sunny

Here's a quilt I've been working on in fits and starts, bits and pieces. I'm just calling it Sunshine.

duckboy

This little number is finished. I tried to get outside to take some pictures before the sun went down, so thus the dramatic lighting. (and the tree...it was pretty gone except for on the tree)

It will not be going in my stash as I previously thought, but to a friend I've known for approximately 25 years (we used to play in the trees and make crafty stuff together) who will be having a baby boy in August. The name is an inside joke between my husband and a few close friends. It is a ducky quilt and its for a boy, but the name makes me giggle a lot.

Actually, the baby quilt stash will be gone soon (ok, there was never really a pile sitting in the basement - maybe I got through two baby quilts that were waiting for someone to have a baby). I'll have to start all over again for the next round of offspring.

personality

The sun is lingering these days - I'm not sure what time it is setting this solstice week, but all of a sudden the sky is bright at bedtime. Now we are on the downhill slope. Time to enjoy these precious moments of summer before they slip away.

We've been busy playing, but I still got another top finished and a couple more baby drop-clothes. The baby quilt above is for my "baby-quilt-stash". Trouble with the stash is every baby that comes along needs something different than is already there. Each baby and parent has a personality and I try to match those with the quilt design...I'll have to match up the lost quilts someday...

I'm rambling. It's dark - time for bed.

a life less busy

I need to get some sewing done. All this time away from home is really taking a toll on the messy factor inside our house and the unfinished projects festering away in my sewing room. I suppose you aren't supposed to do too much of either during the summer. It was a beautiful weekend; spent by a pool and at an outdoor baseball game, so I can't complain. I did get this done last week - strips for a baby boy quilt. As soon as I rescue the iron from the closet, I can get it done. (The husband has also been working on a project, which is currently blocking access to this closet). Until then, here is a little eye candy.