Retreat

 Last week was a three-day retreat for my quilt group.

I love seeing all the wonderful quilts that are being made. I only got photos of a few projects in progress.

Pumpkins!

She decided to cut one square from each of her batiks. She didn't even cut into half of her collection!

Scrappy!

Beautiful!

Patriotic.

Superheroes. This one is mine and will be donated to the local foster care program.

This one is also mine - We the People.

Now I need to get busy and get it quilted.

Around my yard - 

This morning's sunrise.

A bumble bee snoozing on a sunflower.

That same sunflower with the corn behind it and the cloudy sky.

Beautiful Hibiscus.

Happy quilting!

Two at a time sewing

 I am trying to get into the habit of sewing two projects at the same time.

Some people call this starts and stops, or leaders and enders. I am sure there are lots of names and 'two at a time' is probably one of them.

Anyway, I have lots of 2-inch squares and 2 1/2-inch squares that need to be turned into quilts. So while I was working on the We the People quilt I started piecing 2 1/2-inch squares in between. 

As you can see I was piecing orange squares here.

Here is a blue block.

Originally I had planned to just sew these blocks together randomly.

Now I am thinking of making one-color quilts. Hmmm.

But, as you can see from my project notes I need at least 80 blocks to make a lap size. I really prefer to make the larger twin size since these will be donation quilts and twin size is what is needed. That means I would need to make 108 blocks. 

You can also see that I started this project in January 2022. It will take a long time to get enough blocks of any one color to make a quilt. I guess I need to stick with my original idea. 

Happy quilting!

Fixed!

I think that fixed it!

Thanks for the suggestion.

You know who you are :)

The Hibiscus is bloooming.

And, there are many more buds that will open soon.

My mom sent a transplant home with me when I visited recently.

I think hers are a lighter pink color. I don't think it will bloom this year, though. The day after I planted it something dug around it. It wasn't dug up out of the ground though, but I still made a 'cage' for it from a tomato cage and chicken wire. Not the prettiest, but at least it's protected. It is getting new leaves.

And, since I seem to have this Blogger thing figured out here is a photo showing the backing fabric of Dinner Plate Dahlia.

Happy quilting!