A FINISH and more Sewing from Mom's Sewing Room!

I have been busy since the last time I posted. 

I have some very exciting news ... I have a finish!

The pattern is a variation on the traditional log cabin. With my graph paper and pencil in hand, I drew up the arrangement so the blocks created a star that was  off center and a diamond shape framing the star.

The fabric is 9 by Sanae for Moda and Kona cotton in natural (I think.)

The back is also from 9 by Sanae. All one piece...and the quilting is concentric circles from the center of the star. 

This is my first attempt at quilting concentric circles. Most people advise to start on something small...no, not me...I have to jump into a rather large quilt. 

The quilt finishes at 72" x 84"

I love how the quilting shows on the back of the quilt. I have to say that I'm rather pleased with the way it turned out. 

That's our new adopted dog, our Nellie.

And because we were at the bee yard, I tried to take a couple of pictures but the lighting was not the best.

I also spent another day sorting and organizing my mom's sewing room. Again, I took home a few things to work on for her and I finished a few more from the original pile.

Another set of kitchen towels, hemmed.

A hanky from a panel that needed to be hemmed.

Another soft book.

My mom loves those panels!

This weekend, my DH and I harvested our potato crop! This was our best yet...over 20 lbs of red potatoes! 

We city farmers! LOL!

Lots of potato salad in our future, I'd say!

Sewing from Mom's Sewing/Craft Room

For quite awhile now, my mom, 83, has been having more difficulty working on sewing and craft projects. Her hands hurt and she doesn't see like she use to...

and it is frustrating to her. She loves her crafts! She loves buying kits, and panels, fabric and patterns to make for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, to donate and occasionally, something for herself. So her sewing/craft room is packed full of UFO's...some started but many never touched. 

One of my brothers has been after her to go through her things, sort them and start cleaning out. A bit overwhelming for my mom. 

So now that school is out and I have a bit more time, I offered to start going through her room with her. 

Last Thursday, we made a dent but there is much to go. We loaded a box of things she is not ready to give up, a box for me to take home to work on, a box for the rest of my siblings to look through, and one to donate. 

So far, I completed 11 Christmas ornaments kits so my mom will have them ready for our annual family exchange,

and this soft book which I will bring to my niece that had a baby in May, 

 (There are 12 soft pages.)

(She has many of these soft books panels but I only took this one. The rest will probably be donated.) 

and she had 2 panels of these retro linen kitchen towel panels. 

(Love the retro feel of these 2 prints.)

which I cut apart and stitched with a narrow hem. 

Not sure who will get these but I thought they were cute. 

While I was finishing projects, I pulled out one of my own. I saw this project on pinterest 2 summers ago, bought a pair of cheap flip flops and then never made them. So this morning, I cut apart the flip flops,

enlarged the holes on the bottom,

got out my t-shirt yarn that I previously made,

and started a 5 strand braid,

threaded through the holes, knotted, and glued

And now I have a comfortable pair of flip flops! Unfortunately, it was storming here today so inside pictures today.