February RSC blocks

 Today I am sharing my RSC blocks for February (and January). February's color is blue! I have lots of blue scraps in my stash so I made 5 blocks of each of my blocks patterns. 

This is my traditional block.

In January, I only made 3 blocks of each so I added 2 more pinks!

This is my improv block. 

Again I added 2 more blocks of pinks.

I'm liking these blocks a lot! Can't wait to see how this all develops! Linking to Scrap Happy Saturday @So Scrappy

Happy Valentine's Day! 

I love to make cards for my friends and family for Valentine's Day. This year I decided to play with watercolors and hearts. I searched for inspiration on Pinterest and this is the result of my play!

These are postcard size cards. I wrote little messages to each person on the back. 

It was a fun activity! 

I also made 3 postcards with stitched paper hearts for my 3 grandchildren. Here is a picture of 2 of the 3 cards. I forgot to take a picture of the 3rd before delivering it. 🤷‍♀️ It was like the bottom heart but in red thread.

First Finish of 2025!

I have a finish! Yesterday I put the last stitch in on the binding of the Marble Mystery quilt! Today I braved the cold weather to get some outside photos of the quilt. 

This QAL was hosted by Cheryl @meadowmistdesigns

Cheryl hosts a QAL every year and I have participated in many. I love Cheryl's patterns and the way the QAL is written. It gives plenty of time to complete each step along the way! The Marble Mystery QAL began back in July 2024 and the last clue was released in January. All completed quilts and quilt tops will be on parade on March 10th.

The top and bottom border was added to make the quilt rectangular rather than square.  It is all machine pieced and machine quilted - both straight-line and FMQ.

I built the color theme around the multi-colored print that I was gifted several years ago. The pink, green and yellow prints were smaller pieces in my stash.  Only the Kona Violet was purchased for this quilt. 

The backing is a larger yellow print that I had in my stash!

The finished size is approx 65" x 76"

Here is my quilt maker photo! 

I'm linking up to the Marble Mystery linking party here.