January 28: Kevin Came Home Before I Posted, so..

Remember Thursday when I said I was going to see my friend Sandi in the afternoon?  She and I sat and pieced/bound and CHATTED.  Great time and I really did get some binding done.  Before she left, she also shared her almost finished quilt top.  She is using Bonnie Hunter's Blue Ridge Beauty design.  I fell in love with it and think it might be what I use for my Vermont Adventure greens/tans fat quarter collection.  Don't you love her version?

The evening at craft group was productive and lots of fun as well.  Lots of laughing and sharing, but I finished 2 sides of another QOV's binding.  The women in this group are very talented.  Some work on scrapbooking, others work on wool projects, others were knitting, and a few were doing felting.  One lady had crocheted the most adorable Nativity and was working on some playful animals.  Another was working on 3-D felted animals.  Her dragon was so realistic!  I am not starting any new hobbies, but I love seeing what everyone is doing.

Yesterday I quilted my smaller Twister quilt and two Christmas table runners.  Then while we watched a movie, I finished up the binding on the second QOV.  Feel like I did a great deal considering that Kevin and I left the house to do a few errands about 3:00 and did not get back until supper time.

This morning I finished the other runners that I made at the end of December.  Most are the longer version, but I did make several candle mats, and two non-Christmas ones for the center of our little kitchen table.  Here are a few more pictures to show how I managed to get so many on the machine at one time.  Not really rocket science or anything.  Just loaded 1+ yards of Christmas fabric and and then used up small pieces of batting and floated the runners so I could skip the pins.  Quick to do, so wonder why it is almost February and I just got to it.
Kevin is working up at the school today, so I am going to continue working on piecing until church.  His "eagle" quilt top should be finished this weekend.  The goal is to have it done and hopefully quilted by the end of January so that I can devote my attention to a wedding quilt gift.  My evenings should have binding set for a couple of weeks. Sure do love having pieces ready whenever I sit.