A sense of accomplishment...

Oh does this weeks finished list have a an awesome finish!!! Long ago (really, about 2.5 years) I started an I SPY quilt for S2.  He was in kinder, so it's a huge chunk of his lifetime, and he wanted one so badly, and I had plenty of novelty fabrics to use up. And he came everyday and asked if I had worked on it.  For days and weeks, the answer was yes.  And then life got in the way. And last night, as he went with Daddy to pick up S1 from youth group, I sat on the sofa, stitching away at the binding.  The look on his little face when he came in and it was all finished and laid out on the floor for him to see!  he bundled it up and walked around the house for an hour with it!  The only reason he finally put it down was that he was NOT taking into the bath with him!  So, here it is below:

The I SPY fabric came from several sources, including a local Stash Dash Kids' Dash (the kids get 6" squares at each store), my fabric stash, and a few specially selected from the store on various trips. S2 picked out the fabric for the alternate squares and sashing.  He is really big into outer space right now!

I also finished a quilted checkerboard for the school's annual auction.  Another parent is going to cut checkers out of branch, and I may have enough crap fabric to make another basket like I had done for the teachers to keep the parts in. We'll see! This weekend I also finished some CrossStitcher kits I had started and never finished.  I love embroidery of any sort, but seldom have the time to work on it.  And I am so addicted these magazines!  I love the designs in them, and all the ideas for making them special.  Of the three house ornaments, I am keeping the ecru ones, and giving the red to the school bazaar.  Unless my best friends dibs it.  She loves real red.  I also finished this cute little pincushion.  So I have pulled all my pins from old pincushion and sent it on it's way and now have this little lovely sitting on my shelf.  It's a bit smaller than my old one, so I may have to make another one.  A good reason to make on the teacup pincushions. :)

And last of all, my scrap stash project!  These little stars are NOT using up as much as I'd like, but that just means I'll have more in the end! I am not a huge pink fan, but I love how the black and pink one turned out.  I have been trying to figure out how get more black in the scrap bin, but haven't come up with any GOOD ideas yet.  Running to the fabric store to buy fat quarters to stick in the scrap bin brand new just seems to defeat the purpose.  If I can continue with 4 a week, I might not see the scrap pile may not get bigger, and MAYBE get smaller.  Hubby dearest said maybe I should make the stars as I finish other projects, but where's the fun in that?  These are for when I don't have anything to do!

I have no major project plans for this week, which is  nice change from the last month! I still have a ton of meetings, but my daily schedule can be a little less hectic!  I am hoping to get some drywall hung by this weekend, but we'll have to see how that goes.