A good day sewing

Today was a busy day but a good day. Howard had to be away most of the day on business so I was home along. I spent it doing laundry, five loads of laundry. How does two people have so much laundry in a week. Like my mother used to say, we're either the dirtiest or the cleanest people in town. Oh well, won't have to do it again for at least a week.

In between the loads of laundry, I sewed. I was determined to get the latest part of the Orange Crush mystery quilt finished. The first three parts were very scrappy and I didn't even make a dint in my box of scraps. For this part, you have to have yardage. From the colors I choose, I think I'll call my quilt, Blueberry Crumble. I don't think it will have much orange at all in it. Now, it's all safely stored in a two gallon zip loc bag, just waiting for the next step.

I also did the blocks for the Block Party Surprise swap on Block Central. The top block is the alternate block for the month, Mississippi.

The lower block is the main block, Frolic Variation. I'm not real sure I like my color choices in this one but I do like the contrast in the top block. I just joined this swap this week and it's a different type swap, you keep your own blocks. Each month a different person chooses the main and alternate blocks. You have a month to make one of the blocks and post a photo of it. You decide when you have enough blocks to make a quilt. I think I may try to make some of the previous blocks as they are so pretty.

I probably won't get any sewing done tomorrow. I'll be taking my aunt out to lunch and then spending a couple of hours visiting with her. She will be 89 in September and still lives alone. She does have someone to do the yard and a lady that comes in every two weeks to clean house for her. Otherwise, she's on her own. I'm the closest relative to her, about 35 minutes away. Her daughters both live a good 4 hours away. We have a good time on our days out and we both look forward to it.

I think that on Friday, I'll spend some time straightening up the sewing room so I will have space to work without having to move "stuff" out of the way. I need to get busy on the graduation quilt for Allison. She is going to be graduating early sometime this summer. So, I need to get it done now instead of next year. She wants the Eleanor Burns Sunbonnet Sue quilt done in the 30's fabrics. I have all of the pieces traced onto the fusible interfacing. I just need to get my fabrics cut and ready to sew. Looks like I've got my sewing all planned out for the next several weeks.