Hurrah for the Red, White, and Blue!

Actually I like the spelling, Hoo-ray, better, but I looked it up and both are acceptable.  Could it be I'm from Texas?  *wink*

Okay, back to quilting!  Seems like all I've worked on the past week or two have been red, white, and blue.  I did get the ties on the flag quilt shown in my last blog; the guy called, and he will bring the flag pole in time for the auction.  The Youth Director (in charge of the auction) said he wants to put The Star Spangled Banner and flag pole in the live auction.  I've never had a quilt in a live auction, so that will be fun to watch.  I hope it does well and will help some kids go to summer camp.

I also finished another little flag piece that will be in the silent auction.  It is 18"x15", and is actually a cheater cloth I've had for years!  I wish I had put a little thicker batting in it before I stitched and turned it.  Then when I hand stitched around each yo-yo, it would have been a little more puffy.  I like it better as a table topper, or just lying on the back of my love seat, but I put a hanging sleeve on it too, just in case anyone ever wants to hang it.  It fools everyone who sees it --- until they get close and touch it.  *giggle*


Best news of all is that my quilter called, and I picked up my two big patriotic Founding Fathers' Quotes quilts on Tuesday.  She did a fantastic job on both of them!  Of course, with working on the two auction items this week, I didn't get to work on them until today.  I got both trimmed, and got the hanging sleeve and binding machine stitched on one today, ready for the hand stitching.  Again ----"Hoo-ray"!!!   So now you know what I'll be doing next week!  I'll be working on the red, white, and blue again!  *grin*  

Yep, I'm a proud American and Texan!

I hope everyone has a great Sunday, and a good week of quilting.  I'm certainly looking forward to it!

---"Love"