M &R's quilt progress

I've been putting off posting this hoping I'd have something to show but I've been a bit slack (understatement of the year) getting any progress done on M & R's quilts or anything for that matter.

I was on vacation the last week of Aug and first of Sept and as usual best made plans went in a totally different direction. Truthfully 2 weeks aren't nearly enough. I had anticipated getting tons of sewing in and do a major Fall cleaning including painting the house top to bottom but other than some usual cleaning that didn't happen. But we bought his and hers cars the very first day of vacation. His the Red Fiat 500 Pop. Mine is the Grey Fiat 500 Lounge. We love them and they are so economical. The second week was back to school and all the first week hecticness that comes with it. I did have breakfast out with my parents on the last Wednesday which was really nice. I also got to visit with my oldest friend for tea. It was a really great visit.

R's Kansas troubles has changed again. Looking at blogs one night last month I stumbled on this Reanna Lily designs tutorial Serger Strip Quilt. R saw it and said that would really look nice in her fabric, she is right it would look good. Looking at the requirements (1 jelly roll + 8 more strips will make a lap quilt) I knew I'd need another Jelly roll to make a quilt large enough to fit on her double bed. All the online Canadian stores were out so Fat quarter shop comes to the rescue again. They have a straight fee for shipping to Canada so I went looking and found they also had a fat eighth bundle of Plum Sweet so I bought that as well.

Why more Plum Sweet? With the fat eight and a 10' charm I can make bigger blocks then the charm and jelly roll. Here's one block done.

Hope to get more done this weekend.