RSC2021-July blue progress?

First, a blue finish. “America the Beautiful” is destined for a nephew for Christmas. Inspired by this quilt by Julie, I used my stash entirely for this 5″ tumbler quilt. This is my second ever tumbler quilt, but the first to be finished. The other was made for RSC & is quilted & trimmed but in the pile waiting for binding. I’m very happy to have used up all the cream fabric with state names leftover from the backing on the original “America the Beautiful” quilt made with my quilt group. The red & blue came from charm packs I stashed from MSQC Daily Deals once upon a time.

I’m working on star blocks for the July-August Covered in Love block drive & they feature red, white, & blue so I’m in the blue groove here. These are the 3-12.5″ blocks I’ve done so far. Fun to play with different block patterns!

I got some dark blue blocks done during the light blue month, so I haven’t pulled out my boxes of projects yet. My focus is sewing all the Irish Chain blocks into rows & adding the sashing. Not my favorite, so it’s going slow, plus king-size rows are LONG! I have three left & am hoping to get it to the quilter next week.

Even though there’s not much blue going on here, there’s plenty of sewing happening. Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve been cutting & organizing logs for a Judy Martin heart quilt. I saw one of the retreaters at Quiltville Inn making one on Bonnie Hunter’s blog. (No, I can’t find the post to link to it. Sorry. But the book is Judy Martin’s Log Cabin Quilt Book). I immediately ordered a used copy of Judy’s book & set to work cutting. This is an organization task of great magnitude. Here’s hoping it makes the cabin sewing go faster, but she assures me it will. 🙂 My hubby gave me a big box of new Wonder Clips for my recent birthday so I could clip these all up! I’m also trimming quilts & sewing on binding this week, so many tasks getting checked off.