Chickens & Veggies!

Quilters!  Take your positions!

Ready, Set - SEW!

The TaDa Quilters are in the house and tops close to being finished, or blocks ready to be laid out and set together are reaching a well timed, planned ahead finish line!

There has been some friend project sewing as well - as in...."Let's each make one of these, together!" and I love seeing them both reach border status while on retreat, and am looking forward to seeing them over the porch rail.

First in our line up and ready for borders -

And the second one being laid out on the dining room florr from the same pattern ready for its borders -

This pattern is called Quilty Chicks!  So cute!

So that's the chicken part -

And here are the veggies to go with them!

And there's more on the floor!

Eat Your Veggies by Barbara Cain - all paper pieced!

The group also sewed ahead to make these donation string blocks that are being joined into a quilt top - such a quick feel good finish when the blocks are ready to join together before retreat.

I always love a fun string quilt!

Something serene is happening here.

And very paper piece-y happening here!

Someone brought an extra cushion for their back during long hours of machine time - I love the cover they made with denim scraps.  Fun!

Another sweet little Christmas top finish.

It's called Christmas Eve -

Our cool temps *MAY* have reached 70 yesterday and everyone was enjoying the porch for lunch.

The past week has been such a lovely break from the heat of summer. I'm not quite ready for fall yet, so I'm sure some late summer heat will be back!

This morning I'm eager to get back over to the inn and see what was sewn up into the wee small hours of the night.

Meanwhile in the QPO -

Another batch of neutral string blocks!

I received a fun scrappy package full of strings from my friend Joy in Alaska - and right away I sorted out all of the blue and neutral ones to add variety to the string blocks I am already making.

Why add them to the string storage when I can sew them all in right now?

And I'm sure my Michigan readers will notice that Michigan Wolverines fabric right away too -

In it goes!

This was what I came downstairs to last evening after changing into my jammies and ready to settle in for an evening of hexie stitching -
It's as if they know "It's Time!" and had already assumed the position.
I'm watching Harry Wild with Jane Seymour on Acorn.  FABULOUS!
What are you watching lately?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -
I wish I could collect all the naps I didn't take as a child Plus interest! 

I didn't know what I was missing out on.
BUT!  On one visit I made over to the retreat yesterday afternoon I found that a few quilters were indeed upstairs for a snooze and I love that.
They needed to refuel for a busy night of sewing late ahead!
Happy Friday, everyone!