Latest sewing project(s)

During some spare moments when I was procrastinating Accounting, I was working on these:

Bryn and I worked on baby quilts for church to donate to the NICU. All that we did was sew and tie them, they were already cut for us. Cutting is my least favorite part of any sewing. I finished handsewing them on Saturday, they've been around a little over a month.



More cub Scout patches: no photo of these, but I did sew on Andrew's Bobcat.

And this wallhanging for my sister in law, Sarah. She picked the colors, I picked the pattern, called Buckeye Beauty, (which seemed like the obvious choice since they live in Ohio). It took me much longer than anticipated, (largely due to the procrastination problem previously mentioned), but I am happy with it.

I like to learn something new, or challenge myself in a new way. This is more blocks than I've done before, and I learned a new trick for the half-square triangles. It is also the first quilt I've made without a border. I have three favorite parts about it--
1. Thinking about Sarah while I made it.
2. The contrasts between darks and lights
3. The bold stroke of orange--it is the most striking color in the quilt, and brighter than most colors I've used before. I also was advised against using it, but love how it turned out--it adds a little more life.
4. Ok, I thought of one more--I like following the line of squares diagonally across the quilt with my eyes.



ps Have I mentioned lately how I wouldn't mind being locked in my room with my sewing machine?