Retreat-less sewing

From Wanda S:

Hello, quilters,

  Wasn't retreat fun? A bit quiet though. As Carol said the beds have improved a lot. I missed every meal and had to do my own cooking and eat my own snacks. There was no snoring in our room, even when I was the last one to bed or the first one to get up. Next fall let's do the retreat the usual way, but this was okay for a one-time experience.

  I worked on quilting some of my stash of unquilted tops. I have lots of those. The photo shows eleven that I've done since mid-March. Only the top two have binding. One I bound by hand and the other by machine. I am not pleased with the machine-bound one, but maybe by the time I get more practice my technique will have improved. All of these are charity quilts for Maple Grove Quilters or Minnesota Quilters. Three are baby quilts, and the rest could be larger baby quilts or lap quilts.

  I have lots of help from the cats when I am downstairs sewing. They know that when I get tired or get tired of being pestered, I will stop and play ropes with them.

Best wishes to you all, stay well and keep quilting,

Wanda

And a little something I did with a panel from Gruber's in Waite Park, MN. This will go to Rob's bro and mate, Steve and Cyndi because they have sweet and rascally Jasper the cocker. It was fun to use up some found blocks not used from a previous project that brought out the red in the panel. Still needs one more frame - maybe black, maybe red, maybe beige. Maybe two or three frames. 
Then it will go to the quilter.

Here's the finished top with the edging. 

Nancy has it now for quilting.