Finally a Flimsy! Red and White Stars

I am gonna' post a bunch of pics today, as I am sorta' in rush. I have a Frienzie engagement to go to in a little while! I love that our schedules are beginning to have "dates" filling in after the long, lonely lockdown!

Basically, I finished a quilt top and I've been writing about it for months, so you know, I just needed to "get'er done" - and now I have, so lemme' show you!

In the quilting room on the design wall, the quilt has a pink look, which is not very pleasing, in my opinion. Must be the lighting or shadows or something.This view, though, does show all the rows and columns. It's square, and I would have made one more row wide had I not run out of background fabric. So this is it.

In the bedroom, while dark, the color reads more true. The pinkish cast is gone. The size will suit just fine, and this will make a nice addition to the red and white quilts I bring out at Christmas time.

 Somehow I miscounted how many stars I would need, thus I have these 9 leftovers. I laid them on the floor and am considering just sewing them together like this. 

So, a finish for July! I have been starting lots of stuff, and finishing very little; feels good to add one to the flimsy stack.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Playing With a Full Deck

My "full deck" is my full-to-bursting sewing room closet where I have hanging all my quilt tops that are in need of quilting. Curious as to just exactly how many I had accumulated, I made the count, and the magic number is 52. Whaaaat? If I'd dared to estimate, I would have sworn that there couldn't have been more than 30.

I'd better win the lottery if I'm going to have all these tops quilted, as it will cost me a small fortune. Some of these are quite large, some are small-ish, but most fall into the range of full or queen size. A handful of them are hanging with the backing on the same hanger which makes me sound ultra-organized, but no, do not ever accuse me of being organized! I did this so that I wouldn't forget that I had the backing and use it for something else.

The closet has gotten so full that I have 5 quilt tops hanging outside the closet on the sewing room door.

Three of these are baby quilts and have a date at Mendelbrights next Thursday for long-arm quilting. I am looking forward to that! (See item #1 on the to-do list in the last post.) Swoon and Elizabeth are probably headed to the closet to make that door look a little more presentable. If I can squeeze them in, that is.

Happy Quilting, Friends!