I am reorganizing my sewing area a little. This quilt only lacked the attachment of one border. Rachel grew weary of sewing it. I'm selling this one on eBay. It's 40-1/2" square. I will use the rest of the cut pieces and the sashing units to make a larger version to keep for our family.
Later today I will share what I'm doing with my ironing board and adding storage.
~Joan
This is approximately one quarter of Rachel's Scrappy Stars quilt. I think it should be called Kitchen Sink, because there's every fabric in there but.
Rachel webbed the top then was tired of sewing. She asked me to finish it. So here's where we are so far. I was eager to see what the border would look like on it, so I put together enough blocks to get a good idea.
I used the same fabric for all the stars to give it a little cohesiveness. Scraps rule!
Got another Seed packet in the mail today. Picture tomorrow. Thanks, Pauline.
~Joan
One of my new blogger friends has dubbed me Joanie Appleseed. That cracks me up. My childhood acquaintances all call me Joanie. Kind of takes me back...
I am sewing less and less. There are other things that need my attention. I am trying to do the right thing. I will have quilty projects to share here and there, but the volume will no doubt be greatly decreasing.
I'm teaching Rachel (10) how to piece. I do all the cutting, but she is doing all the sewing and pressing. She is an eager student, to put it mildly. She is making a Scrappy Stars quilt. 
Also on the sewing/quilting front, I'm going to make a template for my apple seeds (isn't that what Joanie Appleseed should do?) for my apple quilt that I showed you a couple days ago. I am going to quilt seeds in the apples and apples in the triangles in the border. I made this exact quilt years ago, but it lives at our pastor's house now. That one was all hand-quilted. I still have the paper apple that I used for a template, so I'll reuse that.
I have the binding prepared, so I'll at least sew the sleeve and binding on today. The hand work will wait until later.
~Joan
