Finished top

The piles of squares from this previous post are now this finished top, complete with cat. She's the quality control specialist around here.
It's the brightest quilt I've ever made, but it should match my oldest grand-daughters room perfectly, with its hot pink and lime green paint job. It's taken me a little longer to put together than I planned, but my deadline changed so I lost momentum a little. I thought it would be for her 8th grade graduation / confirmation and would be needed this Sat. Then I found out that Pierce doesn't make a big deal out of finishing 8th grade and her confirmation is postponed until Sept. That leaves me plenty of time so maybe this top will get put aside for a while and I'll get a few others quilted. I'd kind of like to have a few in the Tilden Public Library's quilt show this year. At least I want to if gas stays half way reasonably priced this summer so I don't go broke going back and forth.

Done!!

Here's the "camper" quilt all quilted & bound. These pictures aren't the greatest. The colors are a little off & the focus might not be the best, but the lighting just wasn't very good. The quilting pattern is "Bubbles." I really like it. It's pretty easy to do once you figure out how to properly line it up for the next row when advancing.

Today was the day to start some cleaning. I didn't get as much done as I intended. I'm always overly optimistic about how much I can get done. I still need to get some presents wrapped tonight, put some pictures on the digital picture frame I got my daughter, print out some gift tags. Maybe if I hadn't quilted and bound 4 quilts in the last two weeks I'd be further ahead. Three of those helped finance our Christmas so I shouldn't complain. Will just have to call it quits on the cleaning before I exhaust myself. Some things NEED to be done and others I just think need to be done. As long as I make pumpkin pie for my one granddaughter & get the presents ready, that's all that REALLY counts.

I'm wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy your families, enjoy the food, enjoy the gifts. And, take a few days next week and just do something YOU will enjoy after all the work of getting ready for the holidays. And have a QUILTY New Year.

Done!!

The customer quilts are done. The tree is up. Santas are set out. Rest of the decorations are up. Cookies for the exchange are made. Still have to make Christmas cards & get them in the mail. Still need to get a quilt of my own quilted for a gift. It'll all get done in time.