I had a huge amount of clean up to do yesterday. Almost every table in the basement had piles of fabric on them. I have cleared off 4 of them and will do the rest later today. Last night I was going through the workshop items and one of these blocks just needed one more strip and then trimming 2 of them into 10.5" squares. I don't have a plan for them right now. I have 2 more blocks started too. All of these solid color fabrics are from the 1980s when I was teaching from Roberta Horton's Amish Adventure book.
I went out to fill the bird feeders and bird bath and noticed more plants starting to grow. This one is a Columbine. They are short and bushy when they first come up and then they send up tall flower stalks.
The Lungwort/Pulmonaria is usually large by this time. I think the earliest flowers on it froze but now it is blooming. 60 degree weather for part of this week.
There are several batches of it. It has hopped all over the back garden. It is a good thing I like it. I dug up several clumps and gave them to a friend last year.
My daughter took this photo of me on Friday while I was sewing the seams on a colorwash. She and I have been working for a couple months on an online class for colorwash. Since this trip was sudden and unplanned for them (funeral) they added a couple days to the trip and she did as much of the video part as we could do while she was here. Since she lives 1000 miles away we have to take advantage of every minute we are together. We hope to have the class available for purchase in late May and start it the first week of June. I also have batik and Kaffe Fassett kits cut that will be available as an add-on to the class purchase. We still have a month of work to do to get it ready. If you are interested in advance notice of the class be sure you are on the mailing list. Sign up here.
I found this tiny iron that is ideal for pressing rows of squares 2.5" wide while they are all webbed together. You don't bump into the rows next to the one you are pressing with it.
Even though it is a steam iron I haven't added any water to it yet.
The crazy piecing workshop went well. Everyone went home with a few blocks and a new technique to continue with. By the time we left it was warmer outside, not exactly no jacket weather but sure nicer than what we had last week.
I heard some doves in the backyard and was surprised to see the ring neck doves. I don't think I saw any last year.
For those of you who asked for recipes for the scones: I have to admit we used purchased mixes for them. They were SO delicious that I don't think I would make them from scratch. Here is a link for the Blueberry Sour cream and here is the link for Cranberry Orange which is the next one I will make. The divided ceramic dish is available here in aqua and at King Arthur Flour website in cream color.
Today is the crazy piecing workshop I am giving at my local quilt guild. This is one of the quilts I showed them on Monday night at the trunk show. I named it Rainbow River.
The first batch of scones were so good we baked another batch. This one is apple cinnamon. I had to try one before I remembered to take the photo. My company is headed home this morning.
I hope this is the last snow photo I will be showing this spring. This is from yesterday morning. It all melted by 11 a.m. and we got up to the low 50s by afternoon.
We made blueberry scones for breakfast and have enough left for this morning too.
Today should be sunny and around 50 again and tomorrow even a little warmer. It is about time!
I meant to take photos of the newest blooms during full daylight but forgot. It was such a dreary day so I had lights on earlier than usual. Even though this doesn't look like a white flower, it is. I see 2 more buds on it too.
I don't remember if this is the second or third blooming of the champagne color cactus. I have 2 plants of this color so it is harder to keep track. There are 3 more buds on this one.
My company arrived safely and the snow didn't start as early in the day as they originally predicted. I think the storm shifted a little farther to the north but it did start snowing around 8 p.m.
I am teaching a crazy piecing workshop on Saturday so I thought I would make some blocks in several different kinds of fabric for inspiration for the students. The 30s reproduction blocks are trimmed with a 6 1/2" square ruler
I decided to make the solid color blocks larger so they will be cut with a 10 1/2" ruler.
I have company coming to stay for a few days so they can attend a funeral so I may only get a few more blocks made. I have several examples of batik crazy piecing so that is 3 categories down, maybe 2 or 3 more to go.
