Spring is full on!

Well, here in the New Orleans area, it's beginning to feel a lot like summer.  Humidity has arrived, as well as afternoon thunderstorms and the heat is rising into the high 80's, and up to 90 by the end of the week.  Our summer is everyone else's winter - stay in doors and sew!!

I've been stalking and lurking around a lot of quilting these days on Facebook and blogs.  I continue to pursue new ideas to try to move past my first quilt.  It is finally complete, and I love it so much!!

Doesn't Bonnie Hunter (quiltville.com) create beautiful designs?  I mean, I was a beginner and I was able to follow her well-crafted instructions and come out with this little beauty!!  It is now in my grandson's crib.  This design was called Celtic Solstice, and it was her 2013 Mystery Quilt.  Just can't say enough about how awesome the experience was.

So then I buy this book that was on sale one week on the Martingale website.  I dived in to creating a medallion quilt, designed after an antique Irish quilt from this book "Quilts from Across the Pond".  The instructions/measurements are way off.  I've learned that not all designers are equal...  And now I will learn how to adjust a pattern as I go and will be a good experience for me.  As usual, it will take me some time, but I'll post some of my progress in the next few weeks.

In my grandmother world, my daughter is about to have her next baby - we don't know if it's a boy or girl and I'm praying very hard that it is healthy.  They've postponed delivery because of a low heartbeat and are doing tests.  She is re-scheduled for next Wednesday. 


I am grateful for this day, for my family and for some time to be creative!!

Allie