Lots of X's...

Finished here just in time for linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts....Finish it up Friday!!!

 Great time to use some of my Kaffe shot cotton on the back:)

Busy day here...The Mr and the Mrs went to the Charlotte Quilters' Show, then a return to IKEA, and off to exchange our phones finally after 3 years, upgrading into the modern world.  Himself put together my new machine table which came this afternoon...sigh with such joy:)

 Clearly I needed a new machine to sew up the mess in the background:)

Then too...had to do a Start it up Friday...ha... A little Hugs and Kisses from MIssouri Star Tutorials

Oh, Lookie....Hoodie cats give it charm..

The Art of Making Do

Once upon a time, before Mr.O'Quilts of the upstairs office, decided to go on a big austerity program to pay everything off...so he could retire......he would play championship tennis in Asheville.  It was always so much fun.  He would play tournaments, I would bring my sewing machine, sew, shop and swim.  One morning was way too early for anything to be open but the library.  There, I found and fell in love with this book.  When I got home, I ordered it used on Amazon.  I never tire of looking at it.

 In my now picture looking phase of reading, I saw that many of the old quilts had no borders at all.  I am wondering about this quilt top that I just finished.  I could add a simple small border, or I could just bind it with a funky binding.  I cannot concentrate on the quilting part of it right now...so it will not be finished any time soon,   Nice to be able to contemplate.  And nice to be able to piece at all and to sit on my awesome screened in porch during a rain, nod off and look at quilting book pictures.  I am applying the "Art of Making Do" to my own situation...