Let it Be!

Funny how a blog post keeps me focused on my goals.

There are no finishes,

but there is certainly progress.

Posh Penelope is pieced!

I loved piecing the individual blocks;

but boy, oh, boy,

putting the blocks together was a challenge!

I like to think of myself as a precision piecer.

Well, that just did not happen with this project.

Not a one of those points on the flower petals lines up and most are chopped off.

I don't know if letting go makes me happy or disappointed in myself.

I decided to just let it be!

Hoping a good quilting job will disguise the imperfections.

I finished two more blocks of If the Hat Fits.

Thoroughly enjoyed my Sue Spargo retreat in Tucson.

I had SO much fun, that I signed up to take the same class again

at Madeline Island at the end of July.

The plan is to finish what I started.

Three meals a day, no responsibilities and stitching with like-minded friends...

what could be more enjoyable.

I also helped my granddaughter make a quilt for her teacher who is expecting her first child.

What a joy it was to share my passion with her.

At Home in the Woods is on my frame.

This will take awhile as I am stitching over every edge of the appliqued shapes.

I am using a microquilter thread that disappears nicely.

I have managed to keep current with my Trade Winds BOM, 

but will be unable to show my progress due to Sue's rules.

All I can share is that is stinking cute!

We are headed to Colorado for a week in March 

and then I will join my sister in Santa Fe to take an urban sketching class...something new for me. 

Sis is already a wonderful watercolorist.

We will see if I can catch on to it.

 I am so happy I have my stitching in this sad and unpredictable world.

It calms my anxious mind!

Getting outside and hiking helps too.