I'm Ready for Sherbet and Air Conditioning

I thought I would just pop by and say hello!

My summer has been crazy busy... 

but 

I think my summer will start to quiet down now.

I have managed to sew a little bit here and there

but as of last weekend... I had to declare my sewing

room "uninhabitable"!

I love my sewing room... but it truly is a sun room

just off the house... which

means that I get no air conditioning during the summer

and no heat in the winter.

I actually enjoy the winter months... the cold

doesn't bother me whatsoever.

 I live in a mountain area 

so the lows can be in the 20's

 and the highs in the 40's at times.

Ah, what I would give for those

 temperatures right now!

Recently I decided to recover my outdoor furniture, 

and being the slave driver I am...I didn't stop

until I thought I would pass out!

  

(I have now made 4 accent pillows and

 covered buttons for the back cushion.. 

the loveseat is left to tackle).

So last weekend

when the temps were well into the triple digits

 I moved my featherweight on to a card table

in a spare bedroom... with blissful

 air conditioning blowing in my direction!

I set aside the outdoor furniture project to finish 

later... and started a much more fun summer time quilt!

I had been wanting to make all the quilts in the 

Fig Tree & Company

Sherbet and Creams booklet.

There are 6 patterns in the booklet.

This one  is one of the fun patterns!

The patterns all focus on using solids with

scrappy low volume background fabrics.

This one was my version.

I actually used my collection of vintage sheets for the

background fabrics and my solids bundle I purchased 

from Fig Tree & Co.

I used a bunch of leftovers for my backgrounds

and the fun solids for my Popsicles! 

I am excited to get the rows and sashing made!

I think I will continue with another project from the book

in August. It might be the Watermelon quilt... but I 

also really love the Jello Squares quilt! 

See you soon! 

Stay cool!