Going For The Finish

 I'm coming in on the home stretch for the binding!  

the days not over till midnight,right?🤣

Sadie spent the night & has been a big help in the sewing room lol its a sunny 70 degrees today but the wind is having to put its  two cents worth in so it doesn't feel like  70 when you need a light jacket, oh! & my new sewing machine came! I'll have to go & have the Manuel printed out, the sewing room looks like fabric exploded like diamite 😄 reshuffling a few things ,cant set the new machine up in the middle of ugly🤣  plans for today is to cook something delicious, finish binding the quilt,take Grace 🐕& Sadie🐕 to the park & a  quilt photo shoot

I'm Not Supposed To Be Making These Blocks!🤣

 I think this is a case where the say I had a squirrel 🐿️ in the sewing room😄 I was on a good roll starting with the final decision on a border for the  patch quilt & have it binded by the weekend 

then I started making more bonus blocks,I couldn't seem to stop myself😄

 I've got too much to finish up on Casons & Livvys quilts,I don't know how the squirrel got in but he needs to go!🤣  Do you sometimes start strong & then get distracted?

Auditioning Borders

 Yesterday didn't go as planned, hopefully it will today 😄 we are expecting a server storm to come through in the next few hours so I definitely need to get to the store, meanwhile I was playing around with a few options for a border on the patchwork quilt

going through the fabric totes,I came across some pink polka dot strips,I obviously had a plan for them 🤔 but what?lol there's enough light pink check to squeeze out a border,the green specks has a dark tea stain color background,maybe go with a solid color🤷  I'm not going to overthink it but will go through alllll the totes just once 🤣

The Makings Of A Bonus Quilt

 When you get to your witts end of the same scraps over & over & then the scraps of the scraps 🤣 I've heard some call these moments making bonus quilts because nothing is invested but time,so Im giving these scraps one more chance but after this I'm not promising nothing🤣 let's start with my leftovers from  the sheets that I sometimes use for backing

I've been working on cutting these leftovers into 5" squares

An overflowing mess of scraps behind me 😄

Beginnings of strip blocks

So far I have 13 blocks

After Christmas I gathered a few clearance tins, It'll hold them for now ,their purpose is to hold 2 1/2" squares ,strips etc.

The sewing machine that I ordered has already been shipped & is half way here,which means I should clean the sewing room & get ready for our new arrival,but for now that's enough playing around with strip blocks ,tiditying up the sewing room& working on Casons & Livvys quilt is on the agenda for today

Biting The Bullet & Working on Backings

 One more row to sew onto Livvys quilt,I still see dome puckering that needs to be delt with 

Carson's dinosaur's is turning out so cute! If you're just catching up to these two quilts,Livvy & Cason are my nieces grandbabies,Cason will soon turn 6 with Livvy coming up behind him soon  to turn 4 

Now about that bullet🤣 I ordered this beauty this morning,not only did the price drop since I last looked at it but free shipping! Oh God is good! It should arrive within 3--5 business days

Finally Ready For Binding

 I have stitched on this patchwork off & on in-between projects for over a year, when times call to walk away from.more important projects like when the machine acts up lol, its actually been in the flimsy collection for  two years,the plan was to have it completely finished tonight by bringing the backing over to create a blinding bit one side didn't reach the edge of the backing so now I have to make a binding

Just another row or two to stitch & resew on Livvy's quilt then get it backed & ready for stitching , tomorrow will be dedicated to working on her quilt & Cason's dinosaur quilt

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