Some of This; Some of That

What with adding borders to three baby quilt tops and adding a row to another baby quilt top, I've used 1.31 yds from y stash - yeah! Net YTD out: 45.81 yards.

I've sat down a couple of times this week and hand stitched on my Anna's Garden block - just have a wee bit more to do. Got in three days of stitching. Then it's time to prep another to hand stitch during TV time.

Below I"m share some photos from my trip to Fort Collins.  It was too short. Next time I plan to add a day or two.What beautiful country! I fell in love with that high valley (9,000 - 10,000 ft).

a few hills, mostly gorgeous flat valley with the Rockies all around. c. goinmobyle.com

In Fort Collins we visited the beautiful CSU Annual Flower Trials Garden It's right in the middle of downtown and CSU.

Here's a panorama view I took.  And a couple of favorites!

How's this for a petunia?

I'm linking to Sunday Stash, Design Wall Monday, Slow Sunday Stitching and 15 Minutes to Stitch in 2019.

What are you going to work on this last week of August?

And Now There are Three

Three finished baby quilt tops that is.  I'm the border lady this month for St. Anne's since I have the biggest stash. Here are the results:

added the outer border to make it 36" square

Added the two outer borders to this scrap bag design challenge to make it 34" by 36"
They did a great job with what they had in the bag.

Just added the blue border It's 34" by 36" also. It could have used a bit more contrast in the center, but that's what was in the bag.

I'm linking to Let's Make Baby Quilts, Finished or Not Friday, Wendy's Peacock Party and Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?

What have you been working on?

I'm back from last Summer 2019 Vacation.

and almost nothing done with a needle.  What I did do was hand stitch a sleeve to this 2008 quilt.

It's my china plate quilt about 45" by 55".  It would have been longer,  but I forgot to put a white strip above each row of dishes.   Didn't notice till the top was all done.  I quilted the letter N in each center of the plates.  This was a quilt as you go project. Now it can hung on a wall.

So of course my stitching time has changed very little. Here goes:

15 minute days/week = 2/7 days

15 minute days/August = 12/17 days

15 minute days/2019 = 165/231

Success rate = 71.43%

 Destashed .03 yds with that sleeve, so YTD total is now 44.56 yards. I'm linking to Sunday Stash, 15 Minutes to Stitch, and Slow Sunday Stitching.  Hope you did better than I. PS had a great time in Colorado - will report on that this Thursday.  Blessings,