President's Day Snow

So if the photo above had been taken this morning, the ground outside would be white with snow!  This is how Willow greeted me at the back door this morning...........

Backside covered in snow...........she had been out playing and didn't understand why she couldn't come in when she was covered in snow.

We weren't supposed to get snow until later tonight and all day tomorrow.  But big beautiful flakes started this morning and I'd say we have at least 3 inches so far.  My prediction was that most students wouldn't go to school at all this week as they are out for President's Day today and we are supposed to have snow tomorrow and then frigid temps which will make it too cold for school.  We'll see what happens.  It should be a good sewing week!

David professes to not like flannel shirts, so only has a couple.  But when the temps dip this low, he suddenly LIKES flannel shirts.  When I noticed that he was wearing one yesterday and we weren't even to the coldest days yet, I stopped at Walmart and picked up 3 more.  (I figure the investment was worth not having to do laundry every other day to keep him in flannel shirts.)  They were on a clearance rack right next to the Easter decor and candy.............talk about mixing up your seasons!

When I visited Sarah, we looked over some fabric options for a new quilt for her bed.  We settled on the black background for this one.

I'm also awaiting the backing to arrive for her 4-H t-shirt quilt that is ready to quilt.  And we worked out the layout for her next t-shirt quilt.

I made a couple more placemats for our guild charity project from the leftover pieces of the braid border on Bricks in the Barnyard.

At guild meeting last week, Kris showed her block lotto butterfly quilt.  She is the first to bring back a completed quilt from the blocks she won.  

Here was another quilt I liked from show and tell.  

The new block lotto block to make for March is this one.  I have 3 completed.  It will be interesting to see all the different colors.

Mabel helped with fabric selection for my block lotto blocks and also helped to compress the fabric back into the color tubs.

I made the half square triangles I was assigned for our opportunity quilt............

And I made the three blocks for my group's Quilt of Valor quilt.  So, all my guild "homework" is completed for the meeting in March.

Mabel was also on hand to help with the trees for the Lookout quilt.  She made sure none of the fabric escaped from it's tub.

And, I am excited to say that Lookout is a flimsy!  I think this turned out so cute.  I made the baby quilt size, so it can either be a wall hanging or a baby quilt.  It's made totally from scraps from my stash.  I have fabric for the backing and can't wait to get it quilted.

Mabel also discovered that the Mondo bag was a great place to relax while hanging out in the sewing room.

I have also been working on the block lotto blocks that I received.  (I didn't win, but the winner gifted them to me.)  I have 52 leaves (I had made 27 of them in an effort to win) and am adding a churn dash border to them.  I want to make a fall quilt for my bed, so it needs to be big.

I now have 36 completed blocks.  

Piano lessons have been happening as weather permits.  Mabel sometimes hangs around to offer her opinion.  I'm pretty sure she's saying this guy needed to practice more!  

Well, we'll see what the weather brings us this week.  It has quit snowing for now.  

Christi