Whoohoo

My machine is back. Good old Fred at The Quilt Patch made quick work of the repair once the part came in. I am a happy girl. My husband joked that the departure of my sewing machine was messing with my "chi". He is so far from being a spiritual person, so coming from him, it was really funny...and telling. Well, it's back and all is right with the world. I even managed to squeeze in a few minutes of sewing between the chorus concert, violin lessons, allergy shots, grocery shopping, etc. You get the picture.

My quilt circle exchanged 9 patch blocks this past Christmas. I've been struggling to figure out what to do with them and finally decided on something last week. I added the little star points and I'm really pleased with how the blocks are turning out. I was actually working on them when my machine broke. Here's what I have so far. I just have about 5 more blocks to finish and then I can start putting the top together. I think I'm going to set them on point. I have twenty blocks. I think I'll need to add one more to make things work out when they go on point.

I should be getting the wedding quilt back from the longarmer this week too. I'm going to make a little throw pillow to go with the quilt. Ashley had a great idea, so I think I'll take my scraps and copy her pillow idea. She has a nice tutorial for making the string blocks. I started them last night and think they will go really fast, especially since I only need 4 blocks. Easy. Hoepfully quick too.

One final note, go check out Connie's quilt directory, Quilt Qua. There are tons of great links to while away many hours. Happy Quilting.