Turns out "arrange a time to pick up quilts" = "I'm not going to necessarily keep regular shop hours in the summer."

Yeah, once again my fears were unfounded. So the top made from the "jelly roll" of strips (this one) is down there and will be quilted for me.

And I have two finished quilts to bind. I might do that this weekend, or at least do the machine-stitched part of the binding and then work at the final bit of handsewing as I have time.

I'm happy with how both of them came out. The Sock Monkey one, in particular - I'm really pleased with it. I think I'm going to keep it somewhere handy for when I'm feeling ill or when I'm sad about something: it's one of those quilts that I think will have the power to make me feel better, just because it's so bright and funny.

I have another quilt in progress: I got all the 17" squares cut for the Avalon quilt, and have the strips sewn together (it was fast to lay out; there was really only one arrangement that looked good). I do still need to piece the rest of the sashing and then sew the quilt together, but this one is nearly done.

I think the next one will be a top for Project Linus: I have some very cute dog-print fabrics and I'm going to make just a simple top with it. I haven't decided yet whether to have the top quilted (and pay for it; that gets expensive when you make a lot of quilts), or whether to tie the top and make it a comforter, or whether to see if the places that take the quilts will also take just completed tops, and then have someone else do the quilting or tying.

But first, I need to finish the textbook chapter I agreed to review. I'm about half done; I did a lot on it last night.