Thank You, Darlene!

Last month, I won a contest over at Quilting Daze, 

Darlene was cutting several projects at the same time 

and challenged us to guess which pile of fabrics went with which pattern.  

It was a fun puzzle to solve.

My prize was 4 charm packs of 

Thank you, Darlene, for your generosity and for such a fun game!

I owe Darlene yet another thank you for motivating me to get my machine humming.

She has been sewing up a storm in honor of September being 

National Sewing Month.

I am an early riser.  

During the wee hours of the morning, I get the most accomplished.

It doesn't hurt that I am fueled by my morning cup

(okay, CUPS) of coffee.

As a result,

my Pinwheels for Caroline,

designed by Lori Smith,

is pieced!

What I like best about this quilt is that I gave myself some slack.

I tried my hardest, but could not figure out how to make my ocean waves blocks come out just perfect.  Some points float

 (well, it is an ocean block, right?) 

and some (okay, a lot) 

of those diagonal seam intersections are just a little less than aligned.

But you know what,

I love it with all its imperfections.

And it busted some (although not enough!)

of my stash.

While I was cutting the border,

I also took the time to turn these

into these.

Feels good to have at least 2 buckets neatly organized and a good start on the third.
Next up...
quilting Primitive Pumpkins.