What I've been working on

I may not have been in my sewing room over the summer, but I finally got back into it this month.  I've been trying to sew blocks together to get some quilt tops finished. I'm supposed to be making 5 baby quilts this year (all 5 babies have been born), and I'm WAY behind!  I cheated, and purchased a baby quilt at a quilt show back in June for one of the babies.

I had leftover blocks from the Family Reunion quilt that was raffled off back in 2023.

Me and the quilt winners

Well, I had a LOT of extra blocks, so, I made THREE baby quilts and a table runner with the extra blocks (I still have a few parts leftover).

one of the three baby quilts using the leftover blocks

I also put together 2 more baby quilts with the I Spy blocks I've been making since October 2022 using the Tickety Boo pattern.  I've had sew much fun collecting I Spy fabrics and ric rac for these blocks.  I've also made a large quilt top with these blocks.

large quilt top

for a baby boy

for a baby girl

Last Spring, I made 2 Storm at Sea Cross quilt tops.

2 of these quilt tops

On Monday, I spray basted 7 quilts before I ran out of spray baste.  It took me 4 stores to get more spray baste, but I finally did, and spray basted 5 more quilt tops (3 were table toppers/runners).  I would have basted a 13th one, but I ran out of batting :(

I've ordered more spray baste (still not here, and they cancelled 3 of the 5 cans I ordered) and I also ordered a roll of batting (also not here yet, and delayed).  Is anyone else having a hard time lately getting anything shipped when they say that it will arrive?  I've had almost everything I've ordered the past 2 months arrive late (different stores).

I've also sent 4 larger quilts to the long arm quilter. Now to get started quilting the one's I spray basted.  My larger quilt guild is having their quilt show in March 2026, so I'm trying to get some things finished so that I can put them in the quilt show.  We'll see how much quilting I get done.  

Meanwhile, I DID get some hand sewing done over the summer.  I found a pattern in August 2024, and started a new hand project then.  I figured it would take me about 5 years to finish this quilt.  Well, I've got all the hexies stitched (the chunks of hexie's still need to be stitched to one another, but I've started that already).

my 'chunks' of hexies, waiting to be stitched together

the pattern I'm making

I'm also working on the gold hexies that surround the hexies shown above.  I'm MUCH further along than I expected to be.  Maybe this won't take me 5 years after all.  

I'm trying to start blogging again.  I lost my mojo when my client (I was a caregiver) died back in 2021.  I miss blogging, and also getting things done (sewing wise).