Happy President's Day

I hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed your Valentine's Day celebrations, whatever that might look like at your house. We had a quiet weekend and that is always a good thing.

Today is another holiday for us here in the States. The celebration of two of our great presidents - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I don't know about you but I really didn't enjoy history much as a child. I have, as I've grown older, also grown in appreciation for all those who have done so much to enable me to live with the freedoms I now enjoy. Much could be said about both of these great men but today as I think about our new and current president, I am reminded especially of all the great work of Abraham Lincoln. It also helps that we spent 7 years living in the "land of Lincoln" state of Illinois. Honest Abe may have had his faults but you have to appreciate his persistence and his ideals concerning the issue of slavery. No matter how you may have voted in this past election, you have to have great pride in our nation and how far we have come since Lincoln's days in office. I know I certainly am.

And now, on to much less serious subjects -- I have been doing a great deal of stitching lately but not much at the machine. Below are some of my finishes.
Sorry for the blur. This is month one of my snowladies BOM. It is finished and I am currently working on month #2(pattern shown below).





































In fact, I am getting close to being finished with this one. And I need to be since I have already received block #3 in the mail. I'm not sure they are waiting an entire month on these. I'm really trying to keep up with all of these.












I have also finished February's block on Ellie's Country Calendar BOM. These are fun since they work up so quickly.






But then there are Anne's baskets that I have not even started. They are so adorable and I want to make sure I pick the right fabrics for them that I find myself hesitating to choose anything. You should see some of the ones completed already. They are fantastic, especially Monica's over at the Happy Zombie. She never ceases to amaze me with her choice of such colorful fabrics.


I could go on and on but I'll just stop here and say --
Thanks for stopping by. Happy Quilting!!

Block of the Month Progress

One down, and....I've lost count of how many more to go. First, let me apologize for the quality of this picture. I know I am not a great photographer but this one is especially bad. It was taken with my phone (which, in itself, is amazing to me) because our camera is broken at the moment. So this will have to do. Anyway, here is the first block from Ellie's Country Calendar BOM. Since you can't tell by looking, the fabric around the stitchery is a dark blue check. And those are real black buttons sewn on the snowman.


I have drawn the stitchery pattern onto the muslin for the Snowladies BOM from This-N-That Creations and will begin stitching on it tonight. I know it will take much longer to stitch than the one above.












And, as if I haven't taken on enough projects. I have joined something else!! I know. I'm obsessed!!!
For my non-quilting readers, I will try to explain what a siggy swap is. Several quilters have organized a swap for 60 of us. We will be making signature squares from a pattern specified by them. When they are swapped, each of us will have signature squares from all over the world. So far I think there are quilters from USA, UK, Australia and Germany registered. There are still a few spots and I'm hoping quilters from other countries will jump on the bandwagon. It continues to amaze me how small our world is getting!!! (More of that amazing technology.) I haven't decided yet how to sign my squares. I want to make it something really special. Any suggestions?

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Quilting!!