If my knee doesn't get well enough to go to Joann's I won't be doing anything, I'm at the sandwich stage. I hope they still sell fat batting, DH wants a puffy quilt for cold weather TV watching, haven't looked for it or noticed it in years.

It's a super hot summer day in Texas. No outdoor activities - I may need to water the plants late evening. I'm sewing the binding on one and hoping to start quilting another baby quilt for the Baby James project for Jackie.

Vasu

I am starting on reorganizing my sewing closet. So far, just sorting by size - fat quarters, less than fat quarters, and less than a yard. I’ve put some pieces in a bag for a Goodwill and dumped odd pieces in a bin to deal with later.

Donna

I mailed two quilt to Jackie for her Baby James project yesterday - Yeah! I have one in a similar pattern that I am finishing piecing today - tomorrow that will find its wings to Switzerland when it is finished for our baby #2 for our first exchange student & his wife. Before I can get to the quilting, I am leaving in a few minutes to go to Laramie, Wyoming to pick up a dog for the National Brittany Rescue group that is being transported from Salt Lake City to Denver to its forever home. Hopefully, by tomorrow night I will be ready to sandwich!

Sue

I sandwiched Scrappy Mountain Majesties this morning. I've been looking on-line for a pattern for a Frank Lloyd Wright quilt. I think I found one - Tree of Life from Animas Quilts. Now if I can just get it to download. The "lead lines" will finish at 1/4". It should be quite a challenge. It will be for a friend of mine who has practically reconstructed our house. He renovated our kitchen, two bathrooms, our two decks and several sliding doors. He is a skilled craftsman but also an artist. I wanted to make him and his wife a quilt, and he asked for one in the fashion of Frank Lloyd Wright. So here goes.

We have company coming over this evening, but I hope to get some quilting in tomorrow. Have a nice weekend, everyone.

Sue, is the dog transport like a relay? One person drives a leg then hands the dog off to the next driver? It sounds like a great cause to volunteer for.

Donna

I am working on a Jamestown Landing quilt. I think this one will be for me. I just want to thank all of you ladies again that are doing quilts for my Baby James Memorial Project. I told my son and daughter in law what we were doing and they both were brought to tears by your generosity.

Donna, Yes - the dog transport is like a relay. Most legs are between 65 to 90 miles. I usually take the Fort Collins to Laramie run - about 140 miles round trip. The pup I picked up today was a character - 9 month old female Brittany Spaniel. Some pups seem to go east to west then a surge west to east! It is pretty fun and you get lots of dog kisses in thanks!

Sue

I'm sort of in a fabric gathering stage. I decided to do a project that will take 54 fabrics plus a background. It's one of Elizabeth Hartman's animal quilts where nine colors come in 6 shades each. That is turning out to be harder than I thought. I gather six shades of one color and later decide I don't like it with the others and go hunting for six of something else. I'm nearly there but the actual cutting and piecing will be a letdown from all this stash digging.

Which Elizabeth Hartman pattern are you making? I have two that I want to make. I have a kit for one and bought FQs for the other. I'm just waiting to start them until I finish other quilts that I have started.

Linda, I have several of her patterns but the one I'm starting first is called Delightful Desert and I'm doing it in blues, greens and lavenders I think. Not done gathering yet. I'm sticking to the colder shades.

That will be a beauty.

Theresa