Spring Break Quilting Fest

Spring break has begun!  Saturday we started off the week with a Wedding.  My friend Linda from work was the happy bride.   There were lots of Covid safety features, but it was still a little scary to be in a group of people again.  

The flowers were just beautiful!  I was lucky enough to bring home an extra to enjoy after the brunch on Sunday.  

I spent yesterday getting the borders on this sampler quilt.   I pieced a back and it is ready to go next on the frame.   I am picturing allover flowers for the quilting on this one.   My feathers will definitely enjoy some practice.   

I spent the afternoon today sitting on the balcony finishing up the binding on Nine Carat Diamonds.   Then I got the Tiny Tuesday Sampler quilt loaded up on the frame, so that will be next on the list.  Spring break is always a little bit of a taste of summer vacation being just around the corner.  Just nine more weeks of this terribly odd school year!  Still hoping that things start to get back to normal in time for the next one.  

 

A Friday Finish!

I finished the binding on the first of my hurricane quilts last night.  Here is Shine Like a Diamond.   Nine patches were framed in  black and white based on a quilt that I saw on Quilting is More Fun than Housework.    I can't seem to find the exact quilt right now, but I will look for it. 

 I added a black and white diamond fabric for the border and found a backing fabric with diamonds on it.  From the clearance rack!

 This stripe worked for both an inner border and binding.  There is something happy about striped bindings.

Nervous Energy

Thursday I caulked all the windows and sealed stucco cracks in the outside walls of the house.  I was detailing the mini van when Anna wanted to know if I was going to be OK.  With two extra days off of school, it seemed like I should accomplish something.  Friday I washed all the laundry and cleaned up the inside of the house.  

That left enough time to finish one quilt.  

 So this morning I went for a run to replace the 5K that cancelled for obvious reasons.  Anna didn't take the ACT either.  Then I went to the store one last time and bought lots of junk food that made the kids so happy.  Sydney is in favor of hurricanes if it means that she can eat pop-tarts and Cheetos.  That left plenty of time this afternoon to finish another quilt.  I will get some better pictures in the morning.

There were two more flimsies hiding in the closet waiting to be quilted.  Those should keep me occupied in the morning.  They are both pretty small.  

Then tonight we had a family movie night and I finished the hand quilting on the orange peels quilt.  It rained a little bit today, but it wasn't particularly hurricane rain.  The wind has just started to pick up a bit.  We have been lucky I think with the westward shift that the storm seems to be taking.  It is still too early to know for sure, but it doesn't look nearly as bad for those of us on the east coast as we had all feared.  Of course, all of that means bad news for folks on the other coast.  I'll stay up for a while longer and watch some more weather.  That seams to be what I do most these days.
Many thanks to all who sent prayers and well wishes.  I appreciate them all more than you can imagine.  I will try to stay in touch as long as power and internet are going strong.