Bitty Blocks for August

Done with the August blocks, they were fun to make!

Design Wall monday

today I made my three blocks in indigo for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and half of the log cabin blocks for the Bitty Block sew along.  Feeling accomplished!

Quilts for small pets in shelters

I received a request for kennel quilts from Petfinder in California, they are taking care of animals that have been displaced by fires.  So today I made 4 kennel quilts. I've been using orphan blocks, adding bits as needed, and for the backs use leftover flannel and fleece.  Fun!   There is more information at http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/program/KennelQuilt/index.html

August

Oh my gosh, it's August! and I have nothing to show.  I did go on a trip to Oregon the end of last month, and I have signed up for a couple more projects! what is the matter with me?? I can't seem to get back to working on what I already have started...but I am kept busy with garden and reading.  I went on a hike last weekend to Albion Basin to look at the wildflowers, but they had already peaked and this is what was left.  It was a gorgeous day and site...

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...