Monday Morning Star Count: Back to School Edition

The Whole Glorious Pile of Hand-Piecing

Today marks the unofficial end of summer for our family and many other families.  Two of my children are now in high school, and the last one is powering along in elementary.  I'm heading back to my own courses toward the world's slowest degree.  I'm still working on paper piecing and a few other quilting and other crafty projects.  I'm starting to think about making some Christmas gifts.  Maybe cards too?  First, there's a baby quilt for a friend to start...there's always some fun to be had, and some new shenanigans to start.

I enjoyed dedicating myself to sewing and especially quilting this summer.  I intended to finish a couple of quilts, but well...I would up not finishing those, but starting many new projects.  Some I finished, some are in progress.  I wouldn't change a thing.  I'm just enjoying the whole slightly chaotic process of creating and learning.  And shopping.  I rather like that too.

As far as the english paper piecing (epp) goes...the new grand total of stars is 11.  I still have quite a few more  diamonds all basted and ready to go from my basting-before-piecing phase earlier this summer.


I've found many opportunities for summer piecing and quilting by taking on a
hand-sewing project.  Recently, we spent some time in the US-Canada border line-up, and that gave me a whole hour or so of piecing little diamonds together.

I still haven't really made any big design decisions.  Right now, I'm thinking about my fall schedule and reminding myself to use time that I normally spend waiting for appointments or sitting in the car waiting for kids at lessons or after school.  I could probably fit in a little sewing while listening to online lectures. 

Thanks to Jessica at Life Under Quilts for hosting the very inspiring Star Counts.  They kept me hand-stitching over the past few months!