It's Monday! What am I working on? An elephant, bindings & a modern quilt

Good morning! What an unexpected weekend I had. I tried to fill it with as much quilting as possible! On Saturday my friend Randi came up to help me on a paper piecing pattern that she drafted for me. I had struggled with it earlier in the week but I think that all of my issues have been resolved! 

I spent a lot of time next door with my FIL   . Husband had lots of outside farm work this weekend & I needed to stay close to home. So I worked on my Wild & Goosey blocks while I was next door. I'm very close to having my first row of 17 blocks done! Two years ago while at a friends mystery quilt retreat one of the steps was a stitch-n-flip with bonus hst! I asked my fellow quilters that if they didn't want those bonus HST could I have them? This is what I got

We'll see how long this lasts. I've already taken 85 triangles out & you can't tell that I've touched it. 

Yesterday I decided was a binding day. It was time to finish up these projects & get them done! Binding is not my favorite so I generally put it off as long as possible. First up was my hand quilting project

I know where I want to hang it I just need to bring some pins home from next door.

Next up was my moms wall hanging. The fabric that I had originally planned to use for the binding I didn't have enough of so it sat. Finally I realized that I probably had something very close that I could use. Low & behold I did & this one is done!

The last binding done yesterday was the purple quilt. 

I'm really happy to have this one done. It doesn't excite me like a scrappy quilt does. Though I am happy to have the yardage used up!😊

My modern version of my Nostalgia pattern is still looking like this 

I really need to make this a priority & get this finished this week. 

On the farm front it was quiet & peaceful until Friday morning. While checking the cows I found one stuck in the mud/manure. I was able to get her out with the help of of a neighbor & the farm equipment. She can't stand & by doing some investigating we believe that she was standing in some manure & when the bull was doing his thing, she couldn't hold herself & him up & fell. There's not a whole lot that we can do for her. She's in her own pen with her baby getting feed, water & physical therapy. Time will tell if she'll walk again. Then there was this silly creature

He was up there just a crying. I walked over to the roof but I couldn't reach him & he backed up. So I thought that if you figured out how to get up there you could figure out how to get down & he did 😃. 

I hope y'all have a great day. It's going to be 80 & beautiful here today. Check out what other quilters are up to at patchworktimes.com 

more later on,

Vicky