And I'm off...like a herd of turtles!!

 Well hello everyone!  To say I've been moving like the proverbial tortoise this year would be an understatement...yesterday was the first day I spent working on a quilt project..yikes!  Guess I just needed some downtime to chill and get those creative juices flowing again..if only I could have done that while sipping margaritas on a warm sandy beach somewhere...oh well, maybe next year, right? :-)




Thanks to Sue for inviting me over for a sewing Saturday, I finally dusted the cobwebs off my little Janome and did some sewing - hooray!  A few more squares added to my string quilt.

  

Even though I haven't done anything much in the way of sewing, I have been busy perusing the quilting books at my local library.  I love this book - I think I need to find one for my own bookshelf.



I've always wanted to make a spiderweb quilt, but I think I'm going to work on a diamond string quilt instead...I'm loving this one and have already sorted through my fabric strips.  I definitely have enough to make this...one more for the 'to do' list!




I stopped in for a visit at my LQS and couldn't resist this beauty from Robert Kauffman...love, love, love it!  Oh yes, I signed up for a mystery quilt class as well - have never done anything like that, so we'll see how it goes.  It's scheduled for the end of March.  Should be fun!




I found this little gem of a box at Homesense and thought it would be perfect to store some of my fabric in.  I bought two boxes, but I guess I should have bought that third one after all. ;-)

 

I did spend some down time in my sewing room, working on this puzzle my daughters bought me for Christmas.

Like many of you, I'm also an avid reader - so far I've read:

Death at Pemberley, by P.D. James - for the Jane Austen fan

V is for Vengeance, by Sue Grafton - Kinsey solves another one

Home, by Bill Bryson (listened to this on audio tape) - pretty fascinating stuff, if you like trivia and history that is

The Scottish Prisoner, by Diana Gabaldon - stopped reading after 200 pages...sorry Diana, this one didn't hold my interest

When God was a Rabbit, by Sarah Winman - interesting story, well written, look forward to more from this author

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances