Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 6 Soft

Still out on the road in a hotel with soft pillows:

Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 5 Something You Smelled

That moment you first start to peel an orange:

Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 4 Hope

Picture taken at Dulles International Airport on my cell phone of the Rhode Island State Flag.  The State Motto, "Hope", is in the blue area.  This flag hangs with all other state flags in this area of the airport.

Busy Quilting Weekend

I had loads of fun this weekend sewing various blocks for various projects.  As 2012 seemed to be the year of the mystery quilt, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the block of the month (and week)!

I was out of town until Thursday night on business travel and went in on Friday to wrap some things up.  However, the computer systems were down, and it seems nothing can get done without them!  So, off I went to one of our local quilt shops (WebFabrics) which has a block of the month program.  Each month will have two or three blocks.  In January, I did two of the three blocks and needed more fabric for the third because I messed up on the first try, then changed out some of the fabric provided.  I got the two blocks for February and home I came. 

I made the February blocks on Friday afternoon:

There was enough of the background fabric (used in every block) from these two blocks, to finish the second block, which I completed Friday night:

On Saturday it was both the Barabara Brackman Grandmother's Choice block of the week and her Dixie Diary block of the month.

The block of the week this time is call Girl's Joy, and since I like bright colors so much I just had to make a bright, joyful block:

The Dixie Diary block this month was about how some families in the Civil War had members on both sides, and so we made the Checkered Allegiance block.  I continue to incorporate embroidery from my family members:

  

Finally, I was debating working on the Easy Street quilt, but did not want to get that involved as I will need to clear off my dining room table so that I can sew the larger pieces together there.  I remembered that Riley Blake had a Chevron block posted and I've been wanting to try one.  It is a block of the month and we'll see if I continue with it.  The chevron block was fun to make:

 

I did no sewing on Sunday as I am preparing to leave town once again.  I did research embroidery patterns to include on the WebFabrics block of the months. 

That concludes this lady's sewing weekend.

Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 3 Something Beginning with "E"

I've just started (finally) reading "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow.  Look what's there on page 723:

Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 2 Pattern

Part of a sofa arm cover crocheted by my mother in the 1950s.

Photo of the Day - Feb 2013 - Day 1 Fork

Day 1 - Fork

I was playing around with forks on the plate and noticed the ends looked like a churn dash block.  I found the block I made as part of the Grandmother's Choice Block of the Week and included it in the picture.  Not fine art, but it made me smile.