I finished this hexagon block a couple of days ago. It's actually the one from last week. The pink inner ring is brighter than I intended, but I like it.
JudyS wanted to know what they would look like all together, so I took the ones I finished and placed them up on the design wall. It's the first time I've seen all of them laid out myself, and I realized the brighter pink will add a little sparkle. Good idea, Judy
This is what we got up to this morning. The daffodils are blooming, the tender young leaves on the hostas are unfurling, and it was about 38 degrees and snowing. Is that depressing or what? I thought about going back to bed, but instead I went down to the basement and finished binding my Downy quilt, reorganized the fabrics in a couple sewing cabinets, rearranged all the stuff on top of the cabinets, cleaned up all the workspaces, and just puttered around. I love puttering around in the sewing room. 
This is what it looked like outside at noon time. Big wet snowflakes coming down pretty hard, but most of the snow on the ground was melted. By about 4:00 the sky was still dark but the sun was out, and the temperature shot up 5 degrees. Big deal. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be more of the same. Where is spring?
Sometime this afternoon I got the Downy quilt washed and dried for mailing on Monday. Cute fabrics, huh? This is the last of the Downy quilt kits, and I'm glad to have them behind me. 
This is my hexagon block for last week. I like this one so much I could make a whole quilt out of these. I've started on the one for this week already, and I'm liking it a whole lot too.
Several weeks ago, one of my quilt groups decided to get onboard with the Quilts for Kids campaign, sponsored in part by Downy. I first saw mention of these on Pat's blog, but they seem to be popping up all over the place lately. The Quilts for Kids folks will ship a quilt kit to you that includes precut fabrics for the top plus the backing fabric. You supply the batting and the labor and ship it back to them. Most of our group wanted to participate; but since getting them quilted was an obstacle for most of the ladies, I offered to do it. 
Quilting ten little quilts all right in a row was a great opportunity to get some practice in and try out some new pantographs. My favorite was this one called Plaza from Willow Leaf Studio. It was fun to do, and I wasn't sure if I'd like the red thread on this quilt, but I actually liked it a lot when I was done. 
This one was a pantograph called Crazy Puzzle from patternman.com. Meandering is just about the only free motion skill I possess at the moment, so I forget now why I got this panto, but I sure do like it. 
Did you notice this advertisement in the latest quilt magazines to hit the newstand? It's coming!
At long last my September Sun quilt is finished. I thought the day would never come. After I finished piecing it I asked my good friend Koleen to quilt it for me, not only because I was overwhelmed with the size (89" x 89"), but also because I was just sick of looking at it. She quilted it with the Plumage pantograph from Willow Leaf Studio, and I love it.
Four of us worked on this quilt as a challenge, and three of us have now finished. Our fourth challenger is vacationing in Arizona, and hopefully hers will come together when she gets back. Amazing how different they all look, isn't it? I lifted these two pictures from Margo's blog, who is our official photographer for the Tacoma Lakes group. (Thanks, Margo!)
