going on a vacation

blocks fourteen & fifteen are done and posted, that means all pieced blocks for soot&ashes are done, by me at least, only borders and applique, of course, are left to finish....whoo hooo we're almost done!
just to let you know....I'll be gone for a little while going on a belated honeymoon ( be married 10 years Nov.) with Greg, of course what's a honeymoon without him!.....not taking needle or thread!....will be immersing myself in the romance, culture, countryside and history of Budapest, Vienna and Prague, just sounds cultural to me!    soooo excited!!!
when I return I'll resume finishing the quilt tops that lay all over my sewing room floor, have to say saw the pictures of Sheryl's sewing room from Temecula Quilt Co. amazingly wonderfully artistic, neat and tidy, wow I can only wish that!    lucky for me my room is detached from the house so really never has to be picked up, always a disshelved mess, but I do know where everything is!
anyway.....will finish soot&ashes, Folkart Gathering block 4 among other new quilts started.....talk to you in again in about 3 weeks............ enjoy and keep busy while I'm gone, cheri
p.s. I did finish my first crosstitch pattern not on the website yet.....contact Country Loft in LaMesa CA. or Fat Quaters in Vista CA. if you are interest in one both shops have the pattern....it's 28 ct linen, tea stained of course!   I like the way it turned out working on Xmas ornaments..... bye, cheri

Works in progress

My floor space is dwindling..... quilt tops taking over!
That's what I like to see!

Folkart gathering

Folkart gathering block four in progress....

Block fifteen

Make four blocks with  light center square one&1/4" and dark one&1/4" strips around all four sides
Sash and border with light  1" wide strips

Block fourteen

From light cut 6  one&7/8" squares, cut in half diagonally once and 2 dark , same size
From dark cut 2  two&7/8" squares, cut in half diagonally once
from light cut 2  one&1/2" x two & 1/2" and 1 one&1/2" x five&1/2"

Block thirteen

For each four patch  cut two - one&1/2" squares from dark and a medium fabric.... make four
Cut 1 dark  one&1/2" square and 4 light  one&1/2" x two&1/2"

jammies all day

yesterday started out with my normal routine of feeding all the animals, doing a load of laundry, finishing up orders to be sent out and such....went out to my sewing room to cut for a couple more soot&ashes blocks, to be sewn later and then I would shower and run to the post office....never happened, never left the room....one cut led another, led to well let me just lay out this, led to I'll quick sew these together and so on.....never got out of my jammies, combed my hair, might not have even brushed my teeth, but let me tell you the best day I've had in awhile my body and mind felt so refreshed and rejuvenated, like I'd be at a spa.....
following are a couple of pictures of what came together yesterday....got things laid out for Folkart Gathering block 4, worked on soot&ashes ( even a sneak peek of a row ) and laid out another block for Sofia's new big girl bed, it's bright and fun, grammy can do pink!
wish all you a refreshing fabric filled day, cheri

Block Twelve

Cut three dark and two light  one&1/2" x three&1/2"
Cut two from dark  one&1/2" x five&1/2"

Sewn in jammies

Soot&ashes....a row!

Sewn in jammies

Sofia's big girl bed quilt in progress