Snow Day!

It is officially the 3rd largest blizzard in Chicago and I have lived through them all! Here are a few photos taken around this morning.

  

A snow day...sew what's a quilter to do?  Of coarse, sew! 

I started by finally cutting all the squares for Little Miss Shabby's Birdie Stitches-BOM and getting a head start on preparing the squares.  I also traced the 1st BOM...hmm...block 2 has been released.  I'm a little behind. Pictures soon!

I then got started on cutting the fabrics for block 1of Block-a-Palooza.  This pattern, Flying over Fields, is from John over at Quilt Dad.  I got that all sewn together.

Sew I moved on to the next pattern, Word Search, by Elizabeth over at Oh, Fransson. Cut and sewn!

The next pattern, Shoofly Geese, is by Amanda at sasikirana handmade.  Done!

Tomorrow the 4th pattern is released over at Cherry House Quilts.  Now I'm ready...bring it on!

I also finished my mug rugs for the secret swap.  I hope my partner likes them.  They should be in the mail soon.  Are these for you? I'm not telling!

I planned to send these to Corrie for Quilts for Queensland yesterday however Mother Nature postponed my plans by sending the blizzard.  They will be in the post soon!

A productive snow day and we have another tomorrow! 

What will I get done?

March Friday Night Sew-In results

Before I get to my progress... yesterday seemed like Spring was here (officially the last day of winter)!  The temperature was in the low 70's which is heaven this time of year in Chicagoland.  I was peeking around my gardens and look what I found.

Then this morning, the first official day of Spring, we woke up to this! And it is still snowing! Ugh!

For yesterday's Friday Night Sew-In, I finished sewing all the centers in my Mariner's Compass quilt and the background template is made and the pieces are all traced.  

I detoured to make a sweet little pincushion using the directions here.  A fast, easy and fun little project!

AND then I started another surprise stitchery.  I can only give a little peek!

To see more Friday Night Sew-In results go here!  Hope you had fun and made some progress on your projects!

SNOW DAY

A snow day!  Here in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, we got a good amount of snow!  School was cancelled! So before I get into my sewing room, I thought I would take a little walk outside to take a few pictures of the snow while the sun is shining!

Hopefully I will finish a compass today!  Back to tell more later!


Yes!!  There has been good progress made on this Snow Day!  I finished the last yellow mariner's compass today!  Next up is the green colorwave.  First I need to cut all those freezer paper templates....that is for another day!

Tonight I will work a little on the baby blanket!