I've been busy - honest!

I see that it's been a month since I last posted - yikes!  I didn't realize that a whole month had already passed - and yet, when I see the jars of jam and pickles, etc. on the pantry shelves and survey my dining room table, I know that I've finished a lot!  There's also a lot of WIPs scattered around...
But first - my current quilt-y project... My oldest daughter has recently decided on a career change - which means a move for her - and that's happening on Wednesday.  We had a conversation a few months ago, and she mentioned that "You can never have too many quilts", so I decided that this move needed to be celebrated with a quilt!  I went through my Pinterest board for ideas, but couldn't quit thinking about some blocks that I'd done for a block drive for Kat's Covered in Love charity quilt project.  I love the modern look of black and white blocks with a "hit" of colour, so that's what I decided to make.  I have lots of pieces of Kona cotton in a rainbow of shades, so I was able to make a LOT of blocks without repeating the center colour.  This is what my "design floor" looks like this morning:

My hubby just texted me that we have company coming over after supper, so I guess I REALLY need to get sewing!

One of the other sewing projects that I had going last week was sewing some red, white and blue star blocks for Kat's July / August block drive.  We were free to make any kind of star block.  I found a few ideas and pulled my fabrics to make the starflower block at the top left.  Unfortunately, I cut some of the fabrics too small, but salvaged them with the block on the right.  But the one I really LOVE is the bottom one!  I looked for striped red and white fabric to make an American flag block for the center, but this red and white "zipper" fabric was the best I could find - I think it works!

And finally, I've been doing a lot of knitting in the evenings (my current sewing space doesn't have lights).  Both of my daughters have friends that are having babies, and I'm trying to knit a sweater for the firstborn in each family.  So, I got some yarn to make my new favourite sweater - Tenderheart by TinCanKnits.

This is a beautiful spring green, and will be going to a lovely little girl - the final sleeve needs finishing, and then the 2-colour yoke will complete it.  When it's done, I have to make another little girl sweater, and then still have 2 little boy sweaters to make, and one more for a baby due in October.  I might switch the pattern for some of those sweaters...

Thanks for dropping in to see what I've been doing!

Linking up to Kat's Sew Some Love, and Cynthia's Oh Scrap posts.