1. FINISHED - a test quilt top and backing for a new Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio pattern...but you'll have to wait to see how it turned out! I personally think it will be WELL worth waiting for!
2. FINISHED - prepping my block kits for the KC Scrappy Bee. February was my month to be Queen. I was SOOOO relieved to be done because I totally agonized over which block I would choose. I finally settled on a paper-pieced string block because it's fun and easy and eats up the scraps. I've always wanted a string quilt! Film in the Fridge has an excellent tutorial here. I made 3 blocks over the weekend and am saving the 4th for KC MQG Sewing Sunday so I can teach my friend Kristen. Caitlin and Paula have already finished 4!
3. Thursday night was February's KC MQG meeting. In addition to the usual fun, we held our officer elections and I am the new treasurer! The big news; however, was that Weeks Ringle will be coming to speak to our guild in May - after Quilt Market. I am SOO excited as Weeks and her husband Bill introduced me to Modern Quilting. What a thrill!
4. Friday, I met Ronit who blogs at Two Hippos - we were partners in Round 1 of the For The Love of Solids swap on Flickr. I made Ronit some placemats using Kona Glacier and some blue and green Moda Crossweaves. We had a great time visiting at Sarah's Fabrics in Lawrence. Ronit was easy to spot...her jacket was Kona Glacier-colored! ;-) If all goes well, she'll be back in the KC area in late April - so I have invited her to our April guild meeting.
5. Are you tired yet??? Hang on, I have a few more share-worthy things to go on about! On Saturday I loaded my Garden Fence quilt onto my frame. It will be a late graduation present for my niece if I ever decide just how to quilt it. Maybe I'll send a picture to Angela and she can use it as a "Deciding What to Quilt" example. She's got a great series going on her blog!
6. Last, but not least, I finished a pile of blocks about a week ago. I'm making a new quilt for my daughter. This is a complete, unabashed, faithful copy of Fresh Lemon's Parisville Quilt. When she posted this quilt to her blog, it was love at first sight, so I had to make one for myself! Right now it is incubating on my design wall while I decide if further block arranging is needed.
Well, I think I've gone on enough for one post. Perhaps I was making up for January - the month of zero blog posts? I'm headed up to tidy my sewing room and try to decide what to focus on next.
Wow! Some major accomplishments. Everything is gorgeous! Can't wait to see how you quilt your Garden Fence.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, Mary Anne! I'm so impressed! I love the garden fence quilt a bunch and nothing beats string blocks for scrappy fun.
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