Midweek: a finish, estate sale surprise, and a speaker

122 comments and counting!  The response to the Villa Rosa Blog Hop has been great.  Today is the last day for the guest bloggers.  I hope you've visited all of them. 

I finished quilting the second version of Twinkle.  

The FQ bundle I used for the HSTs (the stars) had 11 prints.  Nine made the blocks in the quilt. Rather than making more stars I pieced the other two sets into pinwheels.  The backing fabrics are two 1990's Hoffman prints from Barb M's estate.

And yesterday was Month **SEVEN** of that estate sale.  (If you've missed the ongoing story, start with this post and work back to September.)  The first six sales raised more than $12,000 for different charities. This month the proceeds will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's disease research.   

When I walked into the room yesterday Paula greeted me with, "Nann, look what we found!"  

Barb won the guild Block of the Month blocks in July, 2000.  

Yes, those are my initials.  I do not remember making this block at all.   

I did not buy the set, but I did not leave empty-handed.   I piled  my purchases on the ironing board in my studio.  I paid $1.89 per yard.  

Paula said they have an 8 x 10 storage unit filled with fabric they haven't washed yet. She said there will be at least two more sales. 

The  Village Quilters are hosting Diane Harris,  Stash Bandit by Zoom this week.   I met Diane when she was an editor at Quiltmaker and I was selected to participate in a quilt-along.   Last evening she gave a trunk show with great ideas for designing scrappy quilts.  Today I'll attend her workshop (by Zoom) on improv curves.   Now I need to get this posted so I can log in on time!

Linking up with Midweek Makers and Wednesday Wait Loss -- with thanks to both Susan and Jennifer for featuring me this week!