Quilt Cam!!

So my morning started out great when I read that Bonnie Hunter was doing Quilt Cam tonight.

I didn't get a chance to do any sewing at all for the last few days…so this was my chance AND my reason to set time aside and spend a little quality time in front of my machine.

So I pulled out this little quilt that has been waiting to be quilted for about 2 years now.

Yes.  2 Years.

(My head is hanging in shame….)

So at 9pm, I fired up my computer, threaded my machine, and got to work.

I just started stitching…with no real plan.  Just lots of straight line quilting…..

And I was having a great time, feeling really good about attacking one of my UFO's…..

(A good friend would ignore those points not lining up.  I'm just saying.)

When I flipped the quilt over and saw this.

Ugh….

The back had flipped over itself and I had stitched into it.

So now, I need to decide if I will rip that stitching out and start over, of if I will just trim that away and continue on. 

If you know me, well,  you know which way I am leaning.

March 17, 2015

Happy St. Patricks Day!

And as always, Thinking of You, 

Patricia Agnes Hughes Papworth!

Quilt for Peyton

Pillowcase to match, more or less…..

Minus 1 Degree Celsius, -29* Windchill

I'm not ging to let a little cold weather stop me from taking the mandatory quilt-in-a-snowbank picture.

I'm loving the look of the blues in the snow…these fabrics from the Emerson collection by Dear Stella.

I used the same tutorial that I used here for my grey and yellow quilt 

from Crazy Mom Quilts…..

 Tim, being the good sport that he is, braved the extreme cold to hold my quilt for a picture

  

The gusty winds worked against his best efforts…

I'm going to stare at this one for a bit….and then get to work on another comfort quilt for a sweet little girl.

Ttyl, Chicks!

Finished Knits

Here is my new favorite cowl pattern, The Honey Cowl , knit up with Madelinetosh Merino.
The golden color is Candlewick, and the other is Coquette.

My camera didn't do these colors justice, I'm afraid.  They are much richer, much more intense.
(Of course, the camera doesn't to anything to hide my errors.)
I'm going to give them a Soak, let them dry, and wear them in the upcoming cold-snap that we are going to be treated to by Mother Nature this week.

SNOW!

We had a great "Snow Event" yesterday/ last night / this morning.
The official total is 16.7".
After lots of blowing and drifting overnight, it looked something like this in front of my house:

I (not) having a wonderful time clearing the snow….it might be light, powdery and beautiful but I am starting to have trouble lifting it high enough to get it out of the way…..

While I rest my arms and back and warm myself up I can share a finished project that I got to mark off my UFO list:

Big Blue.  My Scrappy Trip Around The World quilt (Thank you Bonnie Hunter / Quiltville)!
This was the 2014 Quilt Chicks Challenge quilt.  Mine is 96" square….made from thrifted shirts with a linen backing.  It weighs a ton…and I love it.  It has been sitting waiting for the binding to be sewn on for months….and it's actually been done for a couple weeks now, but I'm a procrastinator sometimes when it comes to sharing finished projects.

Last share for now:

This…the snow over the man hole cover in my driveway.

Have a great day, chicks!

Friday Fiber Fun

A drive up to Romeo yesterday took me to Labor Of Love Yarn Shop….
I've had a yarn craving for awhile…ever since I finished by cabled boot toppers.

Today I cast on for the Honey Cowl with my Madelinetosh wool merino.  Color:  Candlewick.
It's so soft…how is it that I've never had any of this before?