Summer is over. The days are getting crisp. Most of the yard work is finished. All the deck furniture is in the shed. The plants that summer outside are back in the house ahead of the frost. The new AC, which I only used three times, is covered for the winter. Some of the gardens still need cleaning up, but they will be ok even if I don’t finish the job. Maybe, I can get back to the sewing room and finish a few quilts.

I had been working on the star hexagon quilt. It is relaxing to sew hexies together in the evening while watching tv. All the parts to the center are finished and mostly together. I’ve started on the star points. Then, I decided to purge a little bit from the attic. I found a box of frame parts.

There are enough pieces in the box to make 21 little quilts. Years ago, my husband made the frames, and I made the little quilts. I sold a few and gave most of them away. I did keep a few to hang on the wall.

The frames in the attic are the leftovers from that project. Making the little quilts is easy, but I have never made the frames. This will be interesting. Setting the star hexagon aside for a while, I have made all 21 little quilts. They are all hand quilted and ready to go into the frames when I make them.

Thia is a few of the little quilts. I still have to gather some of the supplies to put the quilts into the frames. Also, the courage to do woodworking. I may find another passion. Or I will decide to never do that again. Most of the frame pieces are painted white, but some are natural wood. I can paint them to coordinate with the quilt.

I was able to make two community quilts from the $1.00 strips and the gifted fat quarters. Miss Molly really liked this one.

They are both alike. After seeing the picture, I’ve decided to add a blue strip to the top and bottom borders. I think that that will look more finished. During the last week, I also matched backings with most of the tops that are hanging in the closet. Now that I will be spending more time in the house, I can add the batting and finish some of them.

Two of my machines are at the spa and ready to come home. They were both working fine but hadn’t been checked over for a while. One of them will travel to Maine to be with one of my daughters. She has just started making the most awesome hexagon quilts and decided that she finally needs a machine. The other one has an embroider unit. I have a lot of quilting patterns and will probably embroider a quilting design on the community quilts. It would be quicker and easier than free motion quilting.

I have enough work (fun) ahead of me to last the whole winter.

Have a great day and happy quilting.