August Recap

Here is my August recap or better yet my story of how I went from shiftless to actually having a couple of finishes.

It has been a very busy month.  Lots of craziness happening!  That meant that the quilter did not make it back into the house.  So I still have a bunch of quilts waiting to be quilted.

 I am afraid to count how many quilts I have sitting to be quilted. 

I did grab a couple of UFOs and work on them a bit.

This----

Went to this----

And I even used up the teeny tiny scraps to make a backing.

Yep another thing to quilt, but it is going to be done on one of the old girls.

I made a block and started working on the next one for the BOM which I participated with a group on online friends.

 I will admit that this next block has me flummoxed.  It is cut using an accuquilt die.  I am trying to figure out how to cut it with enough extra for the 1/4 inch seam using a template I had purchased many years ago. 

I cut out more parts for my drunkard's path quilt but haven't taken out the machine to sew lately. 

I also pulled out this UFO and cut out the next month and got the parts sewn together.

I did have some finishes for the month

I finished the binding for this quilt and it even created a snazzy label.

I finished my guild challenge quilt.  Quilted, bound, and a nifty  label on it too.

I didn't touch my cross stitch this month.  I need to get back to work on it.
I did work on my embroidery a wee bit.

And I have a wee bit of handwork that I have been doing.  I have been making some yoyos which I have cut from scraps. 

I also somehow managed to read 10 books this month. 

Update regarding my diabetes.  I have my blood sugar down so it averages around 90.  I have also lost about 25 lbs so far.  I am not fanatically stringent about my diet, but I do find that I stick to it pretty closely.  While I didn't do some of the things that I have had on my goal list for a few months, I thought it was pretty successful that I finished up and worked on a couple of UFOs.