Foothills Quilt Along Part 4

Wintery and windy!

Second photo attempt

As good as it gets

We’ve had another full blown blast of winter here on the prairies and I had to trudge through even more snow than last time to take these photos. It began on Saturday, International Quilting Day, while our little quilting group gathered at the church here in town and held a lovely reunion slash quilting marathon. The snow didn’t let up all day and by the time I was ready to go home on Saturday it was a true struggle to plow through with my teensy car, but thankfully I don’t have far to go. Obviously someone out here on the prairies didn’t get the memo about spring!

I had a somewhat productive day, with only a couple of mishaps. I had taken the time on Friday night to cut out the final four blocks for my Foothills quilt but on Saturday morning, at the church, I discovered that two of the prepared block kits were missing pieces and couldn’t be sewn together completely until Sunday. My sewing machine was acting weird too, with some miscommunication to the foot pedal, but it’s been completely fine since coming back home again. So in a five hour time period I completed two full blocks and two half blocks, and had a wonderful time visiting with the Plenty Piecemakers. A big shout out to Janine for organizing a great day of fun for all.

Yesterday morning I worked at putting the remaining blocks together with the sashing and completed my second version of the Foothills Quilt Along. I have had a marvelous time working on the two versions and now must relegate them to the quilting pile and get back to more serious commitments.

until next time,

carol xox