Determination

I've had a mess on my dining room table, and I have been determined to get it cleaned up. 

I had been sorting some fabrics and also cutting up the teal blue scraps into usable squares.

Here is the result of perseverance! 
*The table is cleaned off. 
*Nice piles of teal blue squares will be added to the storage boxes. 
*There is a pile of leftover scraps that can be sewed into improvisational blocks. 
*I also cut out enough colorful fabrics to make six additional blocks for a charity quilt.

I sewed those six blocks together, then got busy arranging the squares into a pleasing design. 

I like this one best!

This setting is kind of fun, but it does not look so nice using these unrelated fabric scraps.

I'm working on using my pre-cut scrap squares to make these blocks. More on that in the next post.

Completed purple blocks

Teal blocks ready to sew

  

Church Foyer Update

It has been a busy busy week with the updating of the church foyer in progress. It was painted a beautiful taupe color last Sunday and Monday. All week I have been working on the rest of the finishes, including recovering the bulletin boards so they are now all the same color!

BEFORE

 

 

 

Good riddance, old pink L-shaped table!  Brown bulletin board with visitors information.

AFTER

Ministries bulletin board, filled with information regarding ministry in the church (such as elder terms, nursery schedule, greeter/usher schedule, etc). And a new table, where sign up sheets for ministry opportunities will be placed.

BEFORE

The catch-all wall...magazine rack, free literature racks, old Awana plaques, the blue bulletin board with ministries and announcements. Really ancient telephone in the corner.

AFTER

The unfinished missions bulletin board, where pictures of missionaries and info on their ministries will be hung. The wall space will have missions related artwork...

BEFORE

The former missionary (pink) bulletin boards with missions display table. And to the right of the door is the church building plan.

AFTER

The new welcome center with visitors information to the right. And on the left is the new announcement board, now called 'news', where thank-you notes are posted as well as general church information.

Three Graduation Quilts

My church had three high school graduates this year. Here are the quilts presented to them.

The blue, grey and black quilt is the Broken Dishes quilt block, strategically planned out so the black/dark grey blocks and the blue/light grey blocks made diagonal stripes.

The pink and brown quilt pattern is by Amy Friend called "Sweet Tea".

The multi-colored string quilt uses all Denise Schmidt fabrics collected from the Joann clearance shelf over several years.