Making progress

I think I'm going to add a black border and then bind in the different colors.

15 Minute spiff up

Bonnie is having a 15 minute spiff up challenge.

Her challenge for this week is

Review your old patterns and recycle what you won't use 

and organize what you will use. 

This is a great task.

I have a drawer of patterns that I am sure I will not use or even know what I have in there.

I went through the ones that I printed off the internet and gave them away when we did the bookshelves.

Maybe I'll find something I really want to make.

Super hero center is done

Got the center sewn together, even with all the illness and family times.

Now for the border.

Trying to decide what I want to do.

One of six done

Super hero quilt

So, I realized the wedding is on Saturday and today is Thursday and the quilt was not done.

It was barely started.

I'd cut out the individual panel pieces and had them on the design wall.

i had all sorts of things I thought of doing with this quilt.

Then, the need to finish it quickly said to just make HST in the colors of the super heroes.

So, I started making HST in the two colors of the super heroes.

I get to the last spot and I somehow use a different blue and had to redo them.

Then I did the same thing and had to redo them again.

I think I'm going to do a black inner border and then different types of colors in the outer boarder.

Guess time will tell what I actually do.

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Prairie Moon Organizing

I did a quick drawer clean up before my trip.

We are back, but I am not feeling that great.  

Went to the doctor yesterday and I have a head cold, sinus infection and ear infection. ;(  

But, Prairie Moon has their organization challenge this week to be 

Organize your thread

I have lots of threads

My long arm thread.

It is basically organized, but I'll look to see if the color in the drawers are the right ones for the size of the drawer. 

Then I have this specialty thread that doesn't like my machine.

I often forget about it.

I need to see what it is and if I can use it or donate to someone else. 

My sewing machine threads were organized by color.

Don't know what happened there. 

Embroidery thread could use some help.

Embroidery thread is separated by color, but has become a little messy. 

More embroidery thread that rarely gets used because of where it is stored.

One of the few selfies I took with DD on the trip.

She put her hat on me.

It looks so much nicer on her.

Question: Do you find that you only use one main color for most of your machine piecing?

I do use the basic tan, white or black when I'm doing a very dark quilt. I also like a gray.

Right now I'm using up the other colors that I have to give me space.

There was a time I used the color of the quilt, but found it easier to have the basic one on the machine.

Now, for top stitching, that has to coordinate.