A little shopping...

I wasn't able to do any sewing today, but I did get to shop and that's not too shabby.

I'm working on the Cartwheel pattern from Lee at Freshly Pieced. Here is a picture of the 4 blocks I have so far:

While prepping for my upcoming retreat, I realized that I didn't have very much yardage left of my background fabric.  Why can't I plan better?  Never fear! I bought that fabric (Kona neon-ish green) at Hobby Lobby and one beautiful thing about Hobby Lobby - they keep the same stock for a loooooong time!  I stopped there today to get more (3 yards-- I will NOT run out!) and also got a bit of a fun grey and a turquoise print.

After that, I went to Stitcher's Crossing to get a few things.  I ended up with many things!

-A new spool of thread- quilt retreat is coming up and I can't dare run out of that!
-1/2 yard more of the grey Art Gallery blender I'm using in my Catvent. I want to make an 'Up Up and Away' Mini with the bonus triangles from the cat's ears and I'm not sure if I have enough background purchased.

-The wackiest Alexander Henry Print I've ever seen!

-3 books (I will talk more of them later...It's a surprise!)

-Foundation paper (see cartwheel + retreat above)

So Exciting! If only I had the energy to get crafty tonight.  It will have to wait until tomorrow or Saturday.

Happy New Year - 2014!

My 2013 New Year's Resolution was to resume blogging.  I didn't succeed. =(  But today is a new year and a new start!  I've done so many crafty things and they aren't being chronicled.  Perhaps I will re-visit some of the things I have done in my blogging gap?  But for now I'll dive in with my current projects.

Last night I finished the December/January Block Lotto block for the Madison Modern Quilt Guild.  After sharing it on Facebook this morning, I realized I put the quadrants together wrong.  Ooops.

I spent much of December working on Elizabeth Hartman's Catvent quilt along. 

Here are my 25 cat blocks.  I hope to finish the top at my winter retreat.

Another December project was putting together some orphan squares I was gifted years ago into a top.  I'm quite pleased with how it turned out!  Now to quilt it up and (probably?) give it to charity.

The last thing I will share today is a little something I thought I could whip together to decorate my cube for Christmas.  I got stuck deciding how to border it.  I love the tree fabric, but the black holiday fabric seems to go better.  Do a use a skinny black border (1/2"?) and then a 2" trees?  Or just use 2" of the black and put the trees on the back?  I can't decide!!

Welcome back to blogging to me!  =)

Happy 2014!!

xoxo