Sunday Business....

It was a busy fun weekend around here...I had a great class on Friday night...then Saturday the shoppe - Sew To Speak -  { where I work and teach }  celebrated a 3rd. year with a Tea Party....remember the apron I made?  It was a fun and busy day...with giveaways and treats.  And best of all lots of good friends :)

Sew To Speak....Columbus, Ohio

Then today I worked on a quilt for daughter #3.  She asked for simple framed squares using Amy Butler fabrics...

So here is what I worked on...some Amy, some solids, a little wonky...

And then she tells me that is not the type of quilt she is looking for...so back to the drawing board...but there are a few other things that I am interested in working on so she will have to wait.

I put together another wheel for my QAL with Lynne at Lily's Quilts....

I am going for a scrappy look {so I can use my scraps and not look like such a hoarder}

Two rings complete...I need to decide what to use in the center....hmmm.

Everyone is off for the week...so I will get to sleep in late and will travel to see my mom this week....YAY....no cookin' or cleanin'....HA!

mary

Design Decision.....I think.....

I have come to a decision on the design for my Eloise quilt...I think...

I have been turning arcs and circles this way and that....asked several family members (who don't really care a wit about my design delimma)....and I think I have settled on this for the block... 

The block is fairly large...measuring 24 inches and I will turn it on point...

This leaves open the possibility for more design decisions for the "fill in" triangles.....hmmmm....maybe a little patchwork???  And then there is the border....

And for a touch of whimsy...maybe a yo-yo in the center circle....

Happy Snowy Monday!

mary

Love the Spin We're In.....

Back to a "normal" schedule today....everyone back in school....mid-terms continue (hee-hee)

And I have been able to focus a little on the Eloise Quilt...

It takes a lot of scraps to make a scrappy quilt...but what better way to clear out the old and get ready for the new (fabric that is)....

I really like working with high contrast fabrics...they just add some zest to any scrappy quilt

My design is still not completely cemented, but I am happy with these Split Ten Blade wheels...I have added an extra large center....and some blocks will be just quarter wheels opposite each other.

When piecing wheels or arcs I love adding striped fabric in a horizontal pattern...it makes the wheels spin and movement is always a good thing!!!

Now off to have coffee with my flea market cohort....

mary ;)