Productivity all over the board......

Since returning from my quilting retreat where I made a good dent in my sewing quilt tops, I have been productive.  

The miscellaneous hst quilt top got finished, but I now have it matched up with a backing and it is on the "to-be-quilted" pile

 

My Kira  quilt top got its final border on AND it is matched up with a backing and it is in the "to-be-quilted" pile.

The blocks for the Strip Ribbons quilt got finished since returning home AND the quilt top is completely made with all the sashings added.......with a bit of a design variance (ok....I made a mistake putting it together, but didn't notice it until it was all done).......SO, I am calling it a design decision.  Without having the pattern right next to the finished quilt top, no one will know the difference.  In fact......someone might just want to use  my design (or so I am telling myself).

Anyways, I have pieced all my pink French General pieces for the backing and now

 that quilt is on the "to-be-quilted" pile. 

Once these three quilts are off the long arm, then I will share the finished tops.  I didn't have anyone to hold them up at the time of getting the tops done.

Then the other day, I ran over to my lys (local yarn shop) that is going out of the brick and mortar business.  She is going to embark on a mobile quilt shop selling her wares out of a trailer.  It's the newest thing.  I saw a motor home transformed into a mobile quilt shop when I was in Pittsburgh and it was so neat.  Anyways, I digress.  I went the first day of her going out of business sale and picked up a couple of skeins of yarn with the thought of making a man's knit cap for my husband for Christmas and, also, bought a raccoon pompom.

Now as far as the yarn goes, I have plenty of time for a Christmas present, but you know...that pompom was speaking to me.  I had bought the perfect yarn in Pittsburgh for a hat and this pompom was going to be perfect for the top of it.  So, I started the hat on Wednesday night and finished it by Thursday night.

That makes me happy because now I have used one more skein of yarn from Pittsburgh.  Ten more to go.

Well, since that was so easy, I thought I would get the pompom on a hat I made a year or two ago.  I mean for what you pay for these pompoms, you'd better use them.

Now I am really feeling good.....or maybe I am feeling guilty, because I pulled a toddler hat I made eons ago and finally put the buttons on it.  I haven't needed this hat since I kept getting grandsons, but now it is done, too. 

Then to top it all off tonight, I finally looked at the calendar and realized tomorrow is guild and I had picked up a charity quilt to quilt for them.  I hadn't even looked at it for a month.  I thought I had better get busy.

Fabric was donated to the guild; my friend, Nancy, pieced the quilt and I have quilted it.  I still have a red and white stripe binding to attach and it WILL be ready to return tomorrow night.

Anyways....as you can see, I have been busy with a little of this and a little of that.  

Now, if I could only stick with one thing, maybe things would get done in a more timely manner.........but then where's the fun in that?!!!  Right?