Two Finishes and A Start...

Well.

I figured out what was going

on with my digital camera!

The battery compartment door is loose,

therefore the batteries are

not making good contact.

Drat!

This happened with my last camera.

I wonder if someone can fix it?

I suppose I should ask/call around...

would be better than buying a new camera.  

In the meantime...

if I hold the door shut so

that the batteries are making contact,

I am able to take photos.

Not the easiest, but workable for now.  

With that being said,

I can now show you a few

finishes from this week.

I used this pattern...

 

to make this bag for my niece, Michelle.

Michelle loves blue...any and all blues.

I have it on good authority that she will love this.

And, here is block 4 of the hand-pieced

quiltalong I am doing with Erin.

This is the Bear Paw block.

6.5 inches.

Do you love those 4 fussy-cut

squares as much as I do?

{grin}

I try to not have too many projects

going on at the same time.

I think I'm in a good place

right now to start something new.

I bought this fabric over a year ago

and have been chomping at the bit

to use it.

So, today, I started.

The fabric is

'Poppy Collection' by Laura Gunn.

Here is the collection in the spice colorway.

It's for my bedroom...quilt, curtains and pillows.

The quilt pattern I'm using is by

Ashley of Film In The Fridge.

It's called Rubik's Crush

and can be seen here.

With 12.5 inch blocks,

it is especially suited for large print fabrics.

Which Poppy is.

I fussy cut one poppy block...
I had to!

It is way too pretty to not show

it in its entirety.

Wouldn't you agree?

(I have more yardage of that particular

fabric which will make up part of the backing.)

See the 2.5 inch squares
toward the top of the photo?
That's just some of them...
there are 189 total.

I should be able to start piecing tomorrow.

Can't wait!

What are you up to this 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

Coming Next Month...

I am in the beginning process

of collecting fat quarters of these colors.

Remember them...orange and aqua.

And, this word - SWOON.

 

 Another fabric collection to remember.

Poppy by Laura Gunn...

Big plans for these!

  I am very much looking 

forward to next month.

Are you?

 
 "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

Gifted!

Thank you one and all for

your caring words.

You truly touch my heart.

I feel about the same today.

Seems to come and go, though.

Sometimes, I feel not so bad.

Other times, I feel like crap.

Still just want to sit.

And do nothing.

Which I find I'm kind of good at.

The bright spot of today?
The bit of time that I forgot how crappy I felt?

Coming home to find multiple packages

awaiting my approval.

Poppy Collection in the Spice colorway.

By Laura Gunn.

This is not my usual style.

Yet...

I LOVE it!

(be sure to click to enlarge)

which translates into these fabrics...

Okay, that's about all I can do.

Must go and rest up.

Starting a new book, "Thin Places".

Go here to read about it.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10