Our tree out front is blossoming already. A couple days of sunshine and the trees around here think it is spring already. Then we always have a heavy wind with rain that washes all the blossoms off of our tree and into our driveway. So now our driveway is full of pretty light pink flowers, all stuck in the puddles of rainwater.
These last couple of weeks I have not done much sewing except finishing Block of the Month (BOM) blocks. Last night I finally finished the last block from my Mary Engelbreit BOM. I cut the sashing strips and the border strips from the finishing kit. I hope to get those sewn up this coming week.
The picture of the four quilt blocks is of the last four BOMs that are from my Saturday Sampler BOM. I was behind in my sewing of those blocks. Last Saturday was the February meeting. I did not have my block finished so I paid $5 for the next month's block kit. I came home that day, cut out the block and sewed it up. The next week I finished the other three blocks that I had not done. Now I am prepared for the March meeting with my block done and ready to go. I hope I don't loose it somewhere in my sewing room which will make me unable to find it on the day of the next meeting! LOL!
Yesterday was February's Quilting 101 workshop. My friend Monica prepared a great lesson on reverse applique. The sample I stitched was a small reverse heart. Then I stitched an outline of a larger heart around the smaller heart. Monica had made a few sample blocks to show the different layouts. It was a great lesson and I feel I improved my reverse applique skills. Reverse applique is not one of my favorite forms of applique, but I am much more confident in my skills now.
Hopefully you are all having a great holiday weekend with lots of family time, and/or sewing time.
Happy Quilting
