A March to Remember!

My son got married!

And what a wedding it was.

Full of love and fun times!

I am in the eggplant dress

(someone should have reminded me NOT to hunch over!)

The lovely lady on the right inspired me to quilt and taught me all I know about 

color and fabric selection.

And I am back at my machine.

Joined Quirky Little Quilts QAL,

a Temecula Quilt Co. project.

Super excited!

Alison Lang brought me her newest design in her 

Flock of Many Colors series.

I will make my sample and write the pattern this summer.

Her other patterns have been a huge success.

And finally,

The Olde World Quilt Shoppe was going to close at the end of March;

but one of the Woolie Bees, 

a group that stitch together at the shoppe on Fridays,

decided to buy it.

Hooray, my LQS will be around a while longer.

Like I said, this was a March to remember.

First Flimsy of the Summer

Haven't accomplished much, but a little is better than nothing.  

We had company over the 4th of July weekend and 

my granddaughter has been with us the last 8 days.

While my daughter was here, we recycled some weathered wood into patriotic decor for the front porch. The cabin is the perfect place to display prim projects.

In the moments I had to myself,

I managed to turn a WIP into a flimsy.

Little Letters,

a free pattern from Temecula Quilt Co.  

I made two sets of letters at the same time.

This one is for my grandson and the other one will be for my granddaughter. The backing fabric is one I picked up 2 years ago.  I started the letters almost 1 year ago...embarrassing that it took this long to get them all done. You can see the backing fabric here.  

I continue to make pennies for my Farm Girl Finery.

 I am not very good at staying on task when the task is very repetitive and involves a lot of flying geese!  

We are headed to Mesa Verde next week for some camping and exploring.

Geez, this summer is flying by!

It will be a miracle if I get a third of what I brought with me done!

Temptation!

So hard to resist!

I purchased this fabric up in Prescott months ago, and then I saw the Temecula Quilt Co.'s Back to School Sew Along, Little Letters.  Perfect quilt for gifting to my grandchildren!

You noticed I said grandchildren...plural!

My son is expecting his first child right around my birthday...a little boy.

I will make two of each letter each week and have two quilts when all is said and done.

Now that is a BOW I can handle.

And speaking of done,

'Snowbound,'

quilted and bound.

I used a stripped homespun for the binding and cut it on the bias.  I cut my bindings 1 7/8" wide and then slightly tug on them when sewing them on the quilt...something I learned from Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.  

Well, I learned something new!  Cannot pull on a homespun binding cut on the bias...it shrinks.  Next time I use a bias homespun, I will cut the binding wider.

I will not meet my goals this month.  Life just gets in the way sometimes.  Last weekend I was in California for the estate/garage sale to help my mom downsize.  It was a huge success, but an emotionally exhausting experience.  On the day of the sale, we also learned that mom's home had sold, cash deal, 20 day close.  We could not be more blessed.  The home was built by my father, husband, and brother.  It was hard to say goodbye, although I had never lived in the home.

The one decision I have made is to focus on one UFO, Pennies from Heaven.

Here is my abbreviated version.

I have worked hard in the mornings getting all the setting triangles done.  Next step is to piece all the blocks together.  I have ordered the border fabric and will decide on what I will do next when it comes.  It just might be to stop here.  It will look lovely on the wall in my 'green' guest room.

This weekend I will be working at TOWQS to help with Shop Hop and then we will head back to Colorado to winterize the cabin, so I am prepping a lot of handwork, including finishing Penny Garland and working on Sunflower Gatherings.  

Back to work. The day is short.