This Week in the Sewing Room

It has been a very productive week in the sewing room thanks to lots of wet weather.  I finished the last two blocks of my Stars in a Time Warp sew along with Barbara Brackman and got the top pieced together.  I love the simplicity of this setting, and thanks to Lori at  Humble Quilts, I  even know how I want to quilt it.  I learned so much from this journey through different antique fabrics.  I made all but one of the blocks from fabric in my collection.  I even had the setting and border fabric as well.  Two of the blocks didn't fit on the quilt top, so I will incorporate them into the back.

Today I'm working on Sunday Slow Stitching and will be linking to kathysquilts.blogspot.com.  I'd like to get this quilt out of the hoop by the end of the month and start on the Stars in a Time Warp.  We'll see.  Rushing the process takes away the joy, don't you think?

Allietare Mystery -Top Complete

This is one of my very favorite Bonnie quilts.  It is not overly busy and I adore the color combination.  I'm kind of sad to see the process end.  I just love looking forward to the weekly clues and trying to make time to keep up with them.  I'm going to have this one professionally machine quilted with an overall pattern and definitely want to do the scalloped border.  

Even the weather cooperated today.  It's been dreary and raining for days, but no complaints here. After the drought we've be having here in California, every drop is a blessing.

I'm trying not to start many new quilts this year.  Yeah, I know, you've heard that one before and not just from me.  I do have to make three baby quilts and a retirement quilt.  I'm going to try to do all three with fabric on hand.  I have many UFOs and at least 20 tops that need quilting.  I don't need to add to that list. 

I'm thinking of donating some tops to someone who will quilt them for charity.  Do you know of such a person?