Goals updated:

Put borders on Chiclet quilt Done
Try to get Chiclet quilt to long arm quilter didn't get there
Try to get blue/yellow top together Nopey
Cut scraps for a few minutes each time I go to the loft to sew YES!
Continue hand quilting and working on binding of brown/gold binding whenever possible Didn't get much handquilting done, but I am almost finished with the binding.

Goals for this week: NONE! Shopping maybe?

Tuesday update

I had the camera in my pocket when I went upstairs, so took a picture of my scrap storage system. This drawer is right by the cutting table. I have a drawer for 2.5 inch strips, 3.5 inch strips, strings/noodles, and a drawer of cut I Spy squares or fabric. The bottom drawer is just stuff until I figure out what to do with it. After I cut scraps, I just turn and drop them into the appropriate drawer.....

.....except for squares. They have a tins, 3.5 inch, 2.5 inch juvenile or bright, and then other 2.5 inch squares.

And I got the border on the scrap quilt! Finished!!!!!

Goals and excuses

Goals for last week:

Finish the blue and yellow quilt top - OK, I was doing really well on this, and then put a row of sashing on upside down so had to reverse sew. Then we had unexpected company and there were a couple of days with no sewing. Then we were gone all day yesterday and will be gone all day today. Real life has gotten in the way. All that as an excuse to say, isn't done.
Put binding on brown/gold mystery quilt Done and working on hand work
Finish binding repair on I Spy Quilt done
Get back to handquilting!! Worked 3 nights
Find fabric for border on chiclets quilt Done


Goals for this week:
There's going to be very little sewing going on for the next three weeks! Holly and baby Dennis are going to be here, and we are going to try to pack the town house and get stuff out of there. Quilting will take a backseat for sure. These goals are waaaaay flexible!

Put borders on Chiclet quilt
Try to get Chiclet quilt to long arm quilter
Try to get blue/yellow top together
Cut scraps for a few minutes each time I go to the loft to sew
Continue hand quilting and working on binding of brown/gold binding whenever possible

I give up!!!

I have looked everywhere for the Bed of Roses fabric for a border. Every place I call or write tells me that I should have bought more fabric in the beginning. Nobody seems to listen when I tell them that these fabrics are scraps. I've already made 4 quilts with these fabrics! (Maybe more, bu 4 I can identify right now!) But, Bed of Roses came out about 6 years ago, so even when I bought mine in the first place, they'd been out a while.

Anyway, I wanted to do a gold inner border and green BORoses outter border. But this is not gonna' happen. So I am using the maroon with the vines and flowers as a 2" finished inner border and the green as the wide one. It will probably be 3.5 or 4 inches. I'm not sure yet.