This Week in the Sewing Room

Its been a very productive week for me in the sewing room.  We got home from Arizona last Friday and within a week I finished my En Provence Mystery Quilt top as well as my Garden Party quilt top.  Of course it has done nothing but rain here in California (no complaints from me, as I think we are finally out of the drought). 

I basically used Bonnie Hunter's colors for the mystery except that I used Civil War era reproduction fabrics so the quilt has a more muted look to it.  I'm happy with it, even though the pattern isn't as bold as Bonnie's.  I sure did get A LOT of practice unsewing on this one.  Many ways to screw up!

Here is a close-up so you can see the colors better.

My Garden Party quilt just needed the two final borders to be done.  The pattern came from Bonnie Hunter's Addicted to Scraps book.  I prepared the back today and will drop it off to the long arm quilter on Thursday. 

 

 

 

Here's a close up

 

Finally, I'm starting to pin-baste my Allietare quilt.  My hand quilting buddy, Nancy, and I planned the quilting, and I'm looking forward to getting started . Not bad for a week's work- Oh how I love being retired !

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?