Happy almost May!
I'm sitting here wondering how it's nearly May already. I've been busy with work, grandkids, Easter, quilting, and a few health issues. Time flies!
How about that eclipse? Were you able to witness it? I was outside taking photos (see below) the whole time and chatting with my neighbor. It was a nice break during the middle of a work day.
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| Eclipse 2024 |
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| Eclipse 2024 |
My body has decided to act its age and I have encountered a few health issues lately but am working on getting them sorted out. They did take me down for a few weeks though. I went to a few of my grandsons' baseball games and that was a lot of fun. Easter morning I spent with my oldest daughter, son-in-law, and my grandsons at church, which was very nice.
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| Easter photo with my growing grandsons! |
And, I have been working on a few quilts too. I've always wanted to try the quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) technique, so I made a quilt and now I'm making another one! The process was a lot of fun and the quilts come together so quickly.
For the second QAYG quilt that I'm working on, I must confess that I cheated and bought precut quilt batting from Missouri Star Quilt Company -- which by the way, is making the second quilt go way faster. I've got nearly all the blocks finished and ready to assemble the quilt. I did run out of backing fabric (I know what you are thinking -- What?! You own so much fabric, how could you possibly run out?) and had to order more to complete the last few blocks, so I'm waiting (ever so impatiently).
The first QAYG quilt that I did is a scrappy string lap quilt made from 10" blocks. The second one that I'm working on is the same but with 6" blocks. I'm keeping the first quilt for myself and have no idea what I'm doing with the second quilt!
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| The front of my scrappy string QAYG quilt |
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| The back of my scrappy string QAYG quilt |
I have also been interested in making a crumb quilt (with my bazillion scraps), so I've started working on crumb blocks and have about 6 10" blocks made already (yes, photos are coming). Such a great way to use up scraps! Between all the scrappy blocks and quilts, I may not have any scraps left...LOL!
The next type of quilt I'm interested in making is a Duckworth quilt. Have you heard of those? I feel like I must make one because my maiden name is Duckworth! They are named after Jo Ann Merrill-Duckworth who came up with this technique. I'll obviously need more scraps for a Duckworth quilt! 😁
My latest embroidery is coming along and should finish it up this week. It's from a kit that my youngest daughter gave me for Christmas and when I'm done she wants it. (Is that re-gifting or just buying something for yourself? I'm unsure.) Anyway, I'll be glad to move on with another embroidery project and have been studying up on new stitches to try out.
I think that's it for now. More to come.
Happy Quilting, Embroidery, and Sewing!
