Quilt Top is Laid Out...

... with much help from my lovely assistants. I wanted to leave it overnight on the floor and check it again the next night for consistency but Stan was trying to sit on every square and Puddy Tat just wanted to roll over the whole thing, so I thought it was safer to get it pinned to sew and pick it up row by row. Since it was over 80 degrees in the house it took awhile. I had such a headache that I was done for the evening.

I am still not sure that I have enough blocks so I will need to get the blocks sewn into rows and then the first four rows sewn together and then lay them out on my bed.

The Boxed In Blocks are Done!

At least I think they are done and that I have enough - or I may have too many. It was too hot last night when I tried to lay them out on my bed - and I had too much kitty boy help. I did start laying them out on the table downstairs but tonight I am moving them to the dining room/living room floor.

Here are the 18 half blocks and 4 quarter blocks

I also managed to get Fishing to Nature and Pets to Work spinders put away in the Scrapbook room. I just have Family spinders left to put away and a few odd spinders that are going on the ScrapRack.

Half Blocks

I started sewing together the centers of the half blocks and then had to cut more. I think Puddy Tat missed me this weekend while I was gone. Stan Lee is as usual supervising.

16 Blocks

I had done the four center blocks for the final sixteen white blocks a few days before the 4th of July. I spent the last four days over in Sequim just relaxing and sewing. I got the inside white borders on and 16 -  2 1/2 inch squares on around that, and the two sides of the final white border. Today on the way back home I pinned on the final two sides of the white border and just finished sewing and pressing them. Now I have just 18 half squares and 4 quarter squares with white borders to do. It looks like I will have to open up the third Enchanted Garden jelly roll to finish the top. I really want to get this one done and to my quilter. I have also been working on the cushions to match my quilt that is now on my bed. I think I will finish the Carpenter's Delight quilt next.

Before I left town I had gotten the last of the scrapbooking organizing supplies so now I can finish putting that stuff away. I should be able to get it done by the end of this month as planned.

WIP ** Quilting

WIP Quilting (In order of how I hope to finish them)

Date Started ** Finished	Project	Size	Designed By	From	Picture
3/23/2013, Finished top 8/22/13	Boxed In	King Size	Jaybird Quilts	Quiltmaker Block Party, Portland OR
1999, 1/2013	Christmas Joy Quilt BOM	81 x 95	Fons & Porter	Heirloom Stitches, Longview WA
6/2000, 1/14/2011	Carpenter’s Delight BOM	King Size	Holly Bullock	Quilters Quarters, Tumwater WA
3/21/13	Snack Time	King Size 106 x 104	Julie Herman Jaybird Quilts	Quiltmaker Block Party, Portland OR
3/22/13	Strip to be Square	Full Size 73 ½ x 85	Gudrun Erla GE Designs	Quiltmaker Block Party, Portland OR
9/18/10-2/22/11	Garden Patch Cats BOM	26 18” squares	Helene Knott w/ my layout	Paisley Duck Quilting & Design, Kelso WA
2005	T-Shirt Quilt	Lap or Full Size	My layout	--