Walking on Sunshine

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

It's a beautiful morning here, expected to get up to 73 degrees today.  It's been like this all week!  I  feel so lucky to have this kind of weather in November.  I wish we could store it up for the winter!

These little guys have been keeping me busy, so I haven't got a lot of quilting done this week.  (Don't worry--Baby Buddy has a toy remote, not a real one!)

I finished the flannel tumbler baby quilt, binding it by machine early this morning.

The quilting is VERY simple, just either side of the seams.

Unfortunately, my problems with math continue.  Somehow I had thought this little quilt would finish up at 36 in. square, just right for donation to Jack's Basket.  That's what I get for estimating without doing the calculations.  The width is 37 in., which is not that far off, but the length is 42 in. finished.  So it will have to go somewhere else.  Quilts for Kids does not take flannel quilts, because they do not hold up to the intense washing they get in the hospital.  Project Linus does accept flannel, but our local chapter has closed down, so I may find another nearby chapter and send it there.

Also from last week, I finished this little knitted hat.  After thinking about it, I decided on red ribbing (thanks, Joyful!) and wider stripes.

It looks cuter on Baby Buddy!  Although he doesn't need it yet, while this warm weather holds.

It is great to see how everyone is coming along with their Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts.  Throughout this weird awful year, making these blocks has been a bright spot.  Now it's time to make mine into tops and get them finished.

I'm laying out the blocks for my Text Me A Quilt like this.  The pattern is from Scrap Basket Beauties, by Kim Brackett.  Ms. Brackett shows us three layouts for each of the quilts in the book, and I find that very helpful.  I think this is the way I'll sew them together.  (Math strikes again, though.  Somehow I made an extra block!)

Little Buddy helped me take down the dead plants and the tomato cages from our little garden yesterday.  I've still got a lot of work to do here, so that's on the list for the weekend.

By the way--last week I mentioned fabric I called "lizard camo".  This is what I was talking about.  From a distance it looks like regular camouphlage, but up close you can see the lizards.  I'm a little creeped out by it, but my grandson thought it was great, so it ended up in his quilt.

I am amazed and so proud that so many millions of people voted in last week's election.  Voting is part of our civic duty, and we lived up to it better this year than in the past.  Whoever you voted for, we are all in this together.

Have a good safe week, everyone!

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches 

Linking up with:

Angela at So Scrappy

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Sarah at Can I Get A Whoop Whoop