Yard Sales and A Favorite Finish

So, on Thursday, when the wind wasn't blowing-finally-I also spray basted this quilt.

I got this pattern from the All Minnesota Shop Hop 2023 magazine.

I don't think I'll manage to go to Minnesota for fabric, but, I do like this pattern!

Anyway, It was good to finally get it basted!

Hmm, I MIGHT have measured the batting incorrectly.....That's what scissors are for!

And here it is all finished!

I love this fabric so much!

This backing fabric is from Frond-I got it at the All Iowa Shop Hop last year. 

I got the little watercolor floral print in Conrad at Hen & Chicks when I went with my Mom a couple of years ago too. 

I'm still determined to use my stash!

The colors are so much better outsdoors.

Anyway, I got a little bit picture happy I guess.

Ok it's done.....

I also spent a fabulous Saturday yard sale-ing with my DD and my son and lovely Jean. I don't know why on earth I didn't take any pictures!

We got cute baby hats. And a hoodie for a bigger kid. We went to Ely and had ice cream-the best in the world I think. Nothing better that spending time with my favorite people! We also stopped by Swisher, where I found just what I was looking for at the last sale we stopped at!  

I wanted a little storage rack for my rulers-I used to have my rulers in the box...that Iris has commandeered,  but I want to get them off of my table. 

SO I screwed the little rack to the side of the ol bookshelf. Good deal for .50!

Gifted Projects

 I used some Frond fabric that I've had on the stash shelf for a few years. I love the fabric, but couldn't figure out a project.  It's really unique fabric and I think it was pretty early in the Frond fabrics line. SO I was killing some time with Jenny from the Missouri Star Quilt Co, and saw her 4 patch lattice tutorial.

 I thought it would work well with the neutral fat quarters I had and the Frond fabrics.

 Keep it simple, right? Let the fabric do the talking!

 I love how this came out. I wasn't sure I could get it done in time for gifting-and which gift exchange would be the best one for it to go to either.

 But it washed up very nicely, I almost don't want to give it away.....

 But I boxed it up and wrapped it so I wouldn't be tempted. I don't need any more throw size quilts, right?.....maybe!

 Then DD brought me a little project for one of her associates. She purchased scrub hats for her surgical team, and hoped to have them embroidered with" Pediatric Urology Stream Team" (urine humor-hahahaha) but ran into trouble finding a place to do it. I'll try.

 

I did a bunch of practice runs to figure out the placement of the letters. There's only so much room to use.


And the finished hats came out pretty good. I only messed up one.....then had to scramble to town and locate a replacement! I think in the future I'll only do one offs. One is easy, but 5 is not so easy. And none of them are exactly the same.

 Hopefully no one will notice!

 Then I wanted to make some of these potholders from the pattern I got over in Ankeny last Summer.

They came out really cute and sew up pretty fast. Mom ended up getting these in the gift exchange at Aunt Francie's on Christmas Eve. I think that's all the gifts I did this year.
Now I have an idea about reusable shopping bags!