Time to Sew and "stuff" but no time to post!

The past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind of sewing and preparing for the World's Longest Yard Sale. Every year we have a yard sale the week before so we can have disposable funds as we dig through the hundreds of miles of other people's things that we cannot bear the thought of not having as our own.

The girls at their snow-cone post

 

 

My Grandson passing the time

 

 

First Day at the World's Longest Yard Sale

 

In between times I put finishing touches on my sister's 40th birthday present

 

She just finished her master's degree and put up with my 2 boys for a month of her summer off. I made the squares from Heather Ross' "Mendocino", The swimming sisters just seemed appropriate! I got the idea from "Cut to Pieces" I loved how she put her pillow together! The blanket is a throw, I am not sure I would have had the patience to make it much bigger!

I added hand stitches after this and bound it in Tula Pink's raindrop fabric and pieced the back (OH! and felt hung on the wall DOES NOT work the same as flannel, ahhhh, live and learn!)

with some brown flannel I had on hand and a table of human properties and characteristics... she is going to be a school counselor, I thought it may make her smile :)

 

 

There are several other things I managed to finish these past 2 weeks but my machine is feeling neglected after 4 days of inactivity! Thanks for the look and have a wonderful Sunday!