~ quilt along progress...

...block 2 complete!



Goodbye February...on to March...and more snow...sigh...

~ happy valentine's day...

~ slowly...more quilt along progress...

...drawing lines to make half square triangles.



Seems like this block is taking an awfully long time to finish, right?  If I worked on it straight through, then it would be done.  But...as Sofia always reminds me (when I ask why I can't get these little projects done)...you're busy doing all that "mom" stuff.

Kind of puts things into perspective -- guess I'm just busy doing more important things!

My goal is to run upstairs and sew these together, then, run back down here to iron and trim them -- before the guys come inside from shovelling snow and hand over their sweaty clothes that need to go in the washer immediately...

...days like this are sNOw fun for me!

~ quilt along update...

...wip -- block two -- double windmill



This block is a bit more tedious than block one.  Sunday, I worked on this for 2 hours, and only finished the first set of 16 half square triangles.  I am pleased with how they turned out. :-)

~ another quilt along...

I've joined another quilt along.  I lost track of time and ended up not doing the one I posted about here: http://myhappybluebird.blogspot.com/2013/11/happy-sunday.html

This new quilt along is better!  It's for a worthwhile cause -- The Make-a-Wish foundation.  You can read about it here:http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/2013/12/introducing-wishes-quilt-along.html

Kimberly has created video tutorials and is distributing the patterns for each block free of charge.  If you do decide to join, kindly make a small donation to the Make-a-Wish foundation -- the links can be easily found on Kimberly's blog, and, the Fat Quarter Shop website.

So here's my first block!  I downloaded the free pattern, and, watched the video tutorial while I was making this.  I made some mistakes, but that's okay because I will continue to get better as I go along.  I am using the Downton Abbey fabric that I won from Fat Quarter Shop.

~ fabric preparation -- printed pattern -- youtube video on ipad...



~ finished block one -- flying kites...