Checking In!

I have been busy since my last post, 

but cannot report that I have accomplished any of my sewing goals.

I finished quilting both In the Woods and Posh Penelope,

but cannot take them off the list until they are bound.

My friend Betty and I finished 10 more donation quilts.

I did manage to quilt this for a friend before leaving for Colorado for the summer.

I really went crazy with the improv background motifs!

The quilting inside each heart was done with the computer.

Loved my Urban Sketching class in Santa Fe with Ian Fennelly! 

This is my favorite sketch from the week:

It certainly was an intense week for a beginner, but I learned alot.

And the weather was not in our favor...this sketch was done with snow all around us.

Best part was the time I spent with my sister.

Oh yeah, and the food!!

Then off on our Grand Cruise with Viking.

Despite all the hoops we had to jump through due to CoVid,

it was a great trip full of ABC days...

another beautiful church or castle.

 My favorite day was the scenic cruising through the Rhine River portion of the trip.

And I sketched...

We spent 2 days in Bruges, Belgium at the end of the cruise.

What a magical city and the chocolate was to die for.

Now we are settled into life at the cabin where the weather has been amazing!

I continue to work on Sue Spargo's Trade Winds and 

If the Hat Fits.

Hope you are enjoying your summer and thanks for stopping by!

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.