That was Fun!

I just put the last stitch in my Quilt 4 Kids called Vroom. The kit was very well organized with clear directions and went together beautifully. A lot of quilting was requested and I couldn't decide what color would work.
Therefore I used orange in the orange squares, green in the green squares and black for the rest. I know I don't get any extra points for all that "fancy" quilting, but it was just such fun. I think next on my list is getting some Dear Jane blocks prepped for cruise. I've done most of the applique ones already so I'll have to see what else will work well by hand. I always feel silly doing simple straight seems by hand when a machine is so much faster and stronger.

Vroom

I didn't exactly get an early start this afternoon. As soon as everyone was in bed though, I pulled out my quilt kit from the mail and got it all put together. It went together super easy. Isn't it bright and cheery? I even perservered and got both borders on. I can baste and quilt tomorrow I hope after chess while Ryan is at football if the girls will play nicely for a while. If I can get it done by the afternoon I can walk it over to Miss Sheila for binding. I haven't read any of the directions about where to send it back, but I'll have to be sure to follow through on that. Somehow I always drop the ball when a trip to the post office is required. I'd like to spend some time this weekend getting some handwork ready to go for the cruise and such. Dear Jane blocks make a nice take along project.

Girl Scout Happy Blocks

Tonight was Girl Scouts. I had them try out the happy block pattern that I am planning to organize as a charity quilting project. It has been on the back burner for a while now, but I'd like to get the kits out there to other troops so that they can work on them in their own time. The girls are doing fairly well with the sewing these days. They remember more each time about how to put the pieces together and then orient them in the machine. It is always interesting to see what the parts are that give them issues. I just kept saying, "jelly side together", "match the edges", and of course, "don't sew your fingers". With three machines and 8 girls we finished 20 blocks in an hour and 15 minutes. That should be about right for a typical troop to do in a single meeting.