I was the lucky winner of a prize from the Villa Rosa blog hop - just for commenting on the different bloggers who participated. My prize arrived this week, and it is this beautiful set of 12 fat quarters from Hoffman Batiks.
Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Midweek Update
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Slow stitching an April heart...
Friday, April 26, 2024
Table Scraps for April
Earlier this month, I shared that I tried playing with a string block to create an umbrella with my yellow scraps, and it worked pretty well! This is where I left off on April 9th, thinking that I might possibly make a few more of these.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
I Like Thursday #384 - Nashville!
We spent Monday - Friday of last week in Nashville with our group of friends who Mike served in the Navy with over 50 years ago! They sure enjoy being together, and we wives and significant others enjoy it, too.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Midweek Update
The last week or so we've been traveling, and part of the trip was a pilgrimage to Paducah, Kentucky, where I got to visit the National Quilt Museum and Hancock's of Paducah. Our trip was a lot of fun (including several days spent in Nashville which I will share in my Thursday I Like post) and went by way too fast.
The National Quilt Museum has a wonderful range of displays and I really enjoyed visiting it.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Pieces of My Life QAL, Block 3
Edited for Saturday, April 20th: We're visiting Paducah, Kentucky, today, and will be visiting the National Quilt Museum and doing a little shopping at Hancock's of Paducah! Before we left on our trip, I sewed up the next block for the Pieces of My Life QAL, hosted by Melva of Melva Loves Scraps. I wasn't sure I'd get it done before we left on our trip, but I did!
This block is called Bachelor's Puzzle, and it is kind of a puzzle! Definitely a good one to take a photo of and compare what you're doing with the photo - often!
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Travel Stitching
DH and I are getting ready to go out of town for a week, and I wanted a project to take along in case I have some time for a little slow stitching. It seemed like the easiest thing to plan for would be a simple cross-stitch design, like one of Melisa's mini samplers. So I hunted around on PinkernPunkin Quilting and found this one that I haven't stitched yet.
Friday, April 12, 2024
More with yellow
We had a nervous little visitor at our house yesterday. He (or she?) found a good place to hide after leaving the nest, behind that big blue pot, and then I scared him when I came out with my camera.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
I Like Thursday #383
Here's our eclipse photo! 😊 Can you see all the little crescent shapes?
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Midweek Update
Every month I combine the color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (April is yellow) and the challenge of the month for the Table Scraps Challenge (April is umbrellas) and see what kind of little quilted item I can come up with. I'm not sure I've ever made an umbrella block before! So the last few days I've been playing with an idea for an umbrella block.
My idea was to make a string block into an umbrella, so I started with a square of phone book paper and some strips of yellow.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Beatrice Bunny and Friends
The other day I finished up Beatrice Bunny, a sweet design from Melisa at PinkernPunkin Quilting. I love her carrots, held up like lightning bolts! Carrot power!