My sweet little rescue dog died last night.  She captivated everyone, and now she is gone.  I can’t even think about this so I am trying to stay busy.

I put the border on my quilt top and it is ready to go.   I talked about the quilt last week here.   The colors are so pretty and I love the designs on the fabrics .    All of the fabric came from fat quarters — most purchased at the Virginia Highlands Quilt Shop.  Kim, the owner, is wonderful.  In the picture below, there are lots of flowers, but I also see some red shoes, lemon slices and sheet music.   There’s also a cat sleeping by the quilt.

Let’s see what is on this side of the quilt top…the bright blue has beach flip flops, there are orange cats, and there is some Alice in Wonderland fabric.

Here’s another…lots of flowers, some cursive writing, more flip flops…this time on white…and peppermint candy.

And finally…there’s that sheet music again, some gold and black butterflies and lots of flowers.  Everything is bound by by the back and white border.  I believe that the fabric did not repeat more than once.   That was my goal.  Some fabric did not repeat at all.

I’ve pressed the quilt and folded it along with the backing (paw prints) and the black and white stripe which will bind the quilt.  It is ready to go to the quilter.  This will be machined quilted by a long-arm quilter.

This was on my list of something I wanted to do.   I’ve checked it off.  It will be January/February 2019 when I get the completed quilt back.

I will put this in the RiverCliff Cottage AirB&B.   It will be durable and I think guests might enjoy looking at the different fabrics.  I hope so anyway.

I’ve been looking at blogs that are for retirees.  Most are centered on the finances of retiring.  So few are centered on the living of being retired.  As I am retired, I want to be productive and I want to see the results of my efforts.  This quilt is a good example of something I did not have the time for when I was working.   Now, I do.  And I’ll have a pretty quilt!!