UFO Projects
I've used this time off to work on more traditional quilts I've had around. The quilt above began from finding the stars at a thrift shop. I finally turned all the raw edges and stitched them down to the backing squares and shopped for reproduction fabric to go along with the real 30's/40's fabric in the stars. This is really a departure from my usual style but I felt I needed to stay true to the spirit of the stars.
I started this one at a retreat I went to in Texas about 2 years ago. It was in commemoration of the "summer of the bat" when Delaney tried to rescue a baby bat she found in the school gym. I sort of made this up as I went along so I do have some issues with the border blocks.
The latest one in progress. I have been playing around with split 9 patch and fabric I got from the SDC costume shop sale. I've added to what I bought from there with some older pieces I've had in my stash. As I was laying out all the blocks to organize them to sew them together, Lola decided to take a nap on them. I have a bit more sewing to go and a border to add then I'll call it ready for quilting.