There is now a herd...

Of elephants. Or possibly snuffleupagus? Or is that snuffleupagi? Snuffleupaguses? Considering all that we learned from Sesame Street, the plural of snuffleupagus was not taught. Possibly because there was only one. Possibly because no one was really sure if he was real.

But I am pretty sure that these elephants may be actually be snuffleupagi. Especially the brown ones. Mostly because they don't have ears. And are brown. Some of the prints look like fur. Really the more I look at them the less I can convince myself that this is an elephant quilt at all. Luckily they are cute, whatever trunk-bearing creatures they are.

Start and restart

After visiting 37 fabric stores across Western Washington Wednesday and Thursday, I had to go back to three of them this morning before finding supplies to begin my next project. (Was I supposed to be finishing things? Oh, I forgot... but babies appreciate having blankets before they are 17, so some things get bumped up the project list...)

I got started this afternoon on the elephants. When I got the sections finished and laid them out to put together, I discovered this...



Sometimes when you reverse two colors in a pattern it isn't that big of a deal... sometimes it introduces babies to elephant anatomy a little before we need to...

So I re-did that section... I have the 5 sections of each of the other 9 elephant blocks with 5-7 pieces added. They should be finished tomorrow, but for tonight, I am done.



I am also finally posting this one... this is block 1 of lots. I have some of it cut, but not all. Each block has 88 pieces which is insane, but I enjoy insane...

Beginnings of productivity...

After running around this morning looking for foundation paper and a pink and brown print for a project that there may be photos of later this evening... I got home and Alissa was up and wanting to work on some things off our project pile.

So.... We covered a cushion for a tractor seat. I am NOT taking a picture. We added a zipper (washability seemed like a bonus in a tractor seat...) The quality is great for sitting on your tractor. Not much else...

Then we got started on Alissa's latest obsession. Reusable bags for food (in place of ziplocs) We did the basic boxy tote bag pattern with the zipper and used different fabric that could be wiped off for the inside. We made 6 bags in a couple different sizes. They turned out fairly well. Alissa will test them with her lunch today.

What do I sign myself up for...???

School is officially out for the summer at 11:15 Monday morning. Yes. 2 1/2 "official" hours of work left this year. Of course I haven't started getting ready for summer and getting my room cleaned up, but that is just minor details.

I thought I would start off the summer with a list of the things I hope to get accomplished quilt-wise before the end of the summer... Then I can feel good about myself when I finish them, because they were on a list. OR tell myself that lists are stupid when I don't get them finished...

1) Quilt for Cammy's wedding. I gave her a stack of fabric for her shower today. Really, that's how far I got on it... A completely un-started project. But since most people either a) don't quilt and are just impressed that you have that skill, b) are amazed that you can pick out a stack of fabric that matches and is attractive, or c) know how to quilt but decided to go with the shower curtain and bath towels instead as they also have a busy life... Everyone was impressed. But now I have to finish it. Or start it. Ok, both.

2) Quilt for Jamie's baby. Pink efalumps. (That's elephants...) Found this pattern today. Shall be cute, and part of the proceeds went to an elephant sanctuary, so that was my good deed for the day.

3) Celtic knot quilt for Jinney. Only requires handsewing binding...

4) Broken dishes quiltlet for Jinney. Also only waiting on binding.

5) Log cabin... again... binding

6) Alphabet... more binding...

7) Golden birthday quilt. Have to finish the quilting, maybe a quarter of the way along.

8) "Window" block exchange. Blocks set together, need to add borders and then quilt.

9) Brown, blue, green charm block block exchange. Set blocks together, border, quilt.

10) Log cabin wedding ring. I broke down and started it the other night. I have one block done. It is going to be awesome. Neutral background with rings of medium and darker green.