saturday already??

another week has flown by despite weariness with the pandemic, the mask, the isolation, the boredom etc....no doubt you are feeling the same.  this week finally received my first shot as did my mom, so there is light at the end of this very long tunnel.  there were times i didn't feel at all like sewing or doing anything really...one day was a total wash...there was some progress tho.....

'hosanna' is a finish....in plenty of time for holiday hanging too....with a delightful toile backing that makes the back as nice as the front....

and that means this piece was immediately put into the frame that might be an april finish....

so happy to see this finally......and some marathon machine time resulted in this...

still a long way from a flimsy here but good progress.....always have the urge to start a new project but thankfully the UFO list has kept me from doing so....i really would like to chop the list in half this year if possible....can always pull one out to work on to alleviate boredom when it crops up....

and would like to direct you to this website....NEW ENGLAND QUILT MUSEUM (neqm.org)

to see a preview of one of their current exhibits....quilts by my friend wendy reed of maine.  even if you can't visit in person, just seeing a few of her beautiful quilts is inspiring and exhilarating.  i am so very happy the museum has highlighted her work....and kudos to the original museum committee....i remember the infancy of this project and thought they were nuts....but they persevered and had some help along the way and was finally established....

one more week to daylight saving time...yippee....no more dark mornings!

bad habit gone

sat down at the sewing table to cut more pieces for the scrappy double wedding ring....it's is was my bad habit not to make sure i had enough fabric.  working from a small piece of the blue solid, realized it was too small.....oh no, did it again???  that would be NO!  there on the shelf was the other yardage, more than enough for all the pieces.  no frantic last minute try to match saga!  color me happy!

sunday while sewing was perplexed about how this top went together....so when all else fails, read the directions grace!   lots of frogging (ripping out) now on the correct path for construction.....today i've gotten this far....

apparently all the circles have to be made first and then put together....and since i'll have lots of blue solid left over, started to think about how to use it in another amish style piece...isn't that just like quilters??  always planning the next project....

and if you see this cutie today, please wish her a happy 60th birthday....the baby youngest in our family....if i close my eyes, i recall my younger self standing beside her crib....

and finally the sun has arrived for the rest of the week.....thank goodness!

february's final!

 just in time to see the back of february.....a wall quilt finish....

note:  no toes this time!