A Very Happy Chaos

Here's why I didn't blog last week!  Isn't he a peach?  My youngest grandson was born on March 5th, and I took care of his brothers (and the dog and cat) until he and Mom and Dad came home from the hospital.  Our whole family is blessed beyond measure.

As far as quilting, nothing is finished.  After catching up around here and getting some routine doctor appointments out of the way, I'm working on several projects at once.

I did get my Text Me A Quilt blocks done for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  The color for the month is turquoise, which I don't have a lot of, but I managed to scrape these together.  Here's my next idea on how to set them.

My blocks are made with my usual novelty fabrics, and I noticed something I probably should have seen before.  Novelty fabrics often look weird cut in small pieces.

The light cats here are okay, but what about those waving cat hands?

It gets weirder.  Poor little Daniel Tiger is cut in pieces.

Believe it or not, this print has a sheep riding a bicycle.  Who could tell?

These cute little frogs are sadly sliced up.

A couple of these squares are okay, you can tell it's Sponge Bob, but you have to guess what the words were supposed to say.  (Can you guess?)

This is the worst one.  These poor swimming ladies are headless!

If I had bigger pieces of these scraps, maybe I could have fussy cut the squares so they'd come out better.  Or maybe I should just not worry about it.  It could be fun for kids to look through these silly fabrics.

In other news, this.

I'm putting the borders on this donation quilt top.  It was a kit cut by a member of our marvelous charity committee, and all the fabrics were donated (we get the most amazing donated fabric!). I got the piecing done a couple of weeks ago, but have been procrastinating on the borders.  It's so big I can't really lay it out here, I'll have to move it to another room.

I might actually get more quilting, sorting and cleaning done in the next few weeks, because I'm on "maternity leave"!  Actually, my daughter is on maternity leave from her job while she looks after her new baby, but that means my Little Buddy is home instead of here.  We "borrowed" him yesterday, partly to give his mom a break but mostly because we missed him.

Here are my little ones together, Baby Buddy and Little Buddy.
Life is very, very good.

As for the virus, let's all be safe.  Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands is my new motto.
Have a lovely week, and thanks for reading.
Cheers,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:
Angela at So Scrappy (Home of the Rainbow Scrap Quilt Challenge)
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict