Unwelcome Visitors

You know what I hate about summer sewing? Mosquitoes in the sewing room. Yep, when you slap the buggers, you have to stop sewing and go wash your hands so you don't get bug guts all over your fabric. Yuck! It's even more annoying when they come in right after you've stopped to change your bobbin and you're this close to finishing up the swap blocks that you've been working on for days. Argh!

Grinding...

I'm having a frustrating craft week, mostly because I'm working on some blocks for a swap that are just not coming out the way they should. If I was keeping them, it wouldn't bother me, but I don't want to send something out that is less than perfect. To borrow a term from the video game world, I feel like I'm just grinding to get through the level since I'm sewing the same thing over and over to try to get it right.

So, wanting to update but not make a post without pictures, I was relieved to realized that I never posted about the table topper that I started before we went on vacation though! I know, I could have just pretended that I just started this and my sewing was going really well, but I do love honesty. I really do.

This is the quilt my daughter is working on, with the lilacs that were blooming in my yard a few weeks ago. They were lovely... and I loved the quilt on the table with them so much, I decided to make a little quilt that would not need to be returned to its 7 year old owner. It's funny, because I never really "got" table toppers before this day. Now I am all about the table as another place to display a quilt. Here's what I am working on:

It will be 4 string blocks set with rails and stars, with a Kaffe floral border and leopard print binding. It will be fabulous- and now I just to finish those dang swap blocks so I can get back to working on this!

Stash Busting...

BEE! I'm very excited to be joining the Stash Busting Bee on Flickr. I have been fascinated by the idea of Virtual Quilting Bees for some time, and this one seems like a perfect one for me and my little problem with stash overgrowth. And next year, I'll have a new quilt created by new friends and my work will be part of 11 other quilts in several different countries!