Another week and another weekend…

gone by.  School starts tomorrow and I think we are ready!

There has been a lot going on here.  I did some sewing, some golfing, some fishing, some birthdaying, some cleaning and now it’s back to reality and work.  I took off last week to spend time with my kids to prepare for school.

I have been basting away on my Applique Affair project.  Actually I’ve done a lot of handwork in the evenings when watching tv with the hubby.  I only have about 200 hexagons to baste on my other project!

I decided to put away my halloween project.  It is just too busy.  I love the concept of the design, but I should have used a more solid purple verses the starry one I put with the stripes.  I don’t think I’ll ever finish that one – don’t be surprised if it ends up in your mail box someday.

I did more clearing of my sewing area (YAH!) and finally got my design wall back up!  It really makes a difference in my attitude to sew!  So, I put up my new “quick to finish top” and plan to have it together this week:

And I did turn on my machine this weekend and did a tiny paper piecing project for the shop.  There is actually 2 in this kit, but I started with this sand bucket first-it’s only 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ square:

I have lots more pictures to share, none that involve quilting   I’ll save those for posts throughout the week.  Time to get ready for my day.

Design Wall Friday

I got this idea from Kim’s blog and being I actually have something new on my design wall, it gave me a reason to take a picture and share it.

These are 13 out of 14 blocks from the Stars Around the Garden Block of the Month I host at work. I’m redoing the 14th block (it was an early block and I wasn’t happy with the colors) and then I have to add the appliquéd center and sashing for February’s meeting. I’ve got a lot to do, but I’ll get it mostly done in time for class.

I might move a few around still, it’s fun just to leave them there until I finalize the layout.