This morning's roads were icy-looking so I decided not to go to aerobic walking. Naturally, the sun came out later and melted everything, but I wasn't taking any chances. I ended up working hard in the sewing room. I sandwiched and pin basted the Lily quilt, which I started quilting after lunch. Before lunch, however, I made two blocks of the month for the Optimism quilt designed by Aby Dolinger. They are all 15" finished so the quilt will go together pretty quickly in the fall. I'm shopping my stash (as some say, "inventory") for this one.
My last quilting thing today was cutting up my brother Axel's green and cream shoo fly quilt that I made him in 2005. It was beautifully quilted by my friend Mary with feathers throughout. When we visited him in Wisconsin a year and a half ago, I took it home to see if I could repair it. Alas, it has too much damage - I think he sat on and washed it a lot. So I cut it apart and will make him some placemats. I thought I could salvage the center, but it is too far gone. The center looked salvageable, but it has some very weak spots.
I have made Axel two other quilts, so I don't feel that bad. One he has on his bed, and the other is in his storage closet, protecting a painting he moved three years ago. I hope it's OK. If (when?) we go to visit him again this summer, I'll see if I can find it. Meanwhile, I'll make miles of binding and bind off sections of the green quilt and mail the "new" placemats to him.
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