Quilt Making

I have been trying to find the time to stop and get back to quilting. I have a couple projects underway and was making steady progress as I hide indoors from the humidity these days. I put together 64 half square triangles to create a pin wheel block in pretty quick order. Once I had the fabrics selected, some chain stitching, and I had my squares ready to press.

I went with a denim blue look that I thought would last beyond babyhood. Then I experimented with some designs and I think the end result will be perfect.
It needs to be completed by September for a friends grandson.

The other project is a simple flower design that I saw in a quilt on the Flicker slide show and I found it here. Mine is a smaller wall hanging size and I added the green borders because I wanted a more summery look. The problem I have now is that when I was sewing on the green strips, my 30 plus year old Singer started acting up. The needle started setting itself to the left side. I tried using other stitches to make it snap out of it, but no go. It seemed to be hot, and so I shut it down for a while. Its still not acting properly, but I got one more bit done so I can at least see some progress. For now I guess I can do some trimming and plan another quilt that I want to try until I find out what's going on with my machine. Tomorrow its back to mowing and the garden anyway!