Friday Sew Day

Since I only had to work a half day on Friday, my friend Tara and I got together in the afternoon for a sew day.  I started a new quilt, while she worked on a quilt for her niece. we worked away and I only stopped to make dinner and fix drinks.  :-)  Next thing we knew, it was 11pm!

For my project, I have a friend whose daughter wants a 'polka dot blanket'.  She asked me if that was something I could do.  Searching for polka dot fabric didn't sound appealing to me and I had an idea for a raw-edge applique quilt.  I am not sure if she will like what I have in mind so I decided to make a small version (baby quilt) to show her and she can decide if she wants me to make a bigger one for her.

The background will be simple squares; I got them all cut and sewn into 9 blocks.  They are on my design wall now:

Just a few more seams to sew and it will be a complete top.  Next I had to cut out the circles.  I raided my kitchen cupboards to find things that I could trace to make circles in the sizes I wanted.  The items that made the cut were a ramekin, a pasta jar lid, the cap to a plastic bottle (both from the recycle bin) and a K-cup from my Keurig.  I traced a ton of circles and started cutting.  Here they are all cut out:

I need to dig out a glue stick.  That is the only thing I can think of that I can use to attach the circles to the quilt top and keep them where I want them before they are sewn down.

While I was cutting circles,  I heard a strange 'whooshing' noise coming from outside.  I stepped out on the deck and this is what I saw:

They must have launched only a few blocks away, and what I heard was the burner they were firing to get up in the air.  Very cool!