Not Finished, But Making Progress

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!  Thanks for stopping by!

Woohoo!  I got back from Oklahoma just in time for the big rummage sale at the Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, WI.  This is the loot I scored, over 33 yards of bright cotton fabric, most with cute kid-friendly prints.  I can hardly believe how lucky I am.  Many many thanks to all the people who donated fabric and the volunteers who organized it all.  Yippee!

Some of that loot will be made into Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks, now and in the future.  These yellow blocks are part of this month's pastel challenge.  Some of them are a little bold, I know, but I'm using up what I've got.

It's fun to put them with last week's light blues and test some possible layouts.  I'm interested to see what everybody else is doing with this challenge, since it's a new one.  (Check the link ups below to see for yourself!)

In Progress

What is your favorite thing about finishing a quilt?  Mine is picking the next project!  Last year I made Color Block Stars for the Many Hands Many Hearts Block Drive at the Oh Scrap blog.  I loved them so much I also made blocks for a quilt to donate locally.  I set them aside due to other deadlines, and in my head I thought I had made 20 blocks, which would made a nice sized top.  Imagine my surprise when I opened the bag and found only 12 blocks.  Oops!  Well, that's a problem I can fix!  So now I'm making 8 more.

Click HERE for the directions from Many Hands Many Hearts.

Here's my current sewing set up.  We're moving some things around in the house, and I can't use my beloved treadle right now.  Luckily I have an adorable Featherweight to sub in.  Don't worry, treadling will be restored, probably this weekend.

I had such a good visit with my Mom and sister in Oklahoma last week.  One of the highlights has to be the Oklahoma City Senior Follies.  Wonderfully talented senior guys and gals entertained us royally with singing, dancing, comedy, and screaming guitars.  It was great fun, and the show raised $20,000 for the Alzheimer's Association.

Of course I did a little quilt-related shopping while I was there!  Mom and I went to a new-to-me store called B Sew Inn.  Most of the shop was devoted to Baby Lock machines, but two charm packs came home with me.  Check out all the cats!  I especially love the prints with tuxedo cats like my Snicky.

The second pack had these bright prints which will be great in my kid quilts.  The colors are brighter in person.

As excited as I am to go visiting, I'm always happy to come home again.  These guys are just two of the reasons why!  It's full summer here now, alternating between warm days and thunder storms.  Buddy and Little Guy love cooling off with ice cream.  Me too!

I hope you're feeling well and having fun this week, doing things you love to do.  Like quilting!  Have a great week, everyone!

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy, Home of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge