What happened to January?

First of all, I'm in shock that Monday is the last day in January.  Seems like yesterday was the first.  As always it's been nonstop at work. I was SO looking forward to this weekend with plans for sewing and a nice dinner with friends to celebrate my birthday.  So OF COURSE, I wake up saturday morning with a killer sore throat and headache. From then on, nothing seemed to go as planned. Dinner was postponed and even though I had lots of home alone time to sew, the quilt I started working on just isn't turning the way I saw it in my head.  So, no great progress photos.

Instead, I'll finally do a  follow up to the 2  block swaps I'm in.  Below are the sneak peeks of my January blocks I posted before I mailed them..  The swaps have been fun and I'm glad I joined. 


 Now that they've been received, here's the completed blocks with their names and source.  The block on the left was created from fabric sent to all members for our Let's Bee Together swap by Linda.  I just needed to come up with a suitable block pattern.  The block on the right was made for my partner Robin, in Block Swap Adventure. She asked for the colors aqua, red and white so I used my Bliss fabric and this pinwheel type block I found in a book I had.  I think they were both happy with them..

Borrow & Lend Quilter's Cache

Whirling Star By Beth Donaldson

And here's the block I received from my partner in BSA.  I asked for ocean colors and a specific pinwheel block from quilter's cache.  Robin did an awesome job.  I love the teal blue and aren't those turtles cute?

I did manage to work on my lighthouse embroidery a bit last night but I'll wait to show photos when they're a bit further along. 

In the meantime....tomorrow's monday...again....hope you have a great week!

Mint Chip

I only recently started blogging about my quilting adventures so the quilt I want to share for Fabric Tuesday today is not a current project. I finished it about a year ago.  It is a special quilt because it was the first quilt I made from fabric I "couldn't resist" and picked out without knowing what it would turn into. 

It is also the first quilt I made entirely for myself.  Extra long lap/nap quilt and I love it! (I have since found myself choosing lots of fabric I "can't resist", with no concrete plan. Finding that to be a common theme for quilters.) 

Anyway, I love the retro teal or aqua & brown/dots and paisley.  The block is called a "sailor's star"  and I named the quilt MINT CHIP after my favorite ice cream, (yum). 

The backing fabric is the inverse of the brown stars on the front.  And now that it's finally getting cold here, it's getting lots of use!

Hope you have a terrific, thankful week!