Bits and Pieces

It has been a crazy couple of weeks.

The girls both had this:

Then Rosie was in this:

Now she is on a class trip here for the week:

Katie is learning to:

Wahoo!

I took the little boys here:

 and they had a friend:


I have been organizing the house, too. Did I mention it's been:

I did do a little of this:

I made 35 of these:

They are made from the triangles I clipped when I made the snowball blocks for the Civil War Quilt. Each pinwheel is not even 4" square, so I plan to alternate them with solid squares to make a small quilt for Andy.










Tomorrow should be a quiet day...except for:
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Yeah, looks like another boring day.

Civil War Quilt...Bordering on Done!

I am thrilled that my Civil War Quilt is nearly done! I finished the top this weekend. The borders are cut and I have all the squares to make up the patchwork backing cut, too! I managed to find enough of the fabrics I used to cut all of this. I figure I used up about 12 yards from my stash!! A few dozen more quilts and it will make a dent! The backing will be (12) 2 foot squares. I think it will be pretty and practical. Many of the plaids and homespuns I used were free from my quilt guild, so this was really an inexpensive project.
After I give this to my Mom for hand-quilting, I will move on to more "morning pants" for Andy and Easter outfits! Have you started on Easter outfits yet?

Civil War Quilt...Progress!

I have the first three rows of my quilt done and I have finished making all the blocks!

This is how wide it will be, 7 blocks across. So far, only 3 rows are stitched together, but it will be 11 rows altogether. I am aiming for approximately a twin size, once I add borders. I am going to try to find enough scraps of these fabrics to make a pieced backing, too. I feel really happy about using up some of the fabric in my stash. I love the way it looks so far. I bought the "tea-colored" muslin because I know this quilt will be outside and will probably get dirty. I am relieved that the other fabrics are dark enough to make the pattern evident even with the darker muslin. Back soon with more to show!