The new paper pieced project - Garden Stars - from Carol Doak will have a star block posted each month, and there are also alternate blocks that will separate the stars. She gave us the pattern for the 12 alternate blocks on June 1 so we can work on those through out the year. I have my first one sewn, and am loving how it turned out. I have 2 more of these ready to sew this week.
The contractors that are rebuilding the deck on the back of our house arrived on Thursday morning, and by the end of Day 1 they had all of the flooring removed except that one little section. Our very confused cats sat around on that section in the evening, probably wondering what the heck was going on. One guy was back in the morning on Friday at 7:30 and had that little platform gone. By noon he had half of the rotten stringers removed too. By Friday afternoon it was completely gone and cleaned up. Today they will begin to rebuild our new deck.
I don't usually have trouble sleeping, but last Thursday night I woke up about 1 am when a thunderstorm rolled through here. Then I spent the next 2 hours lying awake, listening to it rain and thinking. My brain just didn't want to shut down - and it was mostly spinning about how much my sewing room needs some major organizing - again. Friday morning I tackled one area to attempt to tame the beast.
Part of my problem is an over-abundance of yardage (and scraps) for Quilts of Valor. There is a 2-drawer (deep drawers) unit full of red/white/blue fabric, some of it yardage and lots of good size leftover pieces. I pulled out one drawer and dumped the contents out on the floor. In there were these 2 patriotic border prints. I'm going to use them for a couple of quick 60 degree table runners. It's time to use these pretty fabrics instead of storing them.
The larger pieces of yardage went into the big tote with other QOV yardage. I did keep out some yardage that would make better backing than blocks. Then I began with the chunks of yardage, cutting pieces for various QOV block sets currently in progress. Depending on the size of the chunks I focused on Gleam, Buckeye Beauty, and Ticker Tape block parts. Two new Gleam blocks were born from those scraps so far, and there are now 17 of the 30 needed for the quilt top. And the parts above the block are for Buckeye Beauty blocks. We already have nearly enough of the Buckeye blocks for a quilt collected from several members last fall, so now the parts are ready for 8 more. Another step closer to a flimsy.
And from narrower chunks of those scraps I cut more parts for Ticker Tape blocks. These use 2.5" strips. There are parts for 24 new ones all clipped into sets, ready to be Leaders/Enders this week while I work on other projects.
The newly empty drawer is now holding backing for various projects I have waiting to be quilted. There was even room for some leftover backing that will be perfect for smaller projects. Instead of in a couple of piles on the floor it's now in 1 place. It even has a label attached to remind me what's in it. Maybe in the next few days I can empty that other drawer, or at least get it better organized.
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Glad the deck work has begun! The new QOV blocks look great!
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