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 Happy Spring Quilt

Progress Report...

No change in the numbers.

I think I touched everything I have in progress this week.  I sewed the next sashing block and added to the row on Moondance.

I added crayon over rubbing plate and paint to the Paint Chip Challenge.  I think I added five blocks.  I’d really like this quilt done and out of the way. 

I also spent a lot of time on Fairy Tales, another project I’m ready to finish.  In hindsight, this project would have been easier if I used Pattern Keeper or something similar.  Live and learn.

Fabric Added: 13.625 ...

No fabric in this week.  I’m counting out the fabric I passed for the swap a few months ago.  If it ever makes it back to me, it will come as a finished quilt.

I had the urge to piece this week and pulled out an old UFO.  The pattern is Moondance by Beth Ferrier.  At the time, it was a free block of the month.  Now it’s part of a book.

I decided years ago that I wanted the background fabrics in the stairstep sashing blocks to match the background in the adjacent blocks.  It took me ...

 Hello There,

WERBUNG

Ihr Lieben,

heute habe ich etwas ganz Besonderes, das ich unbedingt mit euch teilen möchte.

Bei Grit's Life startet ein wunderschöner BOM (Block of the Month) – und ich freue mich wirklich sehr darauf! Für dieses Projekt habe ich gleich zwei Varianten genäht, weil ich mich einfach nicht entscheiden konnte.

Die Grundlage bildet die Anleitung „Amish with a Twist“ von Nancy Rink. Für die farbenfrohe Regenbogenversion habe ich mich zusätzlich von der Variante von Tula Pink inspirieren lassen – ein echtes Herzensprojekt!

Neben der Regenbogenvariante warten noch viele weitere wunderschöne Stoffkombinationen auf euch. Im Onlineshop findet ihr unter dem Bereich ...

I made time for only two walks this week, in and around meetings, when it was still warm and sunny.    The front came through Saturday night.  We had a dusting of snow and the Sunday high was in the mid-30's.  

Left: Mr. and Mrs. Crane out for a promenade at Middlefork Forest Preserve on Wednesday afternoon.  I was that close to them.

I stopped at Middlefork on my way to Lake Forest Place where the AAUW book group meets.  This month we discussed Horse by Geraldine Brooks.  I listened to it earlier this year when Diann/Little Penguin recommended ...

I’m making good progress on the Wonderfil BOM that I started late. In fact, I’ve caught up! I’ve sewn together the first two rows and will look forward to finishing the third row next month.After that, there should be at least one more row of several blocks to finish it up. The only problem with […]

Upper left:  this channel is the Middle Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River.  It flows into the Des Plaines which flows into the Illinois which flows into the Mississippi and then to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Monarch on ironweed.  Top:  Scarlet lobelia and asters; compass plant.  Center: Obedient plant; water smartweed or amphibious bistort (what a wonderful name!). Bottom: monarch on ...

I'm afraid that this post is yet, another, catch-up post which will be strangely reminiscent of that old beginning-of-school assignment we all remember: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"! I do have lots of show and tell, bear with me. As the weather allowed, and it wasn't too hot, I spent many an afternoon stitching out on the porch where the light is perfect!These are a sampling of the

I'm afraid that this post is yet, another, catch-up post which will be strangely reminiscent of that old beginning-of-school assignment we all remember: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"! I do have lots of show and tell, bear with me. As the weather allowed, and it wasn't too hot, I spent many an afternoon stitching out on the porch where the light is perfect!These are a sampling of the

I’ve been working on a quilt that began as a BOM at my local quilt shop, but. halfway through the monthly releases, the shop gave everyone the option of going ahead and getting all of the rest of it right away. I took them up on it, as I do prefer to work on a […]

I posted this photo on Monday. I intended to make wheelchair quilt (36 x 45).  I finished the quilting--just an easy swirl, no sweat.  When I trimmed the edges I trimmed one long side TOO much and it looked.....not right.   I could have bound it "not right" and given ...

 I am giddy with excitement!!

 IT'S HERE!!

 On the home front:   Thirty birthday cards arrived this week.  THANK YOU! 

The dishwasher repairman came late Monday.  He pried off the lower panel, plugged a gizmo into a gauge or something, and got a readout that said the dishwasher had run 1,586 cycles since installation.  That was interesting.  He then replaced a water intake valve.  Here's the important part. He said he guessed that I used the economy cycle (51 min.).  He was right. It turns out that's wrong and I should use the normal cycle. That pushes more water through the valve and keeps it ...