Marathon Quilting Continued

Here's what hit the frame yesterday...

Monsters, (Inc?)

This was completed a few hours after lunch to include the binding.

Next on the frame yesterday was this one...

String Top

Because of all the scrappiness in here I just went with a simple double/triple loop meander in a light gray color. This one did not get bound yet but the binding is actually ready to go.

Quilting detail

Today we are headed to Grand Rapids for the day. That means, no productivity in here until later when we get home tonight. And sometimes, when we spend all day on the road, the quilting mojo just isn't there. 

Change of Pace

Instead of doing any long arming yesterday, piecing a WIP was done. Here was the next "find" in the tote of WIP's...

Hmmm? One Missing

When I started this project about a year (or two) ago my intention was to make a much larger quilt. But, I got bored. Which is normal. Making monsters is a free piecing situation and had to construct that last block before I could move on.

Bugs?

Dark Strips?

Mellow Polka Dots?

Camping? or

Bright Wavy Stripes?

Once the missing block was constructed, auditioning for the sashing/borders came next. Help Katie! I was leaning more towards the light wavy stripe or the trees, but she said definitely the bugs or the dark wavy stripe. I was hesitant at first about the bugs and even thought about it for a while as I was helping Jim get around and then decided "what the heck" and went with her suggestion.

Here it is hanging in wait for the long arm. 

Cute Monsters top

This ended up finishing at 42 1/2" x 55". Not sure whether it will hit the long arm today or not?? 

Our neighbors came over to visit with a friend of theirs. This friend has chickens and asked if I could maybe make her an apron for egg collection. Once the Monster top was complete, I went into cyberspace to research and find an apron I was happy with. A combination of patterns/videos resulted in an apron made out of chicken fabric with a maroon paisley (country-like) for the waistband/ties. I totally forgot to grab a pic before taking it over to Lisa's. 

Not sure where I'm headed today. It's supposed to be nice out and I should probably get some yard work done. I have leaves galore to take up and get away from the perennials. Sticks came down (again) in our last wind storm, and the truck needs to be detailed.

En Route

The Mary Poppins bag kept coming into my thoughts yesterday. Having held off starting this project, I took an inventory of everything en route towards completion. Some of them are just in the beginning stages and some are somewhere in the middle. None of them are near completion.

Here are a few things under construction at the moment. 

Is this really something?

Yes, this is actually something in the beginning stages. Although my enthusiasm for its completion has diminished considerably. It's supposed to be monsters through a class offered on Craftsy but my tendency towards working on it has vastly wained.

On the design wall

These are three projects going at once. The top rows of houses are a pattern by Jenny Doan of MSQC. The blocks to the right are a new pattern called Long Time Gone by Jan Kingwell. Seeing it on Pinterest made me HAVE to do it, and it's chewing through the scrap buckets seen next to the right of the blocks. The bottom "big" thing is a selvedge quilt from the book Modern Selvage Quilting by Riel Nason. 

But wait, there's more...

That Town and Country

This is my long-time project, often referred to in other posts as my BOD; Block of the Day. Although, after it's worked on for a while, it's parked off for something else. I'm on day 183 of 365. It's been two years since I've started. 

And then there's always this...

Long Arming for Customers

It sometimes takes a while for inspiration to hit when a customer quilt comes in. We discuss possibilities when the tops are dropped off, but the actual designs can sometimes swim around in my head for a while. I've had this one now for two weeks and am finally settling on what to actually put into it. I've got to get rolling on it though since I need to deliver it in another two weeks. 

And, these are not all the projects being worked. There are another two under the bookcase (one Bonnie Hunter and one Angela Walters) and one more under the long arm (by Leah Day) which are monthly things being worked on when they come in. It's GREAT to have a variety, but the Mary Poppins bag is still tugging at my head. Although a little less now that I've actually taken an inventory of just how many things I do have in the works.