Week 10, PoD Block

Today I finished the teacup block. 

We are practicing social distancing here, but other than my husband working from home, it is about the same for me.  I'm sewing every day, walking the dog, gardening, doing laundry and dishes.  I usually get together with a friend for lunch or shopping a couple of times a week, but I've been so busy, I haven't missed it.  I'm sure I'll be climbing the walls in a couple of weeks, but right now, everything is ok.

Week 9, PoD Block

This afternoon I worked on the spell books block.

I also did my part of a shop sample, Hello Spring.  This is a block of the month.  Our shop owner asked each of the employees to take a month.  Since I chose early, I got to pick a month with no applique.  

One Monthly Goal, March

My March goal was to finish 16 blocks from Forest Friends.  Here they are:

  I made a few mistakes during construction.  Most of them were minor, so I decided to leave them and hope they disappear after quilting.

One Nation

I joined a cross stitch SAL to help with my motivation.  Everyone in the group choses their own focus piece, and we all blog about third every third week.  This is the first week I am participating, and I hope they don't kick me out before I even get started because I'm so late posting!

 I think One Nation is a great cross stitch pattern, but it is so big, it is awkward to work on.  I don't use scroll rods, and with the state of my health, I am trying not to buy any more hobby equipment than necessary.  I am using q-snaps for this project, but it is too big and heavy to use a q-snap frame to fit the whole flag in. I hate putting the q-snaps on top of my stitching, but I'm having to do just that, because the project is so big.  So I've been putting this off, and I want to finish it.

Here's where I am now:

Four more long rows to go, plus the little bit on this white row, and all the stars.  It's a lot of stitching!

To see what others in the group are working on:  

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie

Week 8, PoD Block

I was ready to do an easy block this week.

 I spent a lot of time picking out fabric for the books.  I'm trying to use scraps and not cut into my fat quarters.

Forest Friends, Birds

I haven't reached my One Monthly Goal for March, but I'm halfway there.  Look at my bird blocks!

This quilt is moving along quicker than I thought it would.

One Monthly Goal, March

My OMG for March is to make 16 blocks for my niece's graduation quilt.  I have just started cutting it out.  Here's a link to the pattern, Forest Friends: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/721736433/paper-pattern-for-forest-friends-to-be?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1

My niece is on her girl scout troop's rowing team, and I think she will really like it.  I know I do!

There are so many Sew Fresh Patterns that I like:  the Giraffes in a Row baby quilt, Layin Pipe,  Life in the Pond, and Lemur Love.  Every time I scroll through Lorna's site, I find another must-do pattern!

I have made two Sew Fresh Quilt patterns already.

This one was a wedding gift:

This one I kept for myself:

These quilts are not paper pieced.  The cutting is complicated, and you need to stay very organized to make these quilts, but the results are worth it.  

Linking up:https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2020/03/one-monthly-goal-march-link-up.html