Busy Busy Busy

The title should short of explain the lack of posting lately.  There has been so much going on that it isn't even funny.

• We got our the exterior of our house painted so there was lots of running home at lunch to make sure all was well.
• Had someone come and do some odds and ends fix it items on the inside our house.
• Bags bags and more bags for Brandi - 29 embroidered bags to be exact.
• Swimming
• Work
• More swimming
• Machine embroidery on visors and towels for a friend's kids for their birthday
• Bindings attached to 5 quilts that had been quilted.
• One queen size quilt loaded and in the midst of being worked on.  I thought straight lines would be great on this quilt.  What was I thinking?????  I now understand why professional quilters charge a lot of money for custom quilting.
• One small quilt top finished.  Yet another variation to the infamous disappearing nine patch.
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•  Oh and I forgot the in-laws that are coming in tomorrow for the weekend.  So there has been cleaning going on.  Well more like hiding and a little bit of cleaning.

I will have to get a picture for show and tell, but a friend of mine went home to Malaysia to visit and brought me back a box of batiks.  All have been cut and the piecing is underway.  I'm quite pleased with my endeavor so far.

Disappearing Nine Patch

This project started with a whole lot of black and white charm squares.  I added the color charm squares for the center and  started out with a block like this one.









I made my first cut.

 And my second cut.

And then I did a whole lot arranging.

I'm working on sewing all my rows together now.