Rainy day sewing

Today has been a day of watching the tv for news of  Hurricane Florence .  It keeps changing course and intensity.  We are going to get hit the worse tonight around 1 - 2am and then all day tomorrow.  They keep saying that there will be power outages and trees down.  We live in the country with lots of large old Oak trees, so this all makes for a tense night.

 



  I did spend some time last night and today doing some applique on my Pemberley Quilt.  Those scallops are actually appliqued to a large background. The next step will be to applique the vines, flowers and leaves that go around the center.

 

My guilds quilt show is Friday and Saturday, Sept 21 and 22.  I am doing a demo on how to board baste a quilt sandwich, and needed a small quilt top for the demo.  I had some cute duck fabric and decided to do a baby quilt.  I thought it just right to use on such a rainy windy day.  

 

If you are in the path of the storm, I hope you will stay safe and dry,

 



Ahoy!!! Whales!!



 This afternoon I attended a baby shower for a sweet young woman at our church named Heather.  This is Heather and her husband , Robert's,  first baby and I was excited about making a quilt for her.

I saw this pattern in a book called Fat Quarter Baby and had been wanting to make it. When my daughter told me Heather was having a boy, and was using Red,White, Light Blue and Navy for the nursery with a maritime theme, I thought this would be perfect.

Front view of the quilt

Back view of the quilt. The sailboat label has his name and October 2018 date - hope he does not come early!

And here is the sweet expectant Mom