Back to crafting

 After having a house filled with our family for almost a week, it has taken just about as long to get back to our daily routine. We used all of the food that I had made ahead of time and didn’t really have a whole lot of leftovers. We enjoyed playing the back yard. It was cold though.

We also used the wagon we have had since our children were little to take the grandchildren to a local park. 

There are several in my neighborhood.

Now that over 10 loads of laundry are completed and the dusting, vacuuming and putting away toys are done, we feel like the house is mostly back to normal. Of course, Hubby caught whatever germs visited and has been dealing with a cough and cold since last Saturday...when everyone left. 

I am well on the way to finishing the second I-Spy quilt. I had cut the colorful little cornerstone squares and sew them to the sashing strips. 

Then I laid everything out for assembly. 

Yesterday I added the border strips and I now have a flimsy. Photo was taken before the borders were added.

 Next I need to layer the backing, batting and flimsy and baste them together for machine quilting.

  My daughter's quilt is back from the long arm quilter. I cut the strips for the binding. I decided not to make the binding scrappy. 

One, I had enough of this fabric to bind the quilt. Second, I felt that the piano key border was busy enough that a more plain binding would show it off best. Hubby doesn't like this fabric. He calls it "frumpy", but it is one of the fabrics in the quilt itself and understated enough not to clash with all of the other fabrics. The binding pieces are sewn together and pressed. 

I think I will start attaching it to the quilt today or tomorrow. 

I've been thinking about my next quilt project once these two are finished. I think I might attempt to make this. I've been wanting to make it for quite some time. I took the instructions out to read them over. I think I have all or almost all the fabric bought already. I may need the white.

I have made great progress on the Woodland Babies birth announcement. The leaves are all stitched and I am busy stitching the tree trunk now.

I also decided on the fabric I will use for the Prairie Schooler Santas pillows.

Hubby and I put up lights for Christmas yesterday. 

We decided not to have the icicle lights hang from the gutters this year. The height has been getting to Hubby more and more and he isn't really feeling great. Also, it will just be Hubby, me and my mother in law for Christmas this year as everyone came for Thanksgiving so the decorating is going to be pared down some. 

 I am joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Pop on over to her site to see what other bloggers are up to.

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