february challenge

Deana has drawn #10 for February challenge and here is mine....

10.  last but not least, big hexies project...these were gifted to me...lovely kaffe prints...and using a solid yellow gold for connector triangles as most are autumnal colors...hoping to assemble a few small pieces out of this hefty stack...

friday mail was another surprise...a delightful squishie of kaffe stripes/plaids plus that rich teal shot cotton....i've already plans for that piece and will peruse my kaffe books for other ideas.

and 'love bug' piece is coming along....

as is 'oz' wall quilt too...

weekend to-do list is made and included is some TLC for miss sunny....she works hard you know, nearly every day, without a blip...old Singer machines will run forever with regular maintenance...no motherboards to crash here!

weather is revealing hints of spring....warmish here this morning at 48 with a couple of high 50s next week. vehicle at the top of my prayer list always--the shore beckons...until then, keep calm and sew on i guess....have a blessed day!

half success

cold winter days foster daydreams about warmth and surf...hoping i can get there this summer or early fall some time...i do have salt water in my veins....definitely my happy place...

planned to get both quilts basted in january but due to a batting issue, only one.  even so, january wasn't a total washout....did some frankenbatting and now have one for wildest dreams, so that's the weekend project--close enough

• finished waterfall UFO
• basted scrappy DWR
• 'mathemagical' top 
• finished stitchery 'sleigh bells'
• 2 christmas placemats and a hot pad
• lap robe top and baby quilt for senior center projects
• basted and quilting 'detour to oz'
• 'love bug' flimsy

PLUS.....

• put away christmas, revamped living/storage space
• all quilted items moved to closet shelf
• cooked for freezer
• exercised regularly
• read 2 books
• only one routine medical visit

this is the baby face panel top made for the senior center...another quilter chose the backing and quilted it, then bound by me...isn't it adorable?  can't you just imagine some new mom wrapping her precious in it?  i can....

started another little cross stitch stuffie...this is 'winter saltbox' by pinker n punkin designer...she has free patterns for a series of saltbox littles....remind me of new england...

this came up on instagram and choked me up....the other day for one fleeting nanosecond i thought i would call her, then caught myself...she was my only confidante and BFF...

and yes, it's friday, but sunday's coming!

next?

the next...and last...biggie to baste is 'wildest dreams' at 72" square.  remember this?  i am going to quilt every light triangle and then do cross hatch in blocks and setting triangles...should give it a really vintage look.  

on the to-do list is the 'wensleydale' but it's 60" square so not really bed size.  

saturday daughter ferried me to wegman's and then the weekend focused on 'mathemagical' which is nearly a flimsy....if you are thinking of making one, i'm listing a couple of tips that helped me. first is this....the construction diagram can be confusing so i use little post-its to block off finished sections...my ex-boss, the neuro brain, would likely say i have some sort of deficit but he had a penchant for diagnosing everyone from the paperboy to grocery clerks.  probably goes with the territory...

the second is these prepped units...i counted up the twosies, sewed them together and pinned to the design wall so they were ready when needed.  i am working on the last section now.

aren't those kaffe fabrics wild?  don't tell him, but the gray print came from joann's...i bought a couple of yards at $3 per so a good deal and a good quality fabric.  i thought it looked sorta like a kaffe. 

clam chowder got made sunday...a taste of home indeed...enjoyed some fresh air finally now that temps have warmed, promising to creep up most of the week.

last but certainly not least, today is Holocaust Remembrance Day....80 years since Auschwitz was liberated....never, ever forget...especially now that the wannabe dictator-in-chief is in the white house.