April Blocks

Some sewing but no finishes yet for this month.  I had a wonderful day visiting with my IRL friend and sewing buddy Karin at Life in the Slow Lane.  It was supposed to be a sewing playdate but we spent the whole time chatting and catching up since I haven't seen her in a couple of months.  Although no actual sewing was done, we did talk about:

1. projects we need to finish
2. projects we will probably start instead of finishing (#1) above 
3. speciality rulers that we bought but haven't used
4. the likelihood of beginning projects involving said (#3) rulers
5. the status of buying new fabric vs. using stash
6. new fabric lines that we would like to buy but really don't need to and will not buy even though we really want some
7. whether above #6 ever works in real life
8. the status on a scale of 1-10 of piles of fabric/projects/general chaos in our respective sewing rooms
9. the likelihood that we would do any or all of the above (#1-4) before organizing said sewing room
10. our cats

Thank you again Karin for a wonderful day and lunch too! Next time we really will work on hexagon projects already started (not new projects) and use fabric from our stash (not the new Minick and Simpson we kept talking about).

The first week in April brings new Block of the Month blocks:

Blogger Girl's BOM block #4, version 1

and version 2

Country Threads BOM (I'm doing a calendar month theme and trying to use up a bag of Jo Morton fabric.)

For this month's churn dash blocks, April reminds me of Easter (even though this year Easter was in March) and bright green leaves and newly opened flowers.

 6" block has purple and cream (similar to the irises blooming in my front yard now)

and fabric for the 12" version reminds me of the Eastern Redbud trees that bloom this time of year.

Blustery Day

photo from Winniepedia (who knew there was a Pooh Wiki?!?!?)

The past two days have been very blustery in Atlanta.  We don't have many really windy days but whenever we do, I think about the Disney film "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day."

The wind howled last night and all the cats were snuggled deep in the quilts (I was too.)









The March Blogger Girls Block of the Month was a fun one to make.  Here is version one.

And version two.






 

Blogger Girl BOM block 2

Block 2 from Monique Dillard's Block of the Month.  

This was a fun block to construct.  I liked Monique's method for making this block. 

Here is block #2 variation.
Thank you so much to Sarah who commented last month on my choice of blue fabric.  Sarah inspired me to make this a blue-themed quilt.

I was also inspired by the "Message in the Bottle" quilt Nicole is making on her blog. 

Best thing about the Internets is all the wonderful inspiration out there.









Remy is making sure he has one or two or ten cat toys ready to play with at all times.  Even when he is napping.  Here he is with seven toys! Spoiled Remy.

New Year, New Block of the Month (or Two)

Happy 2013, now that we are well on our way into January.  Like a lot of quilt bloggers, I've been planning what quilts I want to finish this year (lots), what quilts I'd like to start this year (less than lots), and what new fun quilt alongs/BOMs/assorted mischief I would like to join in on this year (quite a bit).

I thought I would jump right into a new project that fits all three criteria:  the 6-month, 2 blocks-per-month, Blogger Girls Block of the Month hosted by Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts.

Another goal this year is to use up my stash of fabric (that is threatening to take over the house insulating the house this winter).  For the Blogger Girls BOM, I'm using Jo Morton fabric with some odds and ends added wherever necessary.

Here's my first two blocks.

Now that I am way behind on Barbara Brackman's Grandmother's Choice Block of the Week, she is starting a new Civil War Block of the Month this year.  Yeah I'll be jumping in on that one too, I'm sure. I think I'm going to need a personal assistant chart to keep track this year.   

And of course, we couldn't start a new year without a new cat photo.  I'm calling this photo "the three musketeers."  I came home from Starbucks today to find Stella, Gomez, and Edgar all comfy in bed (still...).