The past few days have been busy, but there are no new quilts to show. The quilt show is coming up soon and my quilts have to be ready. I’ve been sewing binding on the back of quilts. Also sewing sleeves so the quilts can be hung.
I have one more quilt to quilt before the show and started working on it yesterday. I had already stitched in the ditch around the alternate blocks to stabilize the area where I would be quilting. After I quilted one block, I removed the quilt from the sewing machine to see if I liked it and to check the tension. In doing that, I noticed that two blocks were incorrect. There is a definite color on each corner and the colors were not where they were supposed to be on those two blocks. Fortunately, the blocks are on the outside row as they have to be removed and sewn in the right orientation. It was very frustrating. I solved that problem by turning off the sewing machine, leaving the room and shutting the door. There are times when we just have to walk away, Today is a new day and I can deal with the mistake. Tonight was spent unsewing, One block is out and the other is almost out. I’ll resew them tomorrow and continue quilting. If I concentrate, the quilt can be finished before the weekend.
I’ve decided to not make any new blocks of the week or long term quilts this year. Last year, I had four long term quilts. The Moda Blockhead, Splendid Sampler, the Temperature Quilt and Dear Jane. The Moda Blockhead is almost finished. I only made 20 blocks for the Splendid Sample. Others are continuing on with more blocks. I will sew the blocks into a top when I find a setting that I like. The Temperature Quilt is finished and will be in the quilt show. Dear Jane will be a work in progress for a long time.
I found a few small quilts that I made several years ago. The teddy bear and the cat are applique with embellishments. I’m not sure why I didn’t quilt the background. They were made while I was still hand quilting everything and I probably didn’t think that they were worth quilting. It wouldn’t take much time to machine quilt the background and finish them. I’ll do that some day when I have nothing else to do. I could use them for free motion quilting practice. 
In my sewing room are many tools and patterns that I bought on impulse, thinking that I would use them right away. It would be a nice project to use them at least once. Then, if I didn’t want to use them again, I could find someone who would like them. Tools are not worth much if they sit there and are not used.
Have a great day and happy quilting.
Miss Molly quilts 