Featherstone Quiltworks

I made three blocks for our quilt guild’s block-a-month project for 2009:  January’s, February’s, and December’s blocks.  We got December’s pattern early so we can hopefully have our tops completed by the December meeting (each member is doing their own quilt).  These blocks were fun and super easy to do.  I’m using my collection of Asian cottons.  Many of the fabrics have a metallic gold element to them, and I haven’t been sure what I wanted to do with these fabrics.  I think this is going to be lovely.  I have a luscious chocolate brown that’s going to be my sashing & border fabric.  These fabrics were all purchased last year for another project (right before I broke my wrist), so I will be taking fabric out of stash for this quilt!!!

Tuesday’s Little Victory:  6 minutes on the elliptical trainer.  Woo-hoo!   You guys promise to warn me when I’m losing weight too fast, and I start making Nicole Ritchie look like a Sumo wrestler, okay?

I’m also stitching 13 blocks together with setting triangles, which will comprise the center section of my challenge quilt for Minnesota Quilter’s 2009 Challenge Quilt for the quilt show in June.   These quilts are usually wall-hanging size, but this year they increased the dimensions allowed, and so mine is going to be roughly twin size.  I can’t show you the design or my progress (but I am making progress!);  here are some of the fabrics we are required to work with (in one of three different colorways – mine is the Brights; it’s Ricky Tims fabric):

All the fabrics are fun-fun-fun, except for the green.  It doesn’t want to play nicely with the group.  I guess that’s the “challenge” part.  We are required to use a recognizable amount of each fabric on the front (rats!!!) of the quilt.  So I’m just going to work in a little of this too-light green, and hope it’s not too distracting.

Wednesday is my favorite day of the week, ‘cuz it’s DayStitchers day!!!  We meet at a local library from 1 to 5 in a conference room, and bring our hand sewing to work on (or knitting or crocheting or hardanger or …)  Our numbers range from 10 or so, to 20 or 22 on the high end.  We are a little low right now because of the gals that are still enjoying their winter in warmer climes.  It’s such a fun and friendly group, and it’s always interesting to see what everyone is working on.  I feel very fortunate to have found this friendly bunch.

DH’s doctor appointment went well Tuesday, and he should be done doctoring for a while.  I think we’ll start going to a local mall in the mornings for him to get some gentle walking in.  It’s raining out tonight, and we have below-freezing temperatures forecast for tomorrow.  Bad combination.  Maybe we’ll just do some laps around the living room until I know the roads are good!

I got a new camera for Valentines Day/Birthday combined, and these are my first photos.  I have a big Panasonic I just love, but it’s a little cumbersome, and sometimes I miss photos because I don’t carry the Big Guy everywhere I go.  Later this week I’ll tell you about Baby.  She’s  just adorable, and I’ll be able to carry her in my purse.