And lest you think I’ve been letting Steve do all of the hard work ’round these parts, I assure you I have been busy catching up on my quilting bee blocks.
See how I phrased that?  “Letting” Steve pack boxes is a privilege, not a chore!
These are Valerie’s blocks for October’s PTQB:

She’s making a Christmas quilt [...]

Last Saturday, I went to the long-arm quilters to finish Rainbow Sherbet (blogged here and here)…and by the end of the day, I was still surprisingly calm.  Surprising because of all the things that went wrong:

2 Quilters scheduled to rent the same machine at the same time…  I was on the original machine… other lady [...]

I know it’s August, and summer is starting to draw to a close in a lot of places, school is starting up soon, etc. etc.  However, in LA, it will continue to get hotter thru the next month, and probably won’t cool off again til October.

And in honor of what’s left of summer, I did [...]

June was just not meant to be my month.  I’m failing miserably at the Because I Matter Challenge.  So many lofty goals…so many other items on the to-do list…
So here’s what I got for June…
 The thing that I achieved the most progress was my Rainbow Sherbet quilt.  The top is complete (approx 70×82 – huge, [...]

The Rainbow Sherbet quilt now has a back.

I honestly thought I had enough of the madras print to do the whole back…but I was very wrong.  So I pieced from stash & scraps.

In exchange for some Lightning Bugs squares, Chen sent me the madras fishies (and a couple of other goodies) - they are from Pottery [...]

When Tracey posted about wanting some motivation to create things for herself, I had to agree.  While I love the VQBs and swaps I’m participating in, projects for me can be pushed to the side. 
So I signed up for the Because I Matter Challenge, and will submit my progress at the end of each month [...]