A Sew-a-Long I Couldn't Resist!

Quilters are the most generous people! There have been so many free patterns and new sew-a-longs coming out the last couple of weeks, freely given to help us out through these trying times. So far I have been able to resist them, saving some of the patterns for later. Today, Becky Goldsmith, of Piece O'Cake Designs  announced a sew-a-long I can't resist! She has a free pattern on her site, here is a LINK.  She will also be doing videos on You Tube. A link to the first one, HERE. Definitely a quilt for our time. Right now I am planning on yellows for the backgrounds.

And I got a few things in the mail.

A new Yazzii bag. This one measures 13" x 10 1/2" x 5" with lost of different pockets.

A few new quilting books.

Appliquick set, I will try using this on my next Mary Brown blocks.

Happy quilting! Stay safe! Rebecca

Did Someone Say Snow? Mary Brown Blocks and a New Project!

 I hope all of you are well and and dealing with the new circumstances we are facing the best you can. I know for some people the effects have been devastating, but I hope that all the dire predictions I hear on the news do not come true. We live in a small rural community, so for us personally, there has been not much of an impact on our lives from the Corona virus pandemic, except the volume of mail at the post office. I think people are trying to stock up by ordering online. We tend to stay home much of the time anyway,  especially during the winter. I am sure there are changes on the way though. I am so thankful for my quilting projects right now!


 Two blocks done on Mary Brown. Block #4 and Block #13.

 I also finished my Cassandra's Circle block for the month, Mulberry Wreath.

So this last week we had snow. It snowed continually for 4 or 5 days. I had to do some shoveling on the roof. We also called our snow plow guy, he usually charges us about $150 to $200 to plow our driveway. He wanted $500 this time!! Not really that much more snow than time last time he plowed. He finally dropped it to $300, but my DH just wouldn't pay it, he felt he was price gouging. So it is a little tricky driving out to town check the mail, but we are making it so far.

Snow and more snow.

We had wind after the snow so no snow in the tress.

My new project is one I have had in the back of my mind for about the last six months or so, suddenly I felt I really needed to get started on it. I had originally planned on using string blocks, but decided on improv log cabin blocks. I am using only neutral/low volume fabrics, for a peaceful/calming feel to the quilt. I am embroidering words on the blocks, randomly placed and using coordinating floss. My idea is that the words will not stand out, but be found like "little hidden gems" when looking at the the quilt. I hope that makes sense. I have three blocks done so far.

Some of the words I will include: love, hope, peace, joy, faith, mercy, grateful, gentleness, rest, trust, thankful, grace, light, rejoice, believe, cherish, and many more. I keep thinking of more and adding them to my list.

It was fun just cutting strip, no measuring.

There are so many sew alongs going right now, I have not joined any, but have been saving some of the patterns. I am considering Bonnie Hunters "Sew-in-Place Quilt Along - Unity". I will need to look at my fabrics. Here is a LINK to her blog. I think the first installment is today.


Now to start prepping my next two Mary Brown blocks. Happy quilting and stay safe out there! Rebecca