Mid-March update

We had a great three day retreat at a bed and breakfast in Chrisman IL last weekend. I took a pile of yellow and browns fabrics to work into a Hot Shot pattern my DDs gave me for my birthday. The fabrics came from a guild auction held in February. I'll post a photo soon, as I'm very pleased with the look. I just need a chance to take the picture. I decided to make it bed size for my use. The original pattern was shown as monochromatic, but I chose to use purples for the popping squares. I should have sufficient fabric left to add a border or two, and maybe piece the back.

I also spent some time quilting my slaphappy quilt. I put a flannel back on it, and I'm not pleased with the accidental folds I introduced on the back. Of course, I chose solid colors for the back, so all the imperfections show up. The quilting is not done, yet. I'm pondering solutions to the quilted-in folds. In Slaphappy tradition (where you don't ever rip, just adapt and move on), I'm thinking of adding label information to the back right over the problem areas. Just cover those suckers right up.

Taught me a lesson-I really need to keep my quilting as a home task, where my sewing surface is flush with my work table. I get a much better sense of back-issues then. Good to learn on my own project.

March is here

And the turning of the month just taught me to blog more often. I finally came back to the sight, and the page was blank! You can tell I'm new to this stuff. I forgot the site automatically archives at the start of the month. Thought for a short spell the previous posts were just gone.

So now I know to be more active on this.

Have a 3 day weekend retreat coming up that I'm really looking forward to. This gives me the impetus to get a few projects organized for taking away. Progress will soon be posted.