I give up on the strings!! They just won't end

Oh my I certainly didn't expect to get 5 string quilts out of my string bucket.  But honestly, I think there's another 5 quilts in that bucket.  I had some help from my sister this weekend, we got the pink done in a day!! There's still all of August and all of Sept to participate.  See the button on the side bar for details, and there's prizes too!!

100 Quilts for Kids - #5

100 Quilts for Kids #6

And there are so many strings left, look at that bucket.  That bucket is not a small bucket though, 21 inches across the top and about 12 inches tall.  5 string quilts out of it and there are still so many left.  They're just gonna have to wait for another day.  I need to get these quilted and the binding on before starting another.

Bottomless pit of strings

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Never Ending Strings - Design Bucket Monday

Yep, it's all in the bucket.  That bucket was full.  So far I've made 3 string quilts for 100 Quilts for kids (see button on side bar).  You can see the first two here and the third one here (I had some help on that one which was awesome!)

And I just finished another 40 string blocks.   All of those strings came out of this bucket.  It looks like I haven't even touched these strings.  Oh boy I was trying to use them all up, but man I don't know if I have enough quilt backing for as many quilts as I can get out of this bucket.  I give up even estimating any more.  I wonder if it's like a bag of salad spinach.  You know when you get it home and it looks like it's not really a lot, but then you bring out the bowl and holy smokes the whole thing is full and ya might need a bigger bowl.  Like tossing them around, sorting, finding the really big ones all kinda loosens' em up so they can take up more space.  I don't know how many more string blocks I can do.  After all those, I'm looking for something a bit more challenging - like maybe Common Bride????  I think I'm pretty close to having enough courage to get that baby started.

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A couple more quilts for kids

2 more tops done!!  My sister-in-law came by this morning and got two more tops completed!  I'm gonna finish up those strings and a couple more charm packs.  I think there's still 3 more quilts that can come out of those scraps.  That brings the total tops completed to 4 for 100 Quilts for Kids (see button on sidebar).  It's not too late to join in.  Thanks for the help Nancy!!

100 Quilts for Kids - #3

100 Quilts for Kids #4

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Hexie Friday

Still haven't gotten the courage to start Common Bride.  But I was working on a few hexies and it occurred to me that Hexies are nothing but Y seams.  So why not just quickly baste the seam and then when I'm happy with how it looks, go back over with the machine.  The seam will already be marked, oh this just might be the the thing to get me started on it.  I'm getting closer.  Here's my hexie work for the week.  A few more white ones around the border and and all but two of the purple colors are ready to go.  Linking up with Angie for Hexie Friday

My procrastination knows no bounds - Hexie Friday

I've even been working on Hexies in the evenings which normally are car travel activity only.  I only have one more blue diamond for the center to be sewn to the rest.  All the yellows are done for the next round, but each of those yellows needs purple on the out side.   It's getting there.   

And Mr Smiles is having a sleep over today.  He just found his little glider and he loves it.  He can get in all by himself when he wants. 

Linking up with Angie for Hexie Friday, I've gotta get me some bears, they look so adorable next to every one's blocks.