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I had the best of intentions when I restarted this blog, and for me, I kept up with my production of new projects and reporting out on them here. Life has happened since then, not the least events being starting a new job in July and being a car accident on 8/26/08. (Regarding the latter, I’m okay although shaken.)

By way of catching up some, I’ve completed another three or four quilt tops and have another two in progress. I have lots of photos to take, upload, and document here, and I will endeavor to get to those soon.

One thing that I’m very pleased to report is that I have delivered Baby Boo’s quilt to my friends Jess and Chris, who had their second baby in June. (You might recall the planning from this post and the preview from this post.) Here is a photo of the final product:

I’m really quite pleased with it, as are Jess and Chris. I’m seriously considering publishing the pattern (with measurements and construction instructions) at some point.

I completed a lap-sized quilt top based on the Tile Tango pattern from Atkinson Designs. Mine is in darker shades of red, gold, and an off-white marble. This top took about 12 hours to assemble.

I finished (i.e., quilted and bound!) the quilt for J&C’s second child, Baby C, who was born last week. Final photos after the quilt is received.

My husband and I visited Mom and Dad back in April. At that time, I shared with them plans for their quilt, pictured below:

Pattern for Mom and Dad’s Quilt

This one is taking quite a while to finish, in part because of how many pieces there are! It’s boggling to me just how many pieces there are to assemble.

I had a stack of 10″ squares from the Old Sturbridge Village collection from Judie Rothermel that I turned into a large lap quilt using the Take 5 Goes to Charm School pattern from The Teacher’s Pet. The blocks–and, really, the whole quilt top–went together very quickly and easily. I think this top took 15 hours.

Photos of all my recent tops are coming as soon as I find a place to take pictures of them!

A local-to-me needlework shop is closing. Stitchery Square in Camden, ME, will be closing its doors on Saturday, June 21. According to their web site, they will still offer their fine needlework finishing services.

The clearance sale started in March, but they still have plenty of inventory for embroiderers, cross-stitchers, knitters, and beaders. The discounts are deep! I picked up 35 cross-stitch patterns and beading pliers for a total of $16.73, including tax.

While good for my pocketbook, I’m distressed to be losing yet another local, independent craft shop. This economy is taking its toll on many independent businessmen, although this closing is for personal reasons, as I understand it.