Fantastic Weekend!

I had such a wonderful and productive weekend!  It's a shame there isn't some reason to be off on Monday at least once a month.  I got an early start to my weekend on Friday, heading over to Bread Company with a friend to sit outside (the weather was absolutely wonderful and completely atypical for this time of year) all afternoon and work on binding Bird Party.  I was 75% finished by the time we left for the day!  I finished whipping it Friday, stitched the binding tape down Saturday, and did the final steaming this morning. 

I finished the first week's applique blocks for the Summer BOW late last week but didn't get a picture posted.  I have prepped the applique for week two.  I haven't started on the pieced blocks yet.  I am absolutely loving this project!  The pieces are tiny but the blocks are so cute!

I also managed to finish the first sewing step of my Runaway Mystery quilt this weekend.  I was really worried about how all this scrappiness would turn out, but when the blocks came together I was very happy with them.  I took a peek at the next step thinking I would get going on it, but the first instruction involved making 80 of something - an immediate turn-off!  I went back to my applique.

Last, but not least, I did get some applique done.  I am still plugging away at last month's AA assignment.  It's an obnoxious block!  I have 27 of 45 pieces sewn.  I also took a quick break today and started one of the quilts that I have been wanting to work on for a long time - one of the Nancy Page Quilt Club patterns.  I appliqued one block but still need to add embroidery.  I will write more about the quilt and my Nancy Page obsession at a later time...

Pathetic Month!

As March draws to a close, I'm sitting here wondering where the heck the time went!  I didn't get a chance to finish talking about the Memphis trip. One of the reasons I didn't get any sewing done on the trip was this guy:













It's not the best picture - taken by a cell phone in a dark bar - but this band was excellent!  We had dinner at Rendevous (I'm just not a rib person..), walked around Beale St. for a while, and then ended up at the bar next to Rum Boogie Cafe listening to these guys.  I didn't get back to the hotel in time to get any sewing done.

I'm slowly but surely getting this month's My Garden Album block finished.  I'm more than half way done.  I'm also about half way done with block one of my Sue Spargo BOM.  The only other thing I can take credit for is my rug.  I made a fair amount of progress.

Next month is crazy with travel and lots of opportunities to acquire new projects, so I am going to have to work extra hard to knock at least a few things off the April list.  I'll have to post the list tomorrow - it's time to shut down the computer and spend a few minutes playing with my youngest...after all, it is his fourth birthday!  He's a happy little boy today - new treats and new toys! 

Progress Report

Seven days into the month and I still don't have much of anything to show for my time.  I have been working on the first block of my Sue Spargo BOM and can't get that excited about it.  I screwed up with the velvet pieces - I didn't follow directions - so I either need to substiture something else or contact Sue for more fabric.  I'm not too keen on appliquing velvet, so I may just substitute wool.

I have been doing a little work on my Bird Party rug.  I should have taken a picture at the end of rug camp so I could see my progress.  I took a picture tonight so that I can assess progress at the end of the month.

I have hooked half of the leaves and most of the green background since I came home.  Also, most of the road and the brown background have been done at home.  I am really struggling with the bird feet.  Getting them to show up isn't easy!  I'm actually surprised to see that the ones on the bottom row show up in the photo - they are really hard to see up close.  I'll be very relieved when I have those dark background areas completed.

I had really hoped to work on my Runaway project this weekend, but it just didn't happen.  I did receive block eight of My Garden Album, so I hope to get started on that this week.  I think since it came in early, I will go ahead and knock it out before Applique Affair this month.  There's still a lot on the "to do" list - just hope I can cross something off by the end of the month!