Progress and Delay

I keep putting off making any progress on the "Amish Lib" top. I have only cut a few strips with which to make the letters. Nothing more sewn together.

I have done some of the quilting on the Paper Dolls quilt, around the blocks and the strips in the borders. Next I need to decide what I'm going to do in the 9-patch blocks and the girls. Or I could do something in the two wide borders. Or I could put on the binding and THEN finish the quilting. For the moment it is just lying on the bed.

You see, I have distracted myself from these hard decisions by continuing on the simple four-patch baby quilt, another for the neonatal unit. There were more than enough Four-patches (made as Leaders/Enders), and NO THINKING required to sew them together. I now have a 32" x 40" center.

Easy-Peasy!

Sara

Gratitudes:

Laura Fyffe made a nice dinner and Valentine's cake for us

My new green carry-on suitcase arrived

Empathetic friends

Two houses

Made a second house for Bumble Beans after I got the envelope ready. I used a "window pane check" fabric to make the windows, but again I made a mistake. This time the roof was too short, so the whole block was not wide enough. I decided that adding a coping strip on the right would be OK. . .make a little space between the houses.

Got back to knitting on the current "last" sock during the Olympic opening ceremony last night. This will be a good reason to stick to that project until it is finished. And, of course, I have several skeins of yarn already purchased for more socks. I can easily have plenty of knitting for the rest of the Olympics!

Sara

Gratitudes:

Chili with Peter and LYnne here last night

Fresh whole wheat bread from Healthy Bread in 5 MInutes a Day

Funny dog behavior

House for NYC homeless

BumbleBeans, at http://bumblebeans.blogspot.com/ , is soliciting 10.5" house blocks for a project in NYC to benefit the homeless, but no wonkiness allowed. Here's my contribution. Now to get her address and send it off.

Sara

Gratitudes:

I have a home.

I have heat, light & water.

And I know I'll have these for the rest of the month.