Switching Roles

On the whole, it’s been a pretty good week. I’m almost better from my RSV. Unfortunately, as hard as we tried to  avoid transmitting germs, Bruce has now come down with it. So far it seems to be a mild case, thank goodness. And he’s got a good nurse (wink). It just means another week of isolation and delay of Christmas shopping. Hmmmm… maybe that’s a blessing in disguise!

My sewing week started off slow, but as the week went on I gained steam. Here’s a quick look.

The Wild Elephants quilt is done! This one is a larger size than the four that preceded it. Instead of twelve elephants and borders, Wild Elephants has 19 in the herd. It finished at 43x54”. I put this together when I was at my sickest, and I had so many stupid problems - all of them my fault of course (who else’s?) I had to replace pieces, rip out and re-sew several seams. But it’s done. And just to clarify, all Quilts for Kids quilts are laundered before distribution, so no long-lived wayward germs will be spread with the quilt!

The fun wild animal backing came from my friend Nann.

Last week I showed this scrappy “Squirrel!” quilt basted. It is now completed.

Squirrel! finished at 39x49”

Next in line for finishing was the third and final quilt made up of Bullseye Courthouse blocks. I made these blocks through the year as one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge monthly blocks.   

I love the colors in this little number! It was a joy to finish up. It finished at 41.5” x 48.5” and was quilted with a basic meander.  The backing was the last of a cute sea-themed fabric I’d bought for kid quilt backings. 

Here are all three of these bullseye quilts finished this year. 

I’ll close out with a sneak peak at the scrappy black, white and bright quilt top that is up next for quilting. It will be my first finish for next week. It made a barely-noticeable dent in my black/white scraps.

After that, I’ll spend the week basting and quilting another batch of community quilts. If there’s any time left in the week after that, well, I guess I’ll figure it out then. 

Have a lovely week, everyone!

Linking up to Scrappy Saturday.