Last week and this week

Sorry didnt have the time to update last week. Went by so fast. Was working on discharge for stepson. Then had 2nd beginning serger class. Then picked up $10 BOM. Handwashed & pressed the fabric, no cutting or sewing yet. Somewhere in between all of that I got official news my oldest sister has Huntington's. So week was very draining. Was busy last three days at work, was probably good to keep my mind off of home.

So plan for this week is still up in the air. I started working on a different quilt for my sister, since sewing the circles will take forever and I want to send her a quilt soon. After taking the serger class I got the idea that maybe I can serge a quilt together for her. I took two different colors of flannel ~ 3 yards by 4 panels by width of fabric. Cut them fairly even. decoratively serged 2 matching panels together and stretched them to make 2 larger panels. Then put some batting in the middle think it's 80/20 because she's back East.  Then I hooped it with the largest hoop I have and am trying to hand quilt it. LOL it's definitly a piece of art. This is my first attempt. I am just going in and out of the fabric trying different sized needles to see what works. I have bent two already. Flannel wasnt a good choice for hand quilting but I dont have the room to expand my Inspira quilting frame to load it. It's just set up for a small quilt right now. Besides I want some hand work in there for a personal touch. No fancy quilting just meandering around leaving less than 4 inces in between quilting lines. I plan to use the serger to finish the edges around the quilt once I'm done meandering. I'll post pics before I send it off.

Next week is the Phoenix Quilt festival at the State Fairgrounds, I'm hoping everything to have slowed down by then. I'd like to relax and take a couple classes from square in a square. Got a couple of the rulers reciently and really like the points that I should be able to do. Always looking for my next project.