A Finish!

Good morning, my friends. I'm happy to say that the Stitchin' Wisdom quilt is finished! It's my first finish since returning from our trip. It took a while, but I turned the fourth corner before we needed to head out yesterday morning.

And then it wasn't long before I reached the end. I laid it out in front of the window for its picture. Smitty was on standby in case his assistance was needed.

And there it is...a finished quilt. Almost exactly three years in the making. I started this quilt on August 21, 2022, and finished it on August 29, 2025. 

Here's a look at the back.

Already it has a place of honor on the wall beside my quilting machine. It seems completely appropriate for that spot.

It took the place of this quilted panel I finished up last year. I call this quilt "Starburst." It was a quilt-along with Angela Walters.

My son, Matthew, spoke up for it. He likes these densely quilted quilts. When I finished the Dream Big quilt some years back, he spoke up for that right away.

He's coming up for a visit today, and so I'll give him the Starburst quilt. With so many quilts and so little space on my walls, it's good to send some of the older ones out into the world.

Okay, and so we left to do some errands. That took longer than expected. There wasn't much time left in the day when we returned home. Nevertheless, I went to work on the quilting for the Sweet Dreams baby quilt. Mainly, I got the machine set up for quilting. I'm using a pale yellow thread on top.

In the bobbin, I'll use a pale green.

These threads are the same weight as the threads I used on the Stitchin' Wisdom quilt, and so I didn't need to make any adjustments to the tension. It looked good on top.

And the bottom looked good as well.

There wasn't much time left in the day, but I outlined one of the small bears.

Here's how that looks from the back.

I left it needle down on the next small bear. I'll continue to outline all the bears, and then I'll do a diagonal grid on the rest of the quilt.

And that was the end of my sewing day. We had an easy dinner last night. I tried this recipe for Green Goddess Chicken Sandwiches. I didn't take a picture of mine...it's hard to take a good picture of a sandwich. I'm borrowing the one that accompanied the recipe.

This was so easy and tasty. I used one of the rotisserie chickens from the grocery store, and then mixed in the rest of the ingredients. Surprisingly, there is no mayonnaise in this sandwich. It gets its creaminess from an avocado, and so it's relatively low in calories at just 442 calories per sandwich. (We lightly toasted ours.) We had it with some halved cherry tomatoes with a little bleu cheese dressing, and that was a simple dinner to end a busy week.

Okay, and so I mentioned Matthew is coming up to spend the day. It'll be the first good one-on-one time we've had with him since returning from our trip. He'll get here around noon, and then stay through dinner. I'm starting some pulled chicken in the slow cooker, and I'll make some coleslaw. It'll be another easy dinner to end our day, and as a bachelor, I know Matthew will appreciate it. And all of that to say that I'll take the day off from blogging tomorrow. I doubt there will be any time for sewing today, and there won't be much else to talk about either.

That brings me to breakfast. It's time to get on my way if I'm going to get everything done before he gets here. Enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend, my friends. I'll be back on Monday.