What a difference a few weeks make:

I hope you can see the difference:  My baby, Emily,  was 5 months here:
and now she is 6 months here.  Please say a prayer for her or keep her in your thoughts.  DGS Will came 9 weeks early and no one knows why.  It's good that she already weighs more now than she did when she went into labor for Will.  I'm hoping that is a good sign.  They're having another boy.

Two new babies in the family in the same year! First precious Lily in April and now BB in Dec.  They haven't picked a name yet, however Conan and Vincent are on the list.

I'm going to be a busy grandma!

Design Wall Monday 9/27

There are new items on my design wall, but today is a vegetation day - because it is 110 outside again!  Yesterday it was 110 also. And I'm just sitting in the living room taking in the cool air until the sun sets and it begins to cool.  On the left is the first of my buzzsaw charm blocks.  On the right is another shop hop block.

This buzzsaw charm quilt was in a 91 QNM issue.  As it is scrappy, I'm going to make it.  The assembly of the blocks are interconnected, so I will have to make them in the order I'm going to have them - they can't be loose.  The owl is a little crazy what with all the busy material, but that was the fabric in the bag so here he is.  I have to zig-zag stitch him to the background and he will be done.  I may do that tonight before I pack up my machine to take it for it's annual service appointment.  I use my Bernina daily so it needs it.  What's on your design wall?  Visit Judy's blog and see her post for this week as well as others.  Always fun.

It's Done

A friend asked what that quilt I was binding looked like, so here it is on the right as I finished it this morning after Mass and photography session for the Parish directory.  It is double sided.  The binding is actually a little lighter than it looks in this picture.  This is the biggest quilt I have ever bound.  It is 91" x 97".  On left is the back:
                Here is the front:
 

And below is the label  - and no, it is not a sheet showing from under the quilt.  The back was just shy of being big enough for the quilt, so the quilter added a piece hoping it would be part of what is cut off (and some of it was) but this remained when I squared it up.  So my clever daughter, who is a whiz at calligraphy, is going to use the white section as the label and write all kinds of good stuff on it.