A Little of This and a Little of That

I went to another lovely day retreat with Krista, and spent most of the time working on my Kona Solids Challenge quilt. I am delighted to report that the top is all pieced and trimmed. Now onto the basting (boo! my least favourite part!) and quilting (yay!). So I'm going to keep that one under my hat until it's all done.

I did do some other sewing, and got a few things done.

Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild is participating in the Mini Maker Faire happening in Vancouver in a couple of weeks. Our booth is going to include an interactive design wall featuring half-square triangles (HSTs). Each member was asked to make some to contribute. Here are mine:

Solids! I was working on my Kona Solids Challenge quilt at the same time

Then I finished another quick job - one last placemat that was sitting around in my "to do" pile, awaiting a final bit of fabric and finishing. Happy to have that done.

Finally, we lost a member of one of my bees, and rather than replace her and add a month onto the bee, we all stepped up to make extra blocks for those who were short the one from the departing member. I made another one of these cute Patchwork Square in a Square blocks for Hannah: