Good morning. The temperature this morning is -26C and with the windchill the temp will reach -38C. BRRR! Charlie doesn't want to go out this morning. Go figure.
I have been slogging away at my string blocks for the RRCB quilt and am determined to finish the top before I start any more projects. I am going to make the quilt smaller than Bonnie's pattern calls for, just using four prickly pear blocks by five down with the string blocks between. I had pieced enough of everything (except for the string blocks) for the full sized quilt but I will use the leftovers somewhere else. I am thinking of making pillow shams or cases using the seminole border strips as borders on the sham. Why waste fabric.
I have been reading Bonnie Hunter's blog and she had pictures of miniatures of her patterns. That inspired me to make up something with bonus hst units that I have kicking around for one of the hallway wallhangings I want to do. I pulled out the "Combing through your Scraps" book and there are some great ideas there. The quilts all use split nine patch blocks so I think I will sort through my scraps and make up a leader and ender kit.
I have pinned my last customer quilt (for the winter) on the rollers yesterday and will go down and start quilting today. The customer just wants something simple and light so I have a few ideas. The top is for her grandson who is legally blind so the colours are quite bright and cheery, nice to work on during this cold spell in January. The basement is freezing at this time of year so I will be working in small spurts. My hands and legs go numb.
I am looking forward to the photography class so that I can learn to post pictures in my blog.
Well off to my day.
Happy stitching.
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