February UFO

 Woohoo…..two months and two UFO finishes!  Thanks to Connie at  Freemotion by the River I have managed to finish another long waiting UFO.  This one was started in 2014 and is from my trusty scrap basket. I’m really pleased with how it finished.  I have to ask myself why it took me so long.  For one, I gave myself a wide border so I could do a scalloped border.  That meant I needed to make a template.  Then there was that whole bit about biased single binding.  Oh dear!  Anyway, it is now finished and I am so pleased.  

It has a rather fall feel to it so the backing I chose is an autumn-y print.

Of course I obviously needed extra help hand stitching my binding down.

Again at Freemotion by the River, I am linking up my red stars made for February’s color red. 

These are the existing stars that I will be adding to throughout the year.

Taryn at Repro Quilt Lover on IG has chosen the Fancy Four Patch design this year.  We are suppose to do four blocks per week.  I’m a wee short, but these are the ones I have finished so far.  

Blog Revival and Relearning

It has been a day (year) or so since I have posted anything on Blogger.  I'm finding it challenging to relearn how to use it.  They say it is always good to stimulate the mind so I am doing a great job on the task!

I've signed on to a couple of sewalongs this year and thought that a post would be the quickest way to link up.

There have been way too many UFOs hanging out in my closet so I joined Connie over at Freemotion by the River to finish one a month.  To start the year off I chose String of Pearls from Christa Quilts.  I believe this design goes back to 2015.  I always liked the pattern and when a grandson requested a quilt for his dorm room I felt this design would be perfect.  It quilted up beautifully using the Dazzle pantograph from Lorien Quilting. 

 As well, Connie is  doing blocks each month using a different color.  This month the chosen color was teal/aqua.  I made a few confetti stars, a pattern from Amy Friend at During Quiet Time.  I have a lot of these pieced from when I was in a bee swap.  I thought it would be the perfect time to add to them and construct the quilt. I may actually be able to call this quilt a finish by the end of the year.  Win/win.

Now I will see if I can add photos to this post.  I have not used the laptop much, instead using the tablet.  Adding photos to IG was quick and easy, but I have become a bit frustrated with IG.  They seem to throw in all of these posts that "might interest me", making it more difficult to find the posts that I want to follow.  Is anyone else finding the same thing?

On another note, my poinsettia this year has held up during our January heat and our Santa Ana winds to produce beautiful flowers.  It has been in constant bloom since December and is such a welcomed sight each morning.