April Mini

here is my mini for april....

bought the background fabric while in Maine and loved it....only found half yard but it was enough.  Chose the pink as there is a tiny bit of blush in the print, tho difficult to see on this view.  wish i could have found more but didn't.  glad i'll have this to use and enjoy. linking up with wendy and the other monthly mini gals! *** what else have i done?  finished my needle book....

looks big but it's about 5x6 inches with plenty of space for all my needles...borrowed a jigsaw puzzle from the craft room but lost interest; need to return to my basting list.  hoping to embroider the butterfly antennae this weekend so that can get basted...pulled some fabrics to sacrifice for a back for the batiks top.  as a hand quilter, pieced backs can be a nuisance but in the spirit of frugality, will forego a purchase.  few other projects in the works, depending on what calls to me....getting antsy for warmer weather and shedding the fleece pants until fall....
 

May's OMG

 this is the May OMG and it's already in the hoop...anticipate a finish long before May is gone...

it's hexagon stars, paper pieced some time ago...wall quilt size.  other may goals?  the monthly mini of course, quilt another wall quilt and more sewing on my secret project that needs to be flimsy by june so can start quilting....it's a larger quilt than i usually make but it's a gift--that's why.  just maybe will get the birdhouse wall piece top done too....ambitious?  not really, but with no diversions other than exercise and an occasional event, pretty much every day is wide open.  ***  early cold spring hangs on with freeze warning next 2 mornings...shorts washed and ready to go when mother nature obliges!

April's OMG

the scrappy christmas trees got finished just in time!  it's bed size and busted nearly 9 yards of fabric....did i bust all the christmas prints?  of course not!  but the stack is slowly dwindling....at least enough for one more christmas-y remains....

it'll be going on my bed in july for a test drive....the a/c will be on continually so i'll need a nice warm quilt at night....this brings my total stash bust to about 20 yards so far this year with only 8 added....aside from quilting this, a basting blitz got started....

these two plus the april showers umbrellas all ready for quilting...still waiting are batiks splash, the s'mores and the butterflies, so embroidering the antennae is next to do...the monthly mini is just about done and something new has been put in the hoop for may's OMG....watch this space!  ***  one year ago today broke the hip.  i'm walking ok but not quite back to before yet.  it's an extremely slow process with tiny increments of progress...as they say, inch by inch life's a cinch!