Mini Quilt

I've tossed my 301 quilt in the corner of my sewing room for now.  I felt overwhelmed with it and needed a break. 
I made a cute mini quilt for my neighbor.  She's an elderly women that barely leaves the house.  She's always happy to have guests, and gets so excited when my younger two kids and I go to visit.  I was so busy this Summer that I haven't had a chance to visit with her since June.  I gave her the mini quilt and told her it's to remind her that I'm thinking of her even when we haven't talked in awhile.  She put it on top of her living room TV.  It gave her something new to look at, as well as letting her know I care about her.  She asked all kinds of questions about it, and was surprised when I told her they only take a day or two to make.
I also finished a dress for my daughter with a pattern by Indygo Junction.  It's GORGEOUS!  And it was insanely easy to put together!  The dress will be on display at the Bernina shop for awhile (I'll be taking it in tomorrow,) go by and see it! I don't have a picture at the moment, but once I do I'll post it here.

I'm sorry I've been MIA.  Since I home school my kids, we're working hard at getting a good routine down for the year.  I will be posting again soon.  I'm hoping I can have something up this weekend. 

I'm still working on that darn quilt.  My oldest son found an injured kitten in our carport on Saturday.  Most of my free time was taken up by nursing him back to health and finding him an owner.  I finally got him placed with someone on Tuesday night.  I have a lot of sewing to do, and I feel like this quilt is holding me back.  I don't like to put something on hold while I do other projects, I have to finish what I'm on.  Once I am done, there are a few dresses I would like to make for my daughter.  I bought "Poppy's Easy Dress" by Vanilla House designs.  Since I work at Bernina twice a week, I'm seeing all these fabrics that I want to make this dress from!  She'll have a halloween dress, Christmas dress, Birthday party dress, just for fun dress, etc.  Since it doesn't have set in sleeves, I'm betting I could whip the first one up in a day!



I should have a few minutes to continue quilting today.  The laundry is piled up, and the house could use a good cleaning... but those things would be waiting for me whether I do them now or later.