This and That

Since finishing the graduation quilt last weekend I’ve made a birdhouse, 

…..caught up on the Sweet Potato BOM April & May blocks, 

……and sewed a few more ovals which are all hanging out on the design wall.

Today I’m linking up with Finished (or not) Friday.

Cheers, Cherie

Sewing Ovals, Gifts & Acquisitions

While traveling (again!) this past week, I sewed some more ovals. Here are all the ones I have finished so far, along with a couple that Darlene had made. These are quick and easy to appliqué……any thoughts on what I can make with them? 

Before we left, I shopped hopped with a friend to a few shops we hadn’t been to before. What is with my fascination with panels these days? I am an Audrey Hepburn fan and hadn’t seen this panel before!

And I saw a quilt top made with this panel and just love the flowers.

I was gifted fabric from three friends, two I visited (thanks Debbie & Jessie) and one via mail (thanks Jan/Edna). I love, love, love that even my non quilting friends gift me fabric 😁.

Above is from four shirts and a dress!

Beer fabric found at an antique/flea market store.

And leftovers given to my friend who realized they are from the same fabric line as the panel I’m currently sewing with….talk about serendipity!! And I’d better get busy because this one needs to get made asap…..good thing we are home for a while now!

Cheers, Cherie

Ovals & Spiders, Oh My!

Here are the ovals I’ve appliquéd on the road so far. They are kind of addicting and are keeping me from the kids cowboy quilt binding 🙃.

These are the last ones Darlene had prepped so I got this one ready to go for tomorrow’s drive.

Our roadside attraction yesterday was the Hole in the wall Spider Bug in Palm Springs. That is a shell of a VW bug to give perspective on how big it is. 

No sewing today since we aren’t driving. Our roadside attraction for today is a Grand Canyon view on a cloudy day.

There will be sewing tomorrow!

Happy trails, Cherie 

Car Sewing

I’ve been stitching the miles away 😀. I finished all four corners on the C&D binding with only about 36 inches left to sew. I should finish tomorrow!

I finished that last hexie flower & here’s where it stands. I’ll appliqué it to background fabric and see where it goes from there.

I pulled out another project I brought along…..a project started by my friend Darlene. I’m calling it the oval project for now and Darlene had left five ovals prepped.

This is the last unfinished project I had from Darlene. Two were quilts in two pieces that were so wonderfully finished by Patty, The Quilt Lady in her posts here & here. The other project, shown here, has found a home with a quilter who has the skills to make the quilt. The oval project is one I can handle, in fact, I’ve appliquéd two ovals already ☺️.

Our roadside attraction for the day is in Palisade, CO. It’s in someone’s yard but is easily visible from the side of the road.

If you click the photo and zoom in on the fish’s mouth, you’ll see the humor. 

Happy quilting, Cherie