First quilt back in Tennessee

Okay, I have officially started quilting again............now, while I was staying at John and Deb's, I appliqued a small wall hanging, but didn't have fabric to make borders for it,.......but this is my first quilting project in my own sewing room.

I am expecting 2 new great nieces, and just welcomed one into the world on April 9th, so there are 3 baby girl quilts needed......then there's the 16 month old great niece, and the 8 yr old great niece, and the 5 great nephews.........and that's just the ones I've met !

But most of my fabrics are with my quilts.....I sent them to my brother Jim's for safekeeping and that's in Murfreesboro. Honestly, if I had the quilts, I don't know where I'd put them, the rooms in this 3 bedroom trailer are so small. But I want the fabric ! It would go in the chest of drawers that are already in my little sewing room !

But, back to the subject at hand.........I had this bundle of Mary Englebreit fabrics, can't imagine where I came up with them!!!!!!......and I WOULDN'T CUT THEM because they were so gorgeous. Well, doing without a good fabric source will drive you to desperation, and let me tell you, this little town is NO FABRIC SOURCE. Or batting either for that matter. I went to the one fabric store today and asked for batting........it's in the back of the store, in bags.......no label......cut off of a roll of generic polyester batting, to general sizes-----72 x 90, 81 x 96, etc. You can't even be sure it's bonded ! Heavens !

I digress........all that aside, I've pieced the middle and am planning a mitered border from the border print that you see lying placed around it. Here's a shot of the sewing room, too..........small, but sufficient.