It's a long, long, long, process...

....divorce, that is.  It will be over soon, or so I keep telling myself.  In the meantime, I managed to squeeze in some time to finish my placemat.  What a cheery way to start the morning, having my Lucky Charms (or oatmeal if I'm feeling like a grownup) on a little something I made. 



One made and one more to go!




Gratuitous shot of the back - kept the quilting very simple.




Since I took this photo last October, I've made the quilt sandwich, quilted most of the top, decided that I really don't like the quilting after all and am now in the process of picking out the stitches...fun times!

 

This was meant to be the center medallion on my divorce quilt, but I don't really feel like doing anything more with it.  Time to put it away...on to better things, right? ;-)


Enjoy!
Mary-Frances

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