Weekend - unfinished projects

Two years ago I started a quilt to work on at camp on the weekends. As I worked on the quilt, I got side-tracked, as I often do! I branched off due to requests and the "squares" started becoming pillows. I made a LOT of pillows. I donated pillows, sold pillows, gave pillows for gifts. I think I made at least 30 pillows. It was just crazy! When we changed camps last year, the sewing time diminished. Too much to do to sit alone and sew!

Anyhow, back to my unfinished project this past weekend I decided that I would work on my Pug Quilt. The challenge I gave was to get the quilt top done. Saturday, P had to work, so it would be a perfect morning for sewing. I got up early and got ready to start....

First, I needed to find my rotary cutter. I had previously started to put the squares together and tried to "eyeball" making them the same size. Honestly, I've sewed long enough to know that doesn't always work! My sewing room used to be upstairs and the desk up their still contains "some" of my odds and ends. I hoped I would find the rotary cutter in there....

Heh, what do you know, it was in there, along with and odd collection of other crafting items. I guess maybe a junk drawer for the craft junkie? Not allowing myself to get into all the bits I was finding, I took the cutter downstairs and got to work.

First I had to un-do all the seams where I had previously put it together. I have to admit that little seam-ripper bothered my wrist.

Next I stacked to see the real difference in the sizes of the squares I was going to use.....

Then I cut border pieces and layed it all out to my liking. This took several rounds of moving blocks.

Then I set to sewing everything together. I started sewing around 8:30 and was finished and cleaning up at 12:30. This time frame included 4 telephone calls, feeding pugs, watering pugs, letting pug out, letting pugs in....and on and on.

On Sunday I bought a twin flat sheet and quilt binding. I layed out the backing, batting, and the top. Now I just need to pin it all, baste, do some machine quilting, and bind it! Hopefully I'll be able to cross this project off my unfinished list real soon!

Zoey found all this sewing just exhauting.....