Finally, some quiet moments

Just WHO won't appreciate the importance of a fresh new clean board cover?  I even bought my own staple gun for the job!  I prefer using a striped fabric.  

This is my progress so far on a Pickle Dish, aka Trilobites.  I'm working on piecing border units.  Paper piecing methods came back as I worked.  It's turning out reasonably well, and as we often learn, it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be.  Size is about 40 x 40 inches.

And my interruption, is this 84 x 98 in. queen quilt top, probably 15 year old UFO.  I did a good job on it and had envisioned hand quilting it while sitting in a rocking chair in a care facility.  Fortunately, that has not happened, so I'd better actually get it done, quilted on my DSM.  You can see the snow shovel and heavy coat and hat in the background, it was too cold to even replace the shovel outside, with temps. in the minus range the past several days.  Inside the house was  not particularly warm either so activity of some purpose was necessary.  The quilt top is folded up on the table, that's the back of the top.  My best basting tool/method is using canned goods as weights -- I recommend this method over all the others I've tried.  

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My last lament fregarding few posts, is that my printer had to be replaced, and the then the  computer was "too old" (all of 4 years!), and a basement drain caused issues with no water in, no water out, and then the hot water heater decided to join the mayhem.  A few other issues of great importance also joined the parade and this quilter was not a happy camper for too long a time.  When is spring?  

Below - I've posted this previously, years ago, but wanted to photo again, as I've given this to an auction and wanted some memory of it.  It's always fun to see them years later, perhaps instigating another similar project.  This one did not bring much in the Silent Auction, but it now has a good home, and helped support a good cause.  I belive it was called New Zealand Star.  Incidently, those rows are made one row at a time, you don't make a star 9-patch, but just one separate row at a time.  I messed up for a while before I read all the instructions.  

  

The end - now, face getting gasoline, while it's minus 3 outdoors.