Sue

March has been an interesting month. I had cataract surgery on both eyes, a week apart, at the beginning of the month, so sewing came to a screeching halt for a couple weeks. But then I got going again on my apartment projects. Since my scraps are packed away, I’m trying to get old projects done. This flimsy was completely put together this month. The pattern & jelly roll came in a FQS Sew Sampler Box back when I was subscribed in 2017. I bought the background immediately because I really wanted to make the quilt, but it sat & got overcome by other things. So it was in my stack of things to get done here. I pulled it out for March because the aqua is kinda green, right? It’s a 54-40 pattern using the templates & is called “Palm Canyon” for the fabric line.

These are the last of the Shine blocks by Melissa Corry. I started these as an RSC2022 project & these were the only ones left when I had my accident last August & life stopped. I packed up the others & only brought these unfinished, but cut, parts. So all the blocks are now done & I can get it sewed together when I’m all unpacked & have my studio set up. Which will be in April, as we are closing & moving into our new home in the middle of April! Don’t know how long it will be before I start sewing again there, but May should be a good month!

I was finally able to drive down to quilt group & we continued with our Sewcialites2 project from FQS. This is block #7 Butterfly Garden by Pat Sloan.

And this is block #8 Interwoven by Shereece Nicole. I’m using leftovers from my Songbook quilt & solid leftovers from my Cascade quilt, plus the postal background I purchased for the whole quilt. It’s been interesting trying to work without access to my boxes of scraps in all colors & patterns.

The last couple days I cut out & kitted up these RW&B String Bean blocks from Pat Sloan for a donation quilt I will work on here & there along with my current L&E project of the Selfies quilt.

I haven’t managed a blog post since the first week of February because of all the stuff with selling the house & looking for a new one. But I have gotten a little sewing in. I finished the last Elizabeth Hartman North Stars block. They are lots of cutting & sewing! (And these are the true colors of this block-not the funky colors in the photo below)

And I got the top sewed together. Colors poor in the apartment lighting, but it’s going to be a cute little baby quilt at 54″ square. It’s going into the to-be-quilted box for when we’re settled. I’m pretty happy with it, even if there’s a little wonkiness here & there. Finished is better than perfect, as Jenny Doan says.

My February pink project was to make these Riley Blake Strength in Pink blocks. I got the remainder of the blocks done last week as L&E’s.

Then in a marathon sewing day this week, I got the entire top sewed together. Yay! Pink project accomplished for February. One block was replaced by an embroidered block provided by my quilting partner. She had it left over from the quilt she made for our friend who passed away from breast cancer, so she gave it to me to add to this quilt as a further tribute to her. When I get it quilted, it will wait for someone who needs it.

In quilt group we made Sewcialites2 blocks #2 & #3. I’m liking this so far.

And then we made blocks #4 & #5 this week. Still happy & using up those scraps from Songbook, supplemented by a new charm pack of Songbook A New Page.

And here’s the new L&E project. I saw this kit at Fat Quarter Shop & was overcome with a giddy sense of needing it, so it was my Valentine’s present to me. I ordered it & cut it all out as soon as it arrived. (I know, I know. I said I was going to get all my old kits sewed up during the apartment stay. I have no defense, except that I AM finishing old projects! LOL) It’s super cute & perfect for an L&E project as there’s so much repetition. I started it while sewing the pink top together.