I wanted to do a quilt pattern that included touches of some of the things I love.  I knew Tony would not be a fan of all the extra elements, but I decided to ignore the man’s opinions this go around and just stick with my whimsies.  Here are some pictures of the latest progress on the newest Ingrid Barlow pattern.   Patterns available soon for retail and wholesale!!!

This is my pieced back.  I stood at the store and hemed-and-hawed about what yardage I should use for the back, but ultimately decided to go with all the leftover fabric I had at home.  I am so happy with the result!  I even used my leftover pinwheels from the front!

I used a different method for the binding/quilting.  Here’s a pile of my ruffle edge.  (I highly recommend a ruffler attachment for your sewing machine if you like the look of ruffles.)

Here we go–sewing the ruffle on.

Trimming the excess back off.

The “birthing” of the quilt!  (pulling it right-side out.)

This will be tomorrow’s project.  A throw back to the church ladies method of finishing a quilt.  It’s different and it’s cheaper for those who have to send their quilts out to be quilted!

A sweet embellishment!

And my darling boy at my side.  What a trooper!

I gave in.  I told myself I could not go to the library and then I did anyways.  You must understand that when I go to the library I cannot resist coming home with a whole stack of books and then nothing else gets done.  I read on my lunch break, during my afternoon rest time (I’m sort of milking the whole pregnancy thing), and by 7:30 I am crawling into bed so I have plenty of read time before my eyes fall shut.

So while I’m in my read hibernation mode, I am also playing the game of “see how long we can go before I HAVE to go to the grocery store.”  Let’s just say Tony does not like this game.

Between books, I did find some time to get a new quilt top done.  Very fun and something different.  I am excited to get the pattern wrapped up for individual sales and quilt shops.  Here’s a sneak peak!

After a refreshing worship time this morning, I came home to have a little fun with some fabric I bought a month ago for a new quilt pattern!  Oh yes, very exciting…can’t tell you much, but here is a sneak peek of the fabric that will go into it. 

Then after a little play time, I had a very hot and sticky session with the dishes.  As I was doing them, my dear husband came up to me and said, “open up your box of sunshine.”  I gave him the sweaty evil eye–he knows washing dishes is my favorite way to spend a hot summer afternoon.  Actually on the bright side, he did offer to do round 2 of dirty dishes tomorrow.  Yes, we really do have that many dirty dishes at once.  Trust me, they pile up fast when you don’t eat out much and you like to experiment in the kitchen. 

This evening I spent some time on the deck with the dog watching fireflies.  I caught some in a jar for old time’s sake.  Dakota, the dog, was not a very good helper.  She was not sure what I was doing but she knew it was exciting, so she tucked her butt under and went flying around the yard like a maniac.  She busted a couple close catches for me.  Crazy dog. 

I put clean sheets on the beds tonight.  Nothing like crawling into a fresh and tightly made bed for the night.  Since I line dry my sheets, I use a linen powder to give them a lightly wonderful scent.  Very fun to use and you will feel oh so sweetly feminine when you sprinkle it about.  Sleep tight to you and yours!!!