grabbed some 'brights' at a shop in NC 

and put together these "Stack the Deck" placemats. 

I don't like them!

I don't want them!

I'm not gonna finish them!

A recent pod cast I listened to suggested that we sewists go through our WIPS/UFOS and 

decide if we still LIKE them. If not, it was suggested that we pass them on.

My partially finished placemats will accompany me to the next guilt meeting.

They will be placed on the 'freebie' table! 

The 'other' grandmother (in Berkeley, CA) loves to collect castoff items set along the curb.

She found a remnant of San Francisco motif fabric and gave it to me.

I made a small pillow with it when I was in California a few years ago,

and brought the remaining pieces home with me. 

I cut the fabric in squares and began putting on some sashing.

I was planning to make another, larger pillow.

But, the project was shoved in a bin, so it didn't collect dust, but there is sat...

I need to get back to it and finish it. It needs to be sent back to the 'other' grandmother

as a finished, quilted pillow for her house.

Next, I pulled out a quilt I've had finished for a while. 

It needs to be quilted and I want to use the computer to quilt it,

but I want to do "custom quilting" on it. I want to have the computer avoid the larger stars, 

which will then be quilted differently. 

After some practice on the computer I think I am ready to tackle this quilt now.

It will be going on the long arm shortly!

This has been a WIP for many, many years.

I finally have sewn all of the hexies together (hand stitching).

This will be a WIP for a while longer as I still need to put borders on it,

then machine quilt the white part,

then quilt the 'flowers',

then hand quilt flight paths for the bees,

(the individual yellow and purple blocks are a printed fabric with a bee on each.)

and finally, bind the quilt. 

I have a long ways to go....

I'll just take it step-by-step!

Finally (now, around 9 AM) I pulled out a bag I had made, 

but never finished. 

This is a fun Japanese bag that is supposed to tie onto the handle.

I made a poor choice in fabric, it's too heavy for this purpose.

I need to rework the bag. I played around with it a bit,

and I think I have a plan.

Perhaps by next week we'll see if that plan worked!

The rest of the day was spent with the "Piecemakers", a small group of ladies who 

meet weekly to sit and sew. Once a month we also go to lunch. Today was the day,

so off we went to Red's for burgers and wraps,

then back to sew,

and day is done!