Vintage Memories BOM and Baby

Here is a picture of the Vintage Memories BOM I have signed up to receive for the next few months. There are three different blocks on my design wall. The two blocks on the top row are the same block. Each BOM kit has enough material for two blocks. I have made six blocks so far in the three months I have been receiving block kits. The first two months were easy, peasy, but the third one was not so easy for me. It has those tricky triangle pieces that I have trouble sewing together. But I persevered and they are done. I had not sewn any of these blocks together until last week. I decided that I wanted to keep up monthly with these blocks., I sewed them all in a period of two different days. Now I am current. This is the BOM that I said was in softer colors than my usual color palette.

Here is the latest picture of our darling grandbaby. Mom and Dad brought her over for a visit early in the week. Then we all went out to dinner. Baby was very good. She slept through the entire meal. I hope she slept during the night so her mommy and daddy could get some rest. She was awake for the time she was at our house. I was able to hold her during that time. I think she is quite taken by her grandma! LOL!

We are in the process of having a new roof installed. Bang, pound, bang, bang, bang, saw, etc. What an experience! The worst part so far was the debris on my fabric. I went into the back room last night to check my email on the computer. The computer, the printer, and my fabrics on my table were covered in a black, gritty dust. Of course, I had two big light pieces of fabric on the top of the stacks. They were covered with black junk. I took the fabric outside and dusted it off. I hope I will not need to wash it again because they are two 5 yard pieces. I forgot to tell you we have an open beam ceiling.

Yesterday a crew came in to take off the old roof (tar and gravel). We are upgrading the roof with composite shingles so a new layer of wood must be applied before the rest of the process can continue. We left twice today because we needed to have a rest from the banging and the booming. Someone was pounding a nail into the wood right above my head this morning. I felt like I was in the dentist chair and they were drilling on a tooth! Yuck!!!

This process may last a couple more days, then we will have a nice, new roof, and peace and quiet. Hopefully there will be no more water leaks when it rains.

School starts again on Monday, so our quiet will not last long. It has been a nice, quiet summer since there was no summer school this year. The school across the street has been empty, except for custodians and maintenance personnel.

Have a great weekend.

Happy Quilting

Churn Dash Finished

My churn dash challenge is finished, at least the top is finished. It turned out pretty good. Sorry the picture is not great. The wind was blowing today. I took several pictures, but this one is the best one.

This morning I went to In Between Stitches in Livermore for the second Saturday Sampler Block meeting for the Bear Paw BOM. I finished my first block and took it in to show that I had it finished, received my free ticket for the next month's kit, bought some darling purple and black pumpkin Jack 'O Lantern Halloween fabric, saw some beautiful quilts on the walls, obtained my kit, then headed off to the Railroad Cafe for breakfast.

After breakfast, we stopped at a friend's house who has a darling little boy about 3 months old. I gave her the Hungry Caterpillar quilt I had made for her. That little guy is so cute (her baby boy). He has so much hair. It is sticking straight up all over his head, and so thick too. He has such a cute smile already. He is stealing hearts already I am sure.

After we returned home from our excursion, I drove over to the church where we hold our quilt meetings. One of my friends was teaching a quilt class today. She was teaching how to make a Birds In the Air block, and turn it into a wallhanging. It was so quiet when I walked into the class this afternoon. All the ladies were working away. As I walked around the room, I saw so many great color combinations in the fabrics everyone was sewing with today. One of the ladies made a darling red and white baby quilt with the Birds In the Air pattern. It was so cute, and she made the entire quilt top today in class. She was ready to take it home and quilt it when she left class.

The idea of the quilt design was very interesting. It is much like the design idea of my Puzzled Nines quilt except I am using 9 patches instead of Birds In the Air blocks. You choose a focus fabric, then make quilt blocks with the focus fabric and one other color. You also cut large squares and rectangles from your focus fabric. Next you put these all on a design wall and start arranging blocks and focus pieces until you find a design you like, then sew them up. You can make a more traditional type design, or you can be totally random in your placement of pieces. Everyone's quilt will be different. I like that kind of class. It is so much fun to see what develops when everyone receives the same pattern, but makes their design unique using different fabrics and different placement of the units.

Yesterday I was able to spend some cherished time with our grandbaby. The grandbaby is getting so darling. Her face is changing into less of a newborn shape and more of a defined shape. She is awake longer at a time, and is sleeping more hours at a time. This makes mom and dad very happy! Baby's eyes are open more and she is starting to focus her eyes. She is noticing movement. She was totally entranced with the sky light. When I would move around the room with her, she kept looking for the light from the skylight.

Wishing you lots of fabric and fun and many baby sitings for this upcoming week.

Happy Quilting