More Hot Weather Sewing

I've been flitting among several projects lately - I got out two today that have been WIPs for a while:

Making a Hop To It block, the last time I made a block was in August of 2011! I'm doing these with fusible; Edyta Sitar says that is her favorite method. It is faster and if I have any hope of finishing this some day I need faster. The other Edyta Sitar pattern I'm doing (Applique Affair) is needle turn - that one is my  "slow quilting" project.

Not a good photo, but here is a Farmer's Wife block "Calico Puzzle".

I'm also making good progress on a Bulls Eye quilt that I started a few days ago. Photos and details on that later.

This Week

Farmer's Wife Sampler #10 Bowtie

Making Border for Friendship Sampler

This week I started working on a secret project, so I'm getting behind on the Civil War blocks.But I did finish a Farmer's Wife block.
I also worked on the border for Friendship Sampler - want to finish the top for show and tell at Sept. 12 guild meeting. I found the inner and outer border fabrics at Stewart's in Mt. Zion, and the middle border on the guild bus trip to Kokomo IN.

Farmers Wife Block

I made block #4 Basket Weave today. I've also been hand stitching the binding of Summer Solstice, and I made a Civil War History block- I'll get a photo tomorrow in the daylight. I was able to sit on the deck to stitch- it was a beautiful day (although we need rain badly); so glad that horrible heat wave is over.

Civil War History #29 Railroad Crossing

Civil War History #19 Missouri Star

Farmer's Wife Sampler #6 Big Dipper

I've been doing pretty well meeting my goals; last week I checked off everything except basting "Summer Solstice". So far this week I've done the two Civil War blocks and one Farmer's Wife. I started paper piecing a Dear Jane block this evening. Earlier I pressed and laid out the backing for "Summer Solstice" to at least begin the basting process. This hot, hot weather has me feeling less than energetic enough to crawl around on the floor to do that!  I found border fabric for "Friendship Medallion" - but still need to find just the right shade of blue-green for the middle border. I'd like to finish it before Edyta Sitar is here next week for lecture and classes.