I haven’t gotten as much quilting done this week as I had planned. Monday I spent cooking for a family in the neighborhood to welcome a new baby – Turkey Breast in the slow pot, Zucchini Casserole & Roasted Sweet Potatoes in the oven, Yeast Rolls & Grape Nuts Breakfast Muffins, Jell-O fruit Salad & Fluffy Strawberry Freezer Pie. Got to hold the 4 day old when we delivered dinner.
Yeast Rolls
Grape Nuts Muffins
Not a quilting post, but related. I’ve always loved history, so antiques interest me. But not just any old antiques. Old items that have a special meaning to me.
Now you may be wondering exactly what a VSSM is. It stands for Vintage Singer Sewing Machine. Now the definitions of Vintage and Antique can be different when talking about different objects. As I understand it Vintage can refer to any sewing machine between 50 & 99 years old. While Antique refers to a machine 100 years old or older. You may get differing opinions, but that is what I will be using as my definition.
Donna, of Fabric Cafe, has been working on another book and several of us have been testing the patterns. It is so much fun, but we can’t share the pictures until the book is released later this year.
But I can share some of the tops I’ve made using existing patterns with new fabric!
This Friendship Star Pattern is a great way of using a large print fabric with two contrasting/complementary fabrics.
Friendship Star
Last year was the 2nd Project Linus Mystery Challenge “Gracie’s Get Well Garden.” This was a fun project and I enjoyed it very much. I challenged myself to make this using only fabrics from my stash. I was even able to find some fabric I had for the backing which included woodland critters.
2016 Gracie’s Get Well Garden
In my last post I identified my One Monthly Goal for September. I’ve linked up with the group at Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal September Link-up. I won’t be starting that project until later, but I have a few other projects on my to-do list.
So I thought I would make my list here and we will see how much I will get accomplished.
QuiltMouse 