FUN IN THE SUN

Well, sort of. Just because it's cold outside, doesn't mean we can't take advantage of the sun. I have finished the solids and scraps quilt and I am quite happy with it. Easy and fast.  My daughter and I thought we would get a picture of it with the sun coming through.

Of course that wasn't without it's bloopers ; /         (look out dearie)

okay.....maybe not

There we go!

I plan on quilting this with straight lines---no surprise there. I have a red polka dot binding that will frame it nicely. 

My granny squares are coming along too

My daughter is all excited for the Paul Brandt concert tonight

I'm excited to have the house to myself : )

PARTY MINTS

Yesterday, while working on my "hello luscious" quilt, I kept wondering what these fabrics reminded me of.  Oh ya, those little party mints!  Fortunately I had a stash, and was able to satisfy my craving for chocolate as well as lovely fabrics.
Don't they look yummy together?

I figure if I reward myself with a chocolate for every block I sew, I could finish this, well, TODAY!

Also, my hexagon quilt is growing a bit every week. We are on week #9. Can't believe it's March 1st already.  Hopefully this means a bit warmer weather even though we are having flurries today.

Here's hoping for a productive March.

ON SHARING

Anyone that peruses quilt blogs, has been inspired by someone in one way or another. I certainly had my eyes opened when I discovered all the amazing quilters out there! A few posts back, I quoted Albert Einstein as saying "Creativity is contagious, pass it on."

Because of that, I would like to start a new feature here, once a week, showing you different blogs that I follow or that follow me. We are all part of a huge blogging community that I have only scratched the surface of I'm sure. It's always nice to see other people's work and encourage them in what they are doing.

So, to start off this show, I would like to introduce you to Linda (if you don't already know her).She has been a real encouragement to me since I started my whole quilting life about 12 years ago. Linda is a quilter of many talents. I have shown you her quilting here on some of my quilts before, because I give my big tops to her to be quilted. She is the "queen" of rulers. She's doing the farmers wife quilt using rulers instead of templates, because she's smart like that. I asked her a couple of questions.........

1. When did you start blogging?
 
     Linda said "I was inspired to start blogging back in June of 2011 after discovering how easy it could
     be".

2.  What is your favourite part of blogging?

    " Definitely the comments and the encouragement that comes along with them." She's always grateful      
    when someone takes a minute out of their day to say Hi.
   
How about popping over to Linda's blog and having a look around. While you're there, why not say Hello.

On a side note, it snowed all day yesterday which was a good thing because I needed to get my sewing done for the club this Saturday. I also snuck in a couple more granny squares--just for fun. These are just scraps laying on my sewing table. Sure hope they're not for another project...........

Have a wonderful week-end : )