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I can't believe I was freaking out so much about German short rows. They aren't nearly as complicated as I thought. I've never been very good at wrap and turn short rows so I was expecting the worst. Of course, I haven't finished the whole process so I may have to edit this review but right now...it's not too bad.
The only other knitting I have on the needles right now is the other gray blob. I need to cast on some mindless travel knitting because this isn't it anymore. In spite of Pup sitting in my lap and being annoying, I did finish the plain part of the second sleeve on yesterday's road trip. Now for the ribbing.
That road trip was to Lowes. We needed tile for the floor of the little laundry nook in the downstairs. We thought we'd better make that tile mess before we get started on the laminate flooring.
We didn't come home with anything very interesting. All I wanted was something that was easy to keep clean. That corner is always such a mess from drippy laundry jugs and lint. It's also getting new doors and new cabinets for the back wall-but that will be another trip.
I marched across the top of Village Quaker but didn't meet in the middle. What comes next are a series of McMansions so they are going to take some time, I'm afraid.
I finished the fancy edging on the right side of the Summer Patchwork and stitched the top border box. I'll switch to another season this week though because I'm bored to death with this one.
Dear Jane has two more finished blocks. The one on the left is one I'm catching up on from Row C and the green one is the first completely completed one from Row D.
D2 is being assembled. It's a fussy one so it won't be a quick finish.
And.....look what was delivered yesterday around noon. It's 18 more boxes of flooring. We paid to have them delivered and brought into the house after we almost killed our old selves bringing in the first load last month. Like the other load, it has to acclimate for 3 days and lucky me that brings us to the holiday. The Mister has a golf outing on Friday so we won't be doing any floor work until next Monday. Woo hoo!
Well, hello July. Where on earth did you come from? I have to say I was surprised when July 1st came up on the screen for this post. On the last day of June I got out the noodles and sandwiched my sister's memory quilt. I will be forever grateful for whoever came up with this hack. It makes sandwiching a pleasure instead of a chore. I was almost sorry when I ran out of top. It also helped to have the right sized backing material. I'm never piecing a backing again.
Before I got the noodles out, I added one more white border around the whole thing. I was worried that the binding would eat up too much of that pretty pieced border we worked so hard on.
All that fun was a result of having finished the machine quilting on Charmed Stars. I should be binding it now but silly me sent the binding material home with my sister when I gave her all the leftovers from this fabric collection. This is the second quilt I've made from the Lasting Legacy collection and as pretty as it is, I'm over it.
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