still here ~

#7

chain stitching postcards ~ liberating

#'s 6, 7, & 8

#8

We are on break from school but not from our projects. This is a great time to spend an hour or two each day with a big return in the form of a quilt. I think we will both finish our quilt tops during our break and we will see about the back, quilting and binding. That's a whole different process.

Yesterday a few of us quilters gathered at Home Ec Studio in South Park. Chain stitching is liberating. Instead of sewing a complete row of alternating postcards and sashing posts together, I stitched a postcard with a post, one after another. Keeping each row connected, I draped all the rows over a hanger. To my right was another clever quilter who was doing a similar thing but she had strips of fabric that she would sew the individual square pieces. Next time...

My husband and I spent the afternoon having lunch then walking around found a cute shop, Pigment, in North Park. It was one of those perfect, satisfying days.

Spending time doing lots of small things that add up to big things. 

keeping busy ~

two more scrappy squares 

and one ready to cut

a pretty blue Canadian maple leaf

challah from Ms Hensperger's book Bread for all Seasons

substituted fiori di sicilia for the vanilla
a lovely combination of citrus and vanilla
perfect for french toast

And out of trouble...boring!

We have a quiet weekend for the first time in a month. Resting up for a birthday celebration, speech & debate and waiting for college acceptances.

It is very exciting around here lately. Well for me anyway, this past summer I made a pillowcase using a pattern from one of the blogs I follow and she asked me if it was o.k. to include my finished project on her flickr page. Geeky and weird, I know, but very cool to me!

Have a extra nice weekend

Happy March 1st

Fabric Friday ~

Broke into a fat eighth bundle that I have been saving for the 'perfect project'. It is the Cabbages & Roses Northcote Range by Moda. And peeking there in the corner is a template I am creating for a quilt square which will, hopefully, become a fabulous quilt. 

Here is the first 'scrappy trip' block. My daughter loves using her seam ripper!

And strips of stash fabric waiting for their turn. Each fabric has a little story, some were pillow cases for Con Kerr Cancer, I see my Montana quilt fabric and a strip from the bundle Tea with the Queen that I purchased a couple of years ago and managed to make 3 different quilt tops. DD #4 and I have filled the box with strips sorted into bundles of six. It is a rainy weekend, so we will see how many blocks we can stitch.

Should have posted this yesterday but we journeyed north to watch the Canucks vs the Ducks. Needless to say we were outnumbered but a decent number of blue and green jerseys.

Have a great weekend