Saturday Sewing--What a Great Day!

Wild and Goosey is done for this week.  Ros gave me some scraps with the quilts she just quilted so some of them made it in this block!  LOVE THAT!  Thanks Ros!

 A gal on Quiltville's Open Studio posted this tip about using a magazine rack to store the Accuquilt Go stuff in on the wall.  Today Kathy installed mine for me--wall space is at a premium in here but we found a spot!  I need to play with it now that I have the die and mat!

 I put the binding on Hannah's "Greybear" quilt.  She just had to put him down just after she finished this quilt here at Christmas.  That cat has been hers for alot of years and losing him is hard on her.  I am so glad she picked this out years ago and then finished it at Christmas...Ros quilted it so beautifully and she will always remember Greybear but even more so now.

 Ros made a label too--little hard to read with that busy fabric.

 Tonight I got busy doing some cooking.  We have a huge pot of Grandma Nan's Chili cooking up for tomorrow.

 We also tried another new recipe from SkinnyTaste.  This one is Butternut Squash Lasagna.  We had this for dinner and it was really good!  Vegetarian so we now have something else we can make when Hannah visits.

 My co-worker and friend Missy got a "glamper" for Christmas.  She is having an open house type party tomorrow so we can all see it.  She had a quilt made and is working on pillows but I wanted to make something for her too.  I found this little trailer on Craftsy and whipped it up in about three hours.  I am not sure if I am going to turn it into a pillow to give her or what...she may get it as is and then I will make it into something she wants.  Will decide that later--party is tomorrow!

I did Pilates today and Patti showed me how Jump Pilates works....really cool!  I tried it and it really is good cardio without being hard on the joints.  I am signed up to take a class next Saturday.  I am so excited to find some cardio that I can do especially through the summer because it is going to soon be too hot to hike unless I get up at the crack of dawn!
I also got a pedi today--long overdue and Kathy and I just had the nicest day.  Tomorrow we are meeting Jill and one of Kathy's co-workers (Jen) at South Mountain and are hiking early.  I am already looking forward to it!

Pre-Valentine's and Valentine's Day!

Thursday Kathy surprised me with a trip to "As You Wish" to pick something to paint!  I have always wanted to go do this, so it was really fun.  I picked the gnome and she picked the dog.  I had to redo her eyes about four times and in the process I wiped off her cheeks and forgot to readd them, but I cannot wait to see how she comes out!

 Today I finally got around to making Kathy a little mini quilt from Kathleen Tracy's book which I made into a pillow.  This has been on my list for the past three years!

 Kathy also got me roses and made some jello heart shot things for me.  I made her Mongolian Beef and Broccoli from my Skinny Taste cookbook, it was pretty good!

I also made the Tula Pink City Sampler blocks for this week.  Number 51 and 52.  You may recognize these little Celtic Solstice leftovers to make these.  Made it go quicker!

Linking up with Live a Colorful Life for the Choose Your Own Blockalong!

Quiltmaker's Bitty Blocks!

 Sometimes I see fun stuff online and I really want to join in even though I really have plenty to sew at my machine!  So I was thinking about the Quiltmaker Bitty Blocks and decided I could make one of each and then have a mini wallhanging at the end of the year--instead of making a bunch of them like they suggest.  I also then had the brilliant idea that I would do them in the rainbow scrap challenge color of the month just for more fun.  Here is the Pinky Linky!  So I started today and decided I should do two of each--one for me and one for a future quilt camp auction quilt or gift.

 I was super happy to use up some hst's that I had leftover from previous projects so it went quicker to make these blocks.

 The other thing I realized was that these blocks aren't meant to be the same size--they are mostly between 3 and 4 inches...when I came up with my plan I thought they were all the same size (because I didn't read that far!) so not sure if my plan will work...but I am still going to do two sets of one each and we will see what happens.  I guess I have grown as a quilter, doing something without an actual pattern!

I also tried out another new recipe today from my new SkinnyGirl cookbook.  This one is light chicken marsala.  It was delicious!  I will be making this one again as I think all three of us really liked it.