Design Wall Monday: Summer Stars At Fawn Lake

I've been a lazy blogger this month, but I have been sewing.  Summer Stars at Fawn Lake, a Charlotte Scott mystery, has been on my design wall for weeks.  I am missing one block and was hoping it would turn up, but I'm going to have to break down and make another. I expect my missing block will turn up as soon as I make it again.

I have also sent two quilt tops to a woman who just bought a longarm and wanted charity quilts to practice on.   I must not have taking a picture of my finished Vegas Wedding Quilt of the unfortunate color choices, but here is a progress picture.  I think some little girl will appreciate the pink fabric and the rabbits in it.

My quick curve ruler practice quilt is the other one I donated.  This has been hanging around since last summer, and I just don't love it enough to pay a longarmer to quilt it.  This quilt also has the peachy/pink fabric in it the Vegas quilt has.  Maybe I should stay away from this color!

I'm working on a wedding quilt (Jo Kramer's On the Bright Side) for a nephew who is getting married in October.   It has eaten up most of my sewing time the last 3 weeks.  I need over 1000 flying geese that will finish 3/4" by 1 1/2" in the quilt.  Not even half way done yet.  I'm at the point where I'm wondering why I chose this pattern!

Linking up:

http://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2018/06/design-wall-monday-june-25-2018.html

Stash Report:
Used this week: 0
Used year to date: 92.125 yards 
Added this week: 7.75 yards (treasure hunt OBW, 2 yards wedding bells for wrapping)
Added year to date: 123.875 yards
Net Add: 31.75 yards

Featherweight Case

My featherweight case was in pretty good condition for 66 years old.  There were a few scuffs and places where the fabric was tearing.  I saw a video on The Singer Featherweight Shop  about restoring cases, so I decided to try it.   Before:

After:

The case really shines now! It turned out so well, I'm trying to convince my friend to let me do hers, which is in much worse shape.

https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/how-to-refurbish-a-singer-featherweight-case

https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/how-to-get-rid-of-the-moldy-mildew-smell-in-a-featherweight-case



In other news, our rain of the last several weeks has produced flowers on my hydrangeas.  This may not seem like a big deal to most gardeners, but I do not water often, so I get very few flowers on mine.   This oak leaf hydrangea has been in the ground 2 years and never bloomed.  I haven't had one before, and I didn't even know the white flowers turn a pale pink

The  hydrangea below has been moved around my yard 3 times in the past 13 years, trying to find a spot it liked.  It didn't bloom for the first 8 years!  In the past 3 years, it has produced only 1 or 2 small flowers a season.  This plant is a drama queen, dramatically wilting every summer afternoon, then coming back to life when the day cools off.  

I have been thinking about drying some of these flowers, but they are so pretty on the bush, I don't want to cut them.

Stash Report:
Used this week: 2.5 yards (rabbit moon charity quilt)
Used year to date: 92.125 yards 
Added this week: 10 yards (backing for Claire's quilt, blue, Focus fabric)
Added year to date: 116.125 yards
Net Add: 24.0 yards