Basting: Not my favorite job!

I've been super busy lately.  One of the things keeping me busy is basting my Trail Mix quilt.  I had a few smaller items to baste first and then I had to force myself to baste Trail Mix.  Yes, force!  Here is a picture of one section of it on the table I use to do the basting.   I'm not sure when it will get quilted.

I place the backing, batting and top so that the center lines up with the pins taped on the table.  I have large safety pins (closed) taped on each end of the table and one in the middle so I can feel them through the fabrics to make sure the quilt layers are right in the center.  I learned this method from Cindy Needham on Craftsy.  Once the section on the table is all pinned, I pull the quilt one way and continue pinning, then pull it again making sure that the batting and backing are nice and flat, then pin that section, until I'm finished.  I works quite well, even though I don't enjoy it.

My quilt guild has a "circle" for scrappy quilts and one month we were supposed to bring orphan blocks so they could put them together for a donation quilt.  The left-overs were distributed so we could make a smaller quilt at home and bring it to the september meeting for donation.  I came home with a bunch of small blocks and added some when needed.  This is what I came up with.  It's a small quilt for a child.

I'm also continuing to work on Christmas projects.  I plan to try to take more time to continue working on my Dad's life story.  I have most of it typed up, but need to integrate more stories from some different tapes that he made.  He had lots to tell and it has been fun to listen to him telling about his life growing up in Chicago.

I had a garage sale with my 2 walking buddies (neighbors) yesterday and today.  I got rid of some stuff to make more room in the garage and shed.  It's a relief!  It was real hot yesterday and from now on the weather will be cooling off day by day.  I saw something about the Harvest Sun is supposed to appear much larger than usual this month,  I think around Sept 18?  (not sure of the exact date).  I do enjoy the fall season.

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