First Daffodil 2021

 I've been keeping track of when my first daffodil blooms for many years.  Today was the big day!

It has been a slow start this year, but there are many more buds on my flowers, and it is going to warm up next week, so there should be more flowers soon.

2012             Before 2/1/12
2013             2/21/13
2014             3/10/14
2015             3/13/15
2016             2/4/16
2017             2/19/17
2018             2/18/18
2019             2/18/19
2020                2/8/20

2021                 3/7/21

SAL Check In, Dark Shadows

 I've gotten quite a bit of stitching done on my Dark Shadows pieces since last time.  I finished one last time.  Now I have three more done and have started on the next one.  These are super fast to stitch on aida.  

To see what the rest of the group is working on:  

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

Morewood Mystery

 Last summer I saw that Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs was planning a mystery quilt.  I decided to join, in the hopes that it would reignite my passion for quilting.  I bought Tula Pink fabric for the quilt instead of focusing on using up my stash.  This mystery was easy to keep up with:  mostly big pieces and just one clue a month.  I got my Morewood Mystery quilt sewn together today.

I am happy with how it turned out, but I would have chosen different colors if I had been able to buy in person instead of online.  It is really hard to get colors right just looking at a computer screen!  This quilt is 60"x72".

SAL Check In

 My stitching slump is over.  Since our last check in, I have finished Southern Sampler. 

 

I have also gotten a good start on Dark Shadows.  There are 6 Dark Shadows charts.  I have already finished one of them and am over halfway done with the second.

To see what the rest of the group is up to: Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen

Grassy Creek Top Finished

 I finished my Grassy Creek top yesterday.  I have decided that it is big enough.  I am not going to put borders on it. 

 I am not in love with this top, so there is no need to make it any bigger.  The design is fine, but my piecing leaves much to be desired.  The sashing is puffy in places because it is just a smidge too big.  In a perfect world, I would have seen this coming an been able to adjust for it, but because this quilt was a mystery, I did not know exactly how the pieces would be sewn together until the sashing was already made with the corners already snowballed.  It was not important enough to me to redo all those pieces, so I just made do with what I had.  My quilt is 82"x82".

SAL Check In

 At last SAL check in, I had no stitching to report.  Today I have just a little.  Three weeks ago, my Southern Sampler looked like this:

After working on  the vines for a few hours, it looks like this.  I did not tackle any of the queen stitches.  

This week I also got a note from the place where I had ordered purple aida cloth last October.  It is finally in.  I am not sure if I will force myself to work on this one or will switch to a different project once the aida is here.

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, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen

Grassy Creek Mystery, Clue 6

 Bonnie string pieced her units for Grassy Creek's clue 6.  I didn't have a good variety or quantity of gray scraps, so I cut mine from a single piece of fabric.

The mystery reveal came out today, so I have enough sewing to keep me busy for a few weeks!