Weekend Update

Most of the weekend was taken up getting my husband ready to leave for a week to Canada. 

He usually goes to his uncle's cabin several times each summer.

There is zero communication while he is away (no service)

Even satellite phones are bad up there.

There is a LOT of cleaning up to do in the wake of his leaving.

So after he was gone the cats thought I should be the new place to sleep.

Little did I realize the vital service he was providing while he was home.

I finished all the cutting for this beautiful star quilt (or at least the star parts).  

I still need to cut the sashing portion, and will begin that this week.  

There are 72 stars in all. 

I am making this with some friends so I have 24 of the stars to make and then all the pieced sashing (one of the other friends is making the other 48 stars!)  

It should be beautiful when it is done.  W

e are using the fabric line Canyon by Kate Spain for the stars and the sashing.  

I think we will back it with the gray Free Fall line by Tula Pink. 

I sure do love using that line for my backs!

I just got 2 more quilts back from the quilter and need to get those bound.  

One needs to be mailed to the new owner and one is to be gifted on Saturday!  

YIKES!  

All other progress on other quilts will have to stop while I get the binding finished.

How was your weekend??

~XOP~

Odds and Ends

I have been working on getting some odds and ends finished up. 

 I finally got the dragons finished and they have been mailed.

I am anxious to see what she makes out of them!  I am soooo happy to be done with them though.

I am making 3 quilts in conjunction with my two friends at work.  

Two baby quilts and one quilt for a mutual friend.  

We settled on the baby quilts rather easily. 

 One is a Llama quilt by Elizabeth Hartman called Lloyd and Lola. 

 We are making one Llama though.  

My friend, Robin, already has that llama finished. 

 I am charged with making the lanterns that go over the llama. 

 I selected the fabrics and cut everything out but forgot to take photos of them.

The other baby quilt is the three Sea Horses pattern I bought recently when I was in Florida. 

 I have to make the pink sea horse and the waves.  

I volunteered to cut all the background fabrics for each of us and have that all finished too. 

 Those are itty bitty sea horses all over that fabric!  

We also just settled on the quilt for our mutual friend.  It is a star pattern called Sweet Jane's.  

We all loved the fabrics so much we decided to use these same fabrics for our friend's quilt.  

The fabric is from the Kate Spain line called Canyon.  

I think I will be buying a layer cake to make this one again for another person too.

I think that about sums up my weekly progress. 

 How about you?  

What are you looking for? 

 Please link up what you are working on so we can all see too.

I am also linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts

~XOP~

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