AN AWARD AND FEBRUARY UPDATE

Well, much to tell you this month.  First off, Ruth of Country Log Cabin Quilter granted me a Liebster Award.  Thank you so much, Ruth!
 
I have to tell you I was floored and then I went into panic mode.  Much as I appreciate the award, I am not sure I can live up to Ruth's confidence in me.  However, I will do my best.  I know I have to pass the award along to 3 other bloggers with less than 300 followers but it is hard making that choice.  I have much to consider so I will wait and handle that in a separate post.  So many to choose from!  'Nuff said about that for now.

I am sure you all remember that lovely embroidered silk jacket I found at the thrift shop.   Although I am not yet sure it has arrived, I passed it along to Kathleen (seventhsister26).  Kathleen said she was into jackets and, really, it was in pristine condition.  I am not even sure it was ever used!  Although I would have used it in a quilt, I felt Kathleen would enjoy it more.  (Kathleen, did it arrive yet?) 

Now for some project updates.  The Pinwheel Parade top and sham are completed.  I still need batting and backing to complete.  I can't thank Kathleen enough for her wonderful black & white scraps.  Flit did a great job, yes?

This quilt is going to my niece's little boy.  He is the same age as Warren.

Two corners of Rita's Water Ice are complete and the third corner is on the design wall.  I am flipping the corners so each is the same but the orientation is different.  (Yes, those are the basket blocks across the top.)

I am having fun with these pinwheels and have so many I think there is another quilt in there!

Two more rows of blocks added to the Cathedral Windows but I don't count them as complete until the colors are in! 

Four more embroideries for Delectable Diamonds completed.  They still have to be washed and mounted.  Here they are on the handkerchief.

Close ups of the individual stitcheries.

I have four more in the works.  Two are complete and one in progress, plus another four chosen but not yet transfered.  I am not sure this will be enough, but we shall see.

The "A Tisket, A Tasket" blocks are coming along slowly.  I have the baskets figured out but no applique is yet completed, save for the three that are already done. 

And last, I have started putting the sashing strips on the Fabric Frolic units.  I have 300 units complete and I think that is enough for one King and one Queen size quilt.  I may have to make a few more for the shams.  These are all made from scraps.  I think they are looking pretty good.

So, that's it for my January progress.  I am going to try to post these progress reports the first (well, maybe around the first) of every month.  In the meantime, look on my sidebar under the WIP list for little updates through the month. 

So, what have you been doing the past month?

Love from Liri