Another Month Mostly Gone

Well, July is mostly gone now. It has been hot most of the time, and I mean Hot (hottest - 106 just last Wednesday). I don't do well in the heat. I had a deep brain stroke that wiped out a part of my pituitary gland that regulates body temperature. Now if it goes hotter than 86 or lower than 60, man I feel it. For heat I get dizzy and nauseous. I have to go to a cool room and and just lay down. For cold, I get the shivers and my body temp drops. So I stay near a heater then.  Sigh. It is what it is. 

So what have I been quilting?

I almost finished the Carpenter's Star flimsy. Just have to add 2" border around it to be a 36" quilt.

Begun another BOM block expansion. This is June's.

Need to add the right and left sides and will be at flimsy stage. For this one I made the BOM block 12 1/2" by 12 1/2" and used it for the center, then built around it. This will be the fifth flimsy I have. Got to start quilting them!

The July BOM block are two 9 1/2" blocks.  I'm going to make them 18" and make four for the 36" baby blanket needed. 

In between lay downs, house work and other stuff, I'll be cleaning my cutting table and taking all the small scraps and making mug rugs, I think.  I'll be linking to a few linky parties. Hope to see you there.

What are you up to?  Most of the country is hot, too. So stay cool and, sit down and read a book or work on a hand sewing project. God protect our friends and neighbors who have it worse with tornadoes, flooding and wildfires!

Blessings,

June's Blog Post

 I didn't mean for a quarter to pass by before I posted again, but that's what happened! Let see if I can summarize all that I been doing as far as quilting - NOT the falls (Mom's and mine) nor the demands of home, care-giving, and life in general. Sooo, here goes:

In March I made my third BOM block into a baby quilt (See Feb post for why I did this). Took a 12" block and made it into a 36" block, big enough for the baby quilts St. Anne wants for newborns.

Waiting to be sandwiched, quilted and bound. Also completed the sew along I created for the St. Anne's ladies. Wish I could show you all the cute versions they made.  Here is mine:

Finally finished all the applique on this Esther Aliu pattern. Phew! Now to  add the next border.

 I also finished my contribution to SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin:

Then, in April made a pillowcase for my granddaughter's 16th birthday which was on the 16th!

I belong to the Seasoned Makers, an online group, which acts like a online guild but with online meetings, sip and sew zoom sessions, and provides all kinds of patterns to demo the great videos it displays of different tricks to piecing blocks , and making quilts from them.  I made a baby quilt from the weathervane block from one of those videos:

Made it into a  baby quilt measuring 36" square.

In June finished a demo of a carpenter star for the St. Anne's Sewdality group. They learned to make 4 flying geese at once. As far as we've gotten:

That's it for this quarter. I'll try to do better and keep you posted on what I'm up to quilty wise. Blessings and stay safe.

Another Flimsy

I'm making the Raincross Quilt Guild's Block of the Month into baby quilts each month instead of blocks for an eventual quilt. Why?  Because I seem to get behind and never finish the BOMs. So since I want to make at least one baby quilt each month for St. Anne's, I'll have one done.  Just needs to be 36" square. We make these for newborns and for use in strollers and car seats. Each low income mother gets one when they come in for their first post partum visit at the local county clinic.  There are 12 of us that belong to St. Anne's (our local St. Francis de Sales Catholic parish). So we usually take around 12-15 quilts per month. Sadly, that provides a day's worth of visits by moms to the clinic.  We are comforted that we at least meet some of the need.

Here is my flimsy from Feb's BOM block:

Just have to sandwich, quilt, bind and label.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday , Wednesday Wait Loss, and Oh, Scrap! See you there.

Blessings, off to start the March baby quilt.