Not so much as a "break from quilting" but I finished a fabric basket for me, too.  I was busy sewing on quilt stuff, just really didn't get anything finished yet.

I have Kendra's baby quit sandwiched and ready to quilt, I worked on the RBD Block quilt (I think I have all the blocks done now) so it is ready to put all together, and I started the Summer Block quilt (another 'surprise' quilt.)  This is the fabric for it below - it's all beachy, summer themed blocks. and I get the patterns on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  I'm a week behind already, but I got last week's blocks cut out at least.

 

I took a break from quilting (after the baby quilt top was finished) and made a fabric basket.  AJ claimed it, so I need to make one for me now. 

 

And the top is done - whew!  I don't have fabric for the backing, so it will sit for a few days, at least.  I think it came out nice!   

On a different note - I've been loving our temps lately - we've been having lows in the 50's and high's in the 70's - perfect! We are set to go back to closer to our normal temps this week - mid 90's with triple digits over the weekend.  It was nice while it lasted.  We also had red flag warnings and lots of small fires lately, even with the lower temps.  Cindy M and I were trying to find time to go shooting, but the winds made it difficult since the range shuts down in that scenario, and the pistol range isn't open every day either.  We did get one morning of practice in, and I passed my qualification shoot for my CCW renewal with an 18 out of 20 - whew!  

My latest unfinished project?  A baby quilt for Kendra, with Evan due to make his appearance in 2 weeks.....I'm in trouble.... I did get far enough to find a quilt I want to make, but I only had a picture of it, so I'm making the pattern up as I go.  Here's the picture:

 

 

And the colors I'm using:

 

 

There are 196 half square triangles (HST) for the blocks.....why did I decide to make this one???  I have over half the HST's done, but only 9 of the 49 pinwheels complete.  Evan will be here before it is done.

Finished - one long-standing item on my to-do list....Candy's quilt.  Candy started this while she was watching Alli in the afternoons, and got the top completed, sandwiched, and one pass quilted before she moved.  I finished the quilting not long after she left, in February.  It's been sitting and waiting for me to put the binding on since then.  The UFO (Unfinished Object) has been nagging at me - draining my psyche, so it was time to get it done.  It took me most of my Sunday sewing time, but....it's currently sitting in a box, ready to ship! 

And how does my garden grow???  We had fresh green beans for dinner the other night!!

I have a lemon cucumber....

An eggplant

Bell peppers

A tomato

And green beans

Luna is molting....more accurately, she's "throwing coat" - aka shedding everywhere!  Gotta love the husky in her......This was not a good time for my Roomba to quit on me.  I am sweeping up handfuls of hair every day, AND she's getting brushed every day (not be me - AJ does the brushing).   A new Roomba has been shipped, which will help tremendously in keeping the fur in the house down. 

But she's a good girl anyway.....

 

At the end of April I started another Mystery Quilt - a leap in faith as I had no idea what the finished quilt would look like.  I chose to do a 2-color quilt (my way of hedging - I'm not very confident in putting colors together, especially not knowing the finished quilt) using the batik fabric that I got last year in Kentucky.  I got the "finishing pattern" this week, and put some of my blocks up on the wall to see what the final quilt will look like.  (No, I don't have all the parts and pieces done, I got 5 of the 6 weeks done, still need to make another 30 blocks....)  I love how it will go together - super simple blocks that look like curved piecing when put together.

 

Cindy C came down for a visit last weekend, and Alli "helped" me make waffles for breakfast....

 

Garden

My first big garden harvest! I’ve picked a few beans and a couple of zucchini before, but this is the first time I’ve had enough beans for a meal at one time. 

My lilies are blooming!  I picked up the bulbs a couple of years ago on a whim, not thinking they would grow (late in the season, on sale for $1.00) but they've done great!

I have some hyacinth bulbs to plant in the same area - I got the bulbs in full bloom to decorate for Easter and Mother's Day, and the flowers are done, ready to be planted and (maybe) come back next year.  I don't have high hopes for them either - something about planting when it''s 100 degrees outside doesn't make me hopeful they will live, but...we'll see next Spring!