Another UFO and a little rant

Today I am heading out on the road again. First stop is to see my youngest son and I am so excited to see the show that he has just designed and made costumes.  He will graduate this May with a degree in Theater, majoring in Costume Design and in the fall will start Graduate School to major in Costume Design and Technology.  It is so exciting to see his work and to be able to enjoy the fun of sewing (though he clearly has skills I can only dream of).  Since we have many other things to take care of on this trip, we aren't sure of our return date so yesterday I scrambled to find some hand work to keep me busy.  I have one more Chinese block prepped for applique but figured I better get more.  So it was off to the UFO boxes again and this is what I found.  This quilt is called "Sweet Dreams" and is from the book "Tea in the Garden" by Cynthia Tomaszewski (hope I spelled that correctly).  It was just awaiting the applique sashing.  I thought that I might machine applique all those leaves with an invisible applique stitch and a turned edge but since I am not good with ironing over those edges, I've decided that this will make a good travel project.  I still have lots more to prep but this should keep me busy for awhile.  I'm wishing now that I had used a lighter background for the sashing but they were already cut so I guess it will do.

And now for my little rant.  As many people have noticed around blogland, the word verification in the comments section has become very difficult to read.  Like many others I often blog over my first cup of coffee and since I am just waking up it is even more difficult to figure out.  It means I am leaving fewer comments and receiving fewer as well.  So I have turned off the "word verification" setting and hopefully it is easier now.  Hope this helps anyone trying to comment cause I love hearing from y'all.

Happy Stitching.  Hope I'll be back soon.