Late January

What happened to the time?  It's already late January and Valentines day is just a few weeks away.  I just barely took the decorations off the tree and put away the Snowman decorations.  We finally got a dusting of snow but not enough to build a snowman but the little guy next door got to play with his snow shovel.

                       It seems like I've sewed a lot this week but don't have much          to show for it.

NPNT block stitch along with Kelly.

Paper pieced heart - this will be a banner when I get a couple more made.

Been wanting to make this for a while it's a Mulberry Street Design called Welcome Friends & Flakes and it's free.  You can find it HERE.

The February little quilt to attach to my  Turning Pages wall hanging.

I got my Block Swap Adventure Block from Sunny and it is BEAUTIFUL, the colors are perfect!  Thanks you so much Sunny I love, love, love it!!!

My New month's swap partner is Jorie and I can't wait to make her a wonky block.

My Initial Heart swap project is almost done and ready to send to......here's a peak of what I made her.

I went with machine embroidery this time instead of quilting.  I hope she likes it, I lost a few brown hairs over it but not to worry they were quickly replaced with grey ones:)

I got a new ruler for the Lil Twister block and gave it a try here's what I came up with using the leftover charm squares from the quilt I made my husband during Kelly's quilt along.

I learned some things...like not to put the light blocks too close to each other and not to use the same color as the border right next to the border.  Oh well it will be a nice table runner for his office.

A word about my WORD this year....RESTRAINT  well let me tell you it is easier to say than to do.  Just checking email...I get adds from every quilt shop, every ladies catalog, every indulgence I could dream of.  I have decided to opt out of some emails to restrict the temptations.

I have to tell a little story on myself.
I have the EQ6 program and was having trouble doing the borders on a quilt the way I wanted them to go so I decided to see if the EQ7 program was able to perform the function I wanted.  I went to the website, put the upgrade in my basket, had my credit card number in and ready to push the button when a little voice kept saying to me...Are you sure?  Do you really need it right this minute?  I was in a daze, a spending frenzy for something that I would only use occasionally to entertain myself, it's not a necessity, it doesn't feed me, cloth me, house me.  Did I need it?  Not right now.  So I pushed delete as fast as I could shook off the daze and took control of myself. Wow what a lesson that was to me.  I took a deep breath and got away from the computer.  Oh My Gosh!  This will be a year of learning self control.  This word has finally arrived and is quickly changing me, molding me into who I want to be.

Finally, I made a few of these lacy bookmarks.  Pretty aren't they?  The first 4 people who leave a comment can have one in their favorite colors.  Ready...Set...Comment away!