Busy Busy Busy

I have so much stuff going on. I finally finished doing my jury service and am back to sewing. I have a quilt pin basted, a quilt ready to be pin basted, back is made and just finished another quilt top. I made a table runner for a friend and am working on small pouches and bags for a craft fair I am doing in May.  And I just signed up for Hands 2 Help at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. Some pictures?

 These are the blocks, clipped together by rows. I can't show the quilt just yet. But soon.

                         This is the runner back.

This is the front, made with more of the chickens from Farm Fresh fabric panel. The recipient collects small ceramic chickens.

 And last weekend, my iron died and so I went out and bought this one. It got some of the best reviews, but it is hard getting used to a new iron.

 I finished crocheting my Sweet Pea blanket with Lucy from Attic 24. I am loving the colors.

And because I have found that I must always have a hand project, I began another crochet blanket for my middle daughter.
So that's what's keeping me busy. I hope you are all well and surviving the last of the winter. We are expecting warmer sunny days here by the end of the week. Woo Hoo!!!

Here I Am!!

Man, I knew it had been awhile since I posted, but almost a month? The time is just flying by for me here. Usually it's just because I am so busy sewing, I fail to stop and take pictures. This time it's because I have spent the last two weeks on jury duty, so my weekends have been for catching up on the rest of my life. And I still have, what I hope will be only one more day of jury duty this week.

Part of what has been occupying me this month of February is crochet. I found Lucy, at Attic 24 a number of years ago and love to read her lovely blog. I finally dove in and have been working on her latest Crochet Along, or CAL as we call it.

I am still sewing. I am signed up for a craft fair in May, and I have been working on making my inventory for that. I am sorry I have not taken any pictures of what I am doing. In addition to that I have  a quilt in progress, that I can't share just yet, a table runner in progress that I haven't photographed yet and I did get my  100 days 100 blocks quilt border on and got it pin basted about 3 weeks ago, but haven't started quilting it yet.

Here is a picture of that beautiful quilt top. I have a quilting plan for it, I just need to make room in the queue for it. I know that more forward progress will be made once I am here every week day to work on it.

I hope your February was good and I hope to see you back here real soon.

What's Up?

I have almost sat down to write a post here several times in the last week or two. I am finding it hard to stay motivated in that vein. I either don't have the photos I need and don't feel like taking them or would rather do other things. I need to get organized here people. I really do want to blog. So, what am I up to?

 Well, I finished crocheting this lovely blanket. This is the Summer Ripple blanket from Lucy at Attic 24. I chose to use the cotton yarn instead of the acrylic and I love the weight of it. It is wonderful on chilly nights and the colors really make my heart sing.

 This is my 100 Days 100 Blocks quilt, all sewn together. I finally cut a border and have it ready to attach so I can get it ready to quilt. My oldest daughter helped me to figure out this arrangement and I am loving it so much.

This is the beginning of the Bonnie Hunter Good Fortune mystery quilt. I made I think the first four weeks and then had to travel for the holidays and got behind. The last couple of blocks haven't gotten made yet. I became very frustrated with this project and decided to just forget it. But then I saw the final product on her blog and I love it. So, I downloaded all the rest of the steps and I will finish it after all...in my own sweet time. Getting rid of deadlines on this has helped me with my desire to finish it.

I am currently working with this lovely yarn to make the Sweet Pea blanket with the Attic 24 CAL group and loving the beauty of this. Crochet has become my evening go to project. And sometimes my during the day project while watching football on the weekends.

I have a list of projects for the coming year, and I am starting to make them happen. I will, hopefully be back very soon with some more shares of my work.

Have a lovely week.