Americana QAL

I joined the American quilt along, a row by row quilt, starting with the July blocks, and have made just one block from each row.  The first row is Firework Star - definitely a learning curve here.  The second row is Colors of Liberty (need to fix that center seam of the flag).  for more information see here http://dodmystery.blogspot.com/

 

I also made 6 kennel quilts for an animal shelter in Houston...

 



 

Friday update

I finished the sailboats for the Bitty Block quiltalong.  They are kind of cute!

and am caught up on the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (red):

I started a new paper pieced project called Americana Quilt Along.   It's a row-by-row quilt and the pattern is free as long as I keep up each month.  I started the July block late, so am working on it.  Will post a picture when it's done...

Updates

I really have been here all summer, no vacations, just too lazy to blog.  But that doesn't mean I haven't been busy in the sewing room occasionally!
I worked on a wall hanging for the 4th of July...I actually like the second picture better than the finished one - I like the wave with nothing cut off...



and then I began the long process of quilting the huge Grand Illusion mystery from Bonnie Hunter started last November... I love the pink flamingoes on the back!

This Grand Illusion was the last quilt in my "to be quilted" pile.  Feels so good.  And now I can catch up on the monthly projects, Bitty Blocks and Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but get busy on some older projects started last year and before.  And of course I have some projects waiting to be started...