Midweek Update

This last week has been the busiest one of the summer for us, so not much sewing has been done.  We spent three days up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with family, came home for one day, and then went up to Estes Park (a mountain town near us) to play golf and visit our favorite winery for lunch.  I need a rest from all the fun!  

It was great to get away, though, and I certainly enjoyed the cooler temperatures,  mountain views, and time with family! 

So, this Midweek Update is more of a To Do list than an update about what I've gotten done.   For August, Angela chose aqua for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month.  My first job when we got home and I had some time was to dig out all the aqua, teal, turquoise scraps.  I found more than I expected to, including an orphan block!

I always work on the little quarter star blocks first, so cutting and sewing for those in process.

I thought I'd make more progress on the orange peel quilt in July for purple month, but I haven't touched it in quite awhile.   So it's time to get back to this one.  Nine of the 24 orange peels are quilted, and then I'll need to do some quilting through the background squares as well.

And not turquoise, but something I need to get back to are these Scrappy Chain blocks for the Many Hands and Many Hearts summer block drive.  They had been put away in a project box and forgotten about!  I'm planning to make a few more of these and get them sent off to Cynthia in the next week or so.

So there's plenty to do this next week!  Linking up with The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

Cheers!