Boxy Stars Tops

 So summer has been slipping away and we have had very mild weather which is very rare for July and has even delayed the sweet corn harvest. I am not complaining--it is lovely quilting weather and much more pleasant for cooking.

If you read my last post, we are working frantically on a charity quilt drive. With overflowing scrap bins, I decided to make use of them. I wanted to make a Bonnie Hunter design--she has so many free designs here http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html
I settled on her Boxy Stars pattern because it uses 2.5 inch pieces. I was planning on making 25 blocks, but then decided to make 7 more for a total of 32 blocks and use 16 in two quilts. I set them with sashing and need to pick borders. I am thinking of a blue or green for the salmon sashed one above

and green or yellow for this lilac sashed one. I am going over to see some of the ladies working on this charity quilt drive this morning and will get their opinions and see what we have in our fabric donations. If you would like to help us with this charity quilt drive, information can be found here

http://tanyaquiltsinco.blogspot.com/2015/07/charity-quilt-drive.html

Most of the sunflowers my hubby planted are huge, but there are a few plants that have some smaller ones. I cut some and put them in my scarlet Fiestaware pitcher--they make me smile.

In the evenings while watching movies with my family, I am working on my Cottage Garden wool felt appliqué.