Working on a Wednesday

 Here's what I'm working on this week. I'm still plugging along on my pink cottage and apple tree rug. I saw this on Saundra of Woodland Junction's blog and had her draw it up for me. 

I still have a little bit more to go. I finally decided to go ahead and make that animal into a turkey. However, mine will be shades of browns with a red gobbler. And a little bit of fill in the border.

I mostly sew/quilt when Mac is here, because he likes to be in my sewing room. So it makes sewing easier than hooking. I mostly make quilts for donation. I have lots ( I mean lots) of quilts so I change them out seasonally. My family each has at least 2-3 quilts per person. So I make quilts for donation to Snuggled in Hope. They work with sick kids. 

I have two quilt tops completed, one still needs a backing and then I'll take them to the quilter,  Diana. She quilts donation quilts for free. Our sewing group gives her money to buy batting.

These were inspired by the green quilt. I'm still trying to use up green scraps. I used 8" blocks of this lovely dragonfly fabric. The sashing in this one were someone else's scraps. I enjoy taking someone else's leftovers and coming up with a suitable design. This map patterned fabric will be the backing. 

For the second one I was trying to use up green scraps leftover from the large Emerald City quilt. No yardage was cut to make this top. Even the aqua was scraps of leftover binding.

I'm currently working on a 64 patch block using various colors of background. A friend gave me tons of solids. I picked out 30 different solids and am pairing them up with scrap pieces using mostly multi colored prints. It's not turning out like I had in my head, but I'm 17 blocks into it, so I'll finish it. 

And this dear friends is a very cluttered sewing room. It's where I keep most of my cotton for quilting, all of my wool for hooking, most of my "just other" craft stuff. It's a mess, but a fun mess. My fabric stash has exploded. I also have fabric in the kid's bedroom, on shelves and under the bed. My room has craft books and magazines and a small cupboard of stuff. 

Have a blessed day, may the wind always be at your back.   Sue