Busy, Busy

I haven't been slacking since we arrived home 2 1/2 weeks ago.  

I think I have taken care of all of our 'local' produce for the coming year except apples. That is much of the produce we'll eat at home in the coming year. The freezers are full and the dehydrator is temporarily put away. Whew!

We've been to some of our Illinois grandsons' sporting events, had a few appointments, and dealt with the everyday stuff - the worst being a refrigerator/freezer that wants to call it quits. We hope to know in a couple of days whether we need to buy a new one.

I have been sewing almost everyday - sometimes a few hours a day! And there is progress being made. 

I am hand sewing the binding on this quilt. I attach the binding by machine and hand stitch it to the back. (The binding doesn't show in the photo.)

This group of five needs the binding hand sewn.  I pieced the first quilt  since vacation and I finished piecing the second. I've quilted the first three since our return. I've made and attached bindings to all five this week.

I'm in no hurry to get the bindings finished since I have a retreat in November. There is no way that I can sit and sew for more than an hour without a considerable break so I'll take handwork along and get some bindings done. Of course, I can only finish  so many quilts while I'm there.

I have a quilt on the longarm that I pieced since returning. It's more brown than this looks - I just took all of these pictures in lamplight.

I have tops finished that need to be quilting. I've pieced the first three since our return.  

As I finish quilts I'll share better pictures without shadows. I'm pushing to get quilts finished so the piles of fabric around here disappear - I might have come home with a lot of yardage. Some of the quilts I'm making are in memory of my friend Colleen, using her fabrics. Yup, I need to get those piles of fabric used too. 

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, 

you'll never get it done. 

~ Bruce Lee