Where Things Stand

Little by little, between rest breaks,

things are being moved forward.

(at least some things anyway)

I've stopped working on RUSKA  INGLENOOK(my Gridlock project)  for now but you can see the first six blocks the design wall.

The ten Size L (Project) 

lined drawstring gift bags are waiting for me 

to stitch their casings and insert the drawstrings.

(pattern link in my sidebar)

And Merry and Bright has been pin-basted.

(it needs to be ready for action on Dec. first)

A couple of days before my COVID booster,

Optic Strings was pin basted, but having lost 

a full week of focus, the FMQ will have to wait 

until after Merry and Bright is quilted/finished.

(this is the reproduction binding I made

back when the top was completed but

I'm now leaning to a solid pink instead)

The remaining Dr. Seuss fabrics arrived late last week.

The additional tumblers have been cut 

but I don't feel energetic or focused enough yet

to adjust the layout and add the two rows.

I did have enough energy one afternoon

to trim up the big stack of 6" strip ends left

after die-cutting the original batch of tumblers.

Those strips made for an evening of mindless stitching

resulting in a long strip to insert into the seam

of the quilt's backing (the green Jumble).

Meanwhile, Mother Nature continues to thrill us

with some of the best leaf color we've had for several years.

These are the two Japanese Maples in our back yard.

Glorious!

Quiltdivajulie

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“Everyone knows that yellow, orange and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty.”

Eugene Delacroix