I am still re-working the flower petals for the quilt for the new great-niece. I have taken out the one that was too light and the one with too many other colors. I have added some new pinks from my stash and then realized that I still needed some more.
I do think the flowers look better, except for the one on the top right. There are 2 petals in there that will need to come out. I think I need to stick with tone-on-tone fabrics.
It remains a work in progress.
Ignore the brown pinned up there beside the flower block. It is a piece I bought on-line that ended up not being the color I was expecting. I am sure it will get used in another project.
A while back to my stash I had added a 10" square pack - Tonga Treats - Sugar. LOVE the batiks in this one. I am thinking of using the Disappearing Hourglass from Missouri Star Quilt Co. using black as the background.
I also added a charm pack a - Moda Honeysweet. Then I realized I really don't know what to do with it. Having never used a charm pack before I soon realized that I didn't have a plan and that 1 pack was probably not enough.
There are some cute designs in both that I will probably use with some of my stash after I decide which one to use the Honeysweet charm pack with.
One of the things I really like about another Bite of ScCHNiBBLES is that for each design she gives instructions for a larger quilt using 10" layer cakes AND a smaller quilt using 5" charm packs.
Thursday I go back to work starting with 2 days of staff meetings before students return to school on Monday. I cannot believe how fast this summer has gone. It didn't help that my son had a health issue that had us questioning if he would be able to return to school on time and if I would be able to work full days or at all for a few more weeks. For the last month he was receiving daily antibiotic infusions at the local hospital. This took up a good part of the morning...every morning. Also weekly doctor appointments and twice weekly visits from the local home health care nurses. Lots of hurry up and wait for me and having to be around since we weren't always sure when the nurses would come. But, it all worked out, the infusions ended on Friday and he moved into his studio apartment at school yesterday. He attends a school for visually impaired students. This is his second year. Besides classroom learning, he will be learning life skills that will help him transition into the workplace and community. He wasn't quite ready to head back into the classroom, but I know that he will soon be happy to be spending time with the friends he has made there. I am not quite ready to be back to work/school either.
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