Saturday, February 28, 2015

Snow Days Revisited...Again...Seriously!

You will be happy to know that I am working on my Snow Days quilt.  Again.  Seriously!    

For those of you who have not been reading my blog for the past 4 years...here is a quick recap.

Sharon - of MoosecraftUSA blogging fame - and I started a BOM in February of 2011.  Snow Days.  She actually did the BOM thing...where she received a box of fabric from the host shop each month.  I received the pattern for my birthday and bought my own fabrics.  

Here is the pattern cover...

And, here are the fabrics I purchased...

To continue.  I finished stitching all 14 blocks within 11 months.  woohoo!  And, then I did nothing for a year.  In 2013, I pieced all of the fabric blocks that go around the border of the quilt...those that attach to the stitched blocks I had completed.  Since then, I have done very little with it.  So.  Here we are in 2015...I must be able to work on this in only the odd-numbered years.  (huh?)  

Today, I cut stitched blocks to size and sewed them to pieced blocks.  I have four more to go, but I am done for today.


Here are the blocks that are now ready for the next step.  (Ignore the measurements written on the paper tags...those are the sizes I needed to cut the stitched block.)  Without further adieu...


 

There is more stitching to do on some of the blocks.  Extensions of the tree branches.  That will keep me busy in the evenings for awhile.  And, I need to piece all of those center blocks!  I will get this done!  

Hope you're having a pleasant and productive weekend!


"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11

8 comments:

annie said...

It's your year...,, Go for it!!
You can do it, you can, you can!

Farm Girl said...

I am so glad to see you are almost finished?? with the snow days quilt.It looks fantastic!! You have done so much wonderful work on it.
I just love it. Was it really that long ago? It feels just like yesterday.

Anonymous said...

When this is complete it will be your masterpiece. It is absolutely beautiful!!! This really is your best work!! Love it! Joyce

moosecraft said...

You are rockin' it!!!! Absolutely love the fabric choices you made as they compliment the embroidery perfectly! Pat yourself on the back for all the progress you made thus far! I feel a finish on this some time in March! :-)

Kim said...

Lol. This is your year! Get stitching

Brynwood Needleworks said...

Hi Jacque:
I'm not sure some of the photographs are "invisible" to me, but what I can see is gorgeous! You know I love Crabapple Hill and adore the combination of needlework and quilting. I can't wait to see how fabulous it will look when you're finished. Keep the pictures coming!
xo
Donna

Rugs and Pugs said...

Lookin' good!!!
Perfect weather to work on "snow" days. Snowing again in Ohio. UGH!

WoolenSails said...

That is going to be a beautiful quilt and nice fabric choices.

Debbie