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My quilter gave back my twin size quilt " 3's Company" by Thimbleberries. It was my first and last Thimbleberries quilt. It has taken me about 10 years to finish it. But done is good! Got it all bound and pictures taken and ready to share. It heads out Saturday with a few other quilts for Brenda at Country Fabrics. She knows where the need is and distributes it where the most good will be done. She helps give grace for all of us quilters. We need a few more like her.  The other quilts are.... Be safe and be kind to one another, Martha.

I am working on my fourth and last Cherrywood quilt, at least for a while. I am useing a pattern from quiltbasket called  "Eclectic".  Fast and fat quarter friendly. Just because I 'm useing my scraps and trying not to buy much of anything. I've laid it out on my floor to give you an idea of the plan. There is sashing and a couple of borders in the pattern yet. Here are my pics.... I'll check in later,be safe and be kind. Martha.

I have two quilt finishes to share with you and thier backing choices..... I have been trying out different patterns of masks  and ways to tie them .  Sent a variety to each family.  Be kind to one another, even if others aren't to you. Chatter later, Martha.

Yes besides the covid -19 counts! I have been making more masks, but mine are not like most posts of masks. I don't find the ones with pleats very comfortable. So I tried another pattern of the four free patterns Moda has on their blog and web site.  I also have some 1/4" elastic left, about 10 yards, however I find it is stiff and uncomfortable to my ears. In previous masks I have used fold over elastic. I have run out of that and am in limbo while more is on its way.  So for the last 8 masks I have used pony tail holder elastic bands! Works well and is gentle and soft on the ears. I have also finished binding another charity quilt I recently got back from the quilter's. Took some pictures on the deck this morning because the weather is so nice! Binding as you can see is scrappy black from that dreaded 2 1/2" strip bin! I also had enough of this black algebra fabric for the backing! I made one more placemat from my remenants. ...

I've had a small interuption to my sewing from the 2 1/2" box. Nothing major, needed a new iron that would produce a lot of steam! Better Homes and Garden highly recommended a CHI iron with 1700 watts and a titanium ceramic plate. Price was reasonable, so i succumbed.  I have had two Oliso irons and have been dissappointed in them both.  Rowenta is fine, I've had one of those, just thought I'd try something different. So far so good! Lots of steam with a lot of holes on plate. Not real heavy either! I've made all the block parts for my scrap quilt. With 24 of each piece made, I'm ready to start tommorrow putting it together.                 These are the first two rows sewn together. There was also a slight pause in my quilt sewing, because of a little squirrel sewing. Some placemats got into my way and I got a bit nutty about them. Couldn't stop at one but managed to get out four. On the plus side,...