I'm Busy. How About You?

I have had a busy week. My grandson's usual babysitter is ill, so my husband and I have had to step up. We are babysitting every day; and once he starts school on Thursday, we'll be picking him up each day from school. I am REALLY enjoying him, but it DOES put a damper on getting any "serious" art work done.

On Thursday, we took him to get a school haircut and out for his favorite--a root beer float.

I spoke to the Raintree Quilters Guild in Evansville, IN, this week too. Getting ready for the lecture and trunk show took an entire day. (I take A LOT of quilts with me, so organizing and packing those up takes a lot of time.) I also taught an "Extreme Embroidery" class for some of the guild members the next day, so I had prep for that to do too. The guild was very welcoming, and I had a lot of fun.

Luckily, I thought to take some pictures along the way. Here are some pictures from the class.

I made a couple of blocks for a Block of the Month program at my guild in Tennessee. All the blocks turned in will be put together into community service quilts.

I worked on machine appliquéing my hurricane quilt to the hand-dyed background fabric. (I finished that, so it is on to basting the quilt sandwich together.)

I ALWAYS have a hand project of some kind to work on. Since I just finished my "forever" hexie project, I hand basted some hexies for a new project I have drawn up.

I also worked on piecing the center of my Kingfisher Hexie quilt. I'm not finished yet but will post pictures when I am. Piecing 60-degree diamonds into diagonal rows isn't easy. I have found a way that makes it easier for me to line them up for sewing. I'll be sharing that in my next post. Stay tuned.