Busy work.............

I pressed a lot of fabric yesterday to prepare for cutting for about a week.

I also pressed the backing for this small quilt and loaded it on the longarm.  Maybe I'll get it quilted today.  I hope so.  Then I would have the same number of finishes as new quilt tops since the first of the year.

On Thursday I dug up part of my huge green Coral Bell and planted it in the front of the house.  I dug up the Sedums that were there and gave them to my granddaughter to plant in front of her house in another state.  I gave her Hostas last year and the area was a little too hot for them but I was sure the Sedums would be fine.  On the other side of the Coral Bell is the little Hydrangea bush I got for $8.50 at the end of the season last year.  It is supposed to be a small compact bush and it has filled out but hasn't grown much taller yet.  It's hard to see with the grass as a backdrop.  The Annabelle Hydrangea is in photo too.

I love Coleus plants in the pots in front of the garage.  There is no need to have flowering plants there with all of this gorgeous color in leaves.

At the corner of the garage I have 2 more pots of Coleus and 2 Hostas I dug out of the front garden where they got sunburned last year.

The Sedum plants are starting to form their blooms.  It seems early so I'll have to look back at previous years' photos and see if I'm right.

I had several questions about the pattern for yesterday's quilt finish.  I started out with a pattern but ended up with my own layout.  This post explains a few things about the quilt.  It is simply a 4.5" strip of a stripe fabric and three 1.5" strips sewn to it and then cut triangles with the long side of the triangle on the grain line (both short sides of the triangle will be on the bias), flip, cut again, flip, cut again.  Then play at the design wall with the blocks.  The whole quilt top is on the bias when sewn, not my favorite type of quilt, but it came out OK.