Some Finishes...

A few things to show off you today.  

And, just so you know, these 2 little doll dresses have been laying around, waiting to be finished, for months.  MONTHS!  One just needed to have the velcro sewn on.  The other needed the bodice sewn and then put together with the skirt.  It took me less than an hour to finish them both up...     

And, yesterday, I finished the baby girl granny square quilt top!

They're piling up, ya know.  The quilt tops...flimsies.   I have more than I have ever had before!  Mostly because I have nowhere to lay them out to pin baste them...not since I moved to this apartment.  When I found out about the ability to rent a longarm quilting machine (back in April), my plan was to set up a day each month to quilt one of my flimsies.  

Yeah, but then my car broke...it got fixed, but with a big repair bill.  Best laid plans and all of that, ya know.

Anyway.  I am not sure what's going on with me...I seem to be a bit more motivated to work on things...to get things done these days.  Kind of scarey, ya know?  ~grin~    

Wonder what I'll work on next?  I definitely have much to choose from.   



"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11

And, Then There Were 9!

All 9 blocks for the

baby girl granny square quilt

are finished!

This last one...

these squares were about all

I had left to work with.

I don't do much 'scrappy', 

so I wasn't sure how much

I would like this one.

I think it's growing on me, though.

Next step...

sashing and (maybe) cornerstones.

Stay tuned!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11

Granny Square Blocks for Your Viewing Pleasure...

It feels good to be productive on what would otherwise have been a lazy day.  

I've made 4 more granny square blocks.  These blocks are fun to put together...and very addictive.  I am following this tutorial by Blue Elephant Stitches.  I would have preferred to do the strip-style piecing, found here, but since these were 'scraps' from Cathy, I didn't have the length needed to sew strips together.  So, instead, I followed the original tutorial and cut the pieces I had into 2.5" squares.  Still, it's an easy block to put together with chain-piecing.   

Here are the blocks I have done today (I may or may not do more, but will save those to show you another day)...

 

I'll make a total of 9 blocks, because that's the most I can make with what I have to work with.  I'll use sashing with a big border all around and this will be the perfect size for a baby quilt!  I'm not sure what I'll use for backing, but finding something for that and for the binding can wait.  

What are you working on today?

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11