Time to Quilt?

I have started quilting my Slideshow quilt but lately there has been no time to quilt.  Other chores have been beckoning, such as removing wallpaper and painting in my Mother-in law's house.  We have had her house on the market since about June and some of the feedback we have received tells us that the kitchen is not showing well.  Can I say that I will never put up wallpaper in my house...ever!  The wallpaper came off easily it's the paste residue on the walls that is giving us fits.  We expected to have the kitchen and hallway painted by the end of yesterday and that just didn't happen.  How to make time for quilting when there are so many other things that need taken care of?

The weather is supposed to turn hot again by mid week along the eastern coast.  To help you cope with the hot temps and sticky humidity here's a COOL picture to keep you more comfortable!

This was a snow storm we had in 2010.  As our westies have short legs my husband shoveled a path for them.  They jumped in the deep snow anyway!  Because they are white it's hard to keep track of them when there is snow on the ground.  This particular storm brought us about 10 inches of snow.

Quilt Progress and End of Vacation

The temperatures were so hot last week that I holed up inside my nice, cool studio.  How hot was it?

This snapshot shows the temp over 100 degrees just after noon time...not even the hottest part of the day!  The heat has finally broken today but it still made it to 90 degrees.

So I was on vacation this past week and had so many things that I wanted to get accomplished.  I did make it to one quilt store to purchase batting and backing fabric for my quilt in progress.  Family joined us for a 4th of July barbeque which was a lot of fun - it's always nice to catch up!  We did not make it to the beach as we had hoped.  It was just too hot!  I did get some piecing time in and finished putting the borders on my quilt.  The quilt is called "Slide Show" by Adkinson Designs.  I saw a sample of the quilt at my LQS.  The shop had chosen bright fabrics with a black background.  I also chose bright fabrics but used white in the background instead.  The white background will give this quilt a fresh summer look.  I really liked this pattern because it reminds me of the old 35mm film used in cameras...remember film before digital images?  Here's the quilt ready to be put on the frame...

and another...

I decided to quilt a feather wreath in each of the larger squares and feathers in the outside border.  I chose feathers because I need the practice and I'm sick of drawing them on paper (if the truth be told)!  They're not perfect but they don't look half bad.  I'm still pondering what fill I'll quilt in the white background and I think I will leave the small colored squares unquilted.  I promise to post pictures when it's all done!

Back to work tomorrow.  I'm already counting down till the next vacation!!!