Our trip to Oregon and Washington to see kids and grand kids was lots of fun. We went to two county fairs, spent time at the beach, ate lunch at Mo's at the coast and went to a farmers market. Lots of fun with the little ones. The shirts fit great with a little growing room.
After we got home, we rested for a few days, got the camper cleaned up and lots of laundry done. My DH youngest daughter is visiting us now and in a couple of weeks some high school friends are coming in for a visit. Lots of company and visiting this summer!Here is an updated picture of the Medallion quilt. I'm still working away at hand quilting it.
I am almost to the half way point in the border. If you click on the picture you can enlarge it to see more detail. Slowly I will get it finished.
I am also working on a grand baby quilt for the little guy expected in January. I have the background ready, next is some applique on it. Since it is not needed for a few months, I am also working on a wall hanging for my son and DIL. There were some strips of fabric signed at their wedding that the writing was too close to the edge to put into their quilt. I stitched them to a larger piece of fabric but didn't know what to do next. After some thought I decided to add some applique to make it pretty. I am hand quilting it now and will have pictures of it soon.
There are a couple of Christmas projects on my list, too. I better get those started soon!
Here are a few items I got when I visited family in Illinois in June. My parents are living in a nursing home now and they have sold their house. My sister and brother had boxes of things for me to bring home. In among the pictures and things were some old quilting projects my Mom had started.
This first one is a pretty flimsy:
These are huge blocks, all different colors on the white background. The main block is 23 inches square with 2 inch sashings between the blocks. They are set three across and four down. I think it will fit a single size bed, maybe. I'm not sure whether to try to make a few more blocks and make it larger or just quilt it as is. It seems long and narrow now but to try to add more blocks might be difficult to match the white background fabric. The fabrics are not all cotton, I think they are a cotton/poly blend. I don't know for sure what to do with it.
Next is another unique design:
There are a bunch of blocks and part of the flimsy put together. I need to figure the best way to finish it, this is a complicated one! I have a paper pattern for the shape that makes up the block and some very sketchy instructions. This one will be really fun when it is finished if I can figure it out!
Another interesting item is a baby quilt that we think belonged to my uncle, my mom's older brother.
A close up of some of the embroidery. My uncle would be 93 if he were still living. I don't know any of the history for this. My guess is my great-grandmother probably made this one for him or maybe my grand mother. It has some discoloration and some of the embroidery has broken down but it still a cute little thing. Someone stitched a lot of love into it.
Oh, and one more little project. I almost forgot it!
I bought a twister tool last year and finally decided to try it out. I used a charm square pack I won at a shop hop last summer and made this. I think it turned out pretty cute. I have no idea how I will quilt it though. It will have to wait a while to be quilted so I have time to think about it. Any ideas or suggestions?
Guess that is all for now. Thanks for staying with me on all the things to catch up on!
