Quilting some more on my Little Birds today with the help of Waddles assistant number 2. Red and yellow seem to stand out the most on this quilt. I love this pattern! It's been so long since I made the blocks that it is a rediscovery every time I look at them. There are some really lovely vintage fabrics there.

I tried to make the quilting pattern like little puffs of breeze, sort of like one sees in cartoons. Not sure I made it, but I like the quilting pattern anyway. I was surprised at how long each block takes to quilt. The pattern is deceptively simple but it uses a lot of thread.

I got upstairs this morning to find the furnace had been turned on overnight.When Leon got up this morning the temperature was only about 40 degrees. I hope early fall doesn't mean early winter!

I had these scraps left over from when Ambrosina was making her aprons, and there wasn't enough to do much with, so I cut them into usable strips. Some of them I cut into turtle pieces.

When I first started making Drunkard's Path blocks I used plastic templates but David took them out into the shop and made these little hardwood ones and I've used these ever since. Isn't he sweet? When I find a pattern I want to make a lot of he does that for me to the satisfaction of both of us. So I'm going through my scraps and cutting out more turtles, I want to make each of the grandchildren a turtle quilt, and I love making the little turtle blocks. I have several more Drunkard's Path quilts in mind but they will have to wait until the turtles are done. The rest of the strips that I cut I will put into their respective bins for the the future; I know that I will use them I am just not sure for what and when it will be.

Mammogram tomorrow, I will treat myself to a coffee afterwards and do my shopping so I won't get much sewing done, but for now I am going to be working on some Pinwheel Nine Patch blocks the rest of the afternoon. They are so much fun and I am really pleased with the way they are turning out!