Slow Stitching with Frank and a New Project

I was at a conference for a few days this week for work.  One of the vendors had an artist present doing caricatures of whoever wanted to stand in line long enough to pose for a picture.  I had to tell him how I love to spend my time...of course, I told him I was a quilter!  He immediately asked me if I had Rubbermaid bins of fabric.  I had the feeling that he had run across a few quilters in his time!  He has me quilting by hand and machine at the same time, using my feet for the machine quilting.  I am not so sure I could do that in real life.  

I made some progress on Frank this week and only have a bit of outlining and cross stitching left to do.  There will be some time tomorrow during a car trip to see if I can finish this project off.

I spent some time this past week organizing my sewing room.  In the process of putting things away, I found a jelly roll and decided I needed to make something.  I have made 16 blocks and will be putting them together this week into a baby quilt in waiting.  No baby on the horizon to give this to but it is good to be prepared with a gift just in case!

Here are my fabrics:

And here is what I did with them:

I have 16 blocks made to make this into a square quilt.  I hope I can find something in my stash for backing.  I will quilt this myself.  

Happy sewing to you!!!