Wow - what wonderful quilts.
I have once again totally missed my date - but I got something done instead.
my colleague had a baby girl in January, she and her husband requested farm animals so...
and my cousin's sons moved to Colombia a while ago and the elder had a baby son last spring. as his brother is now here for a visit he is taking a quilt for his young nephew, Valentin, back with him. I thought farm animals and farm scenes would also be fun for him.
I purchased the Violet Craft pattern for Elephant Abstractions last year. I want to make it for my niece - as I finally decided to do it in the original colors for ther, I got started a couple of weeks ago. Normally I use mainly batiks - using the regular fabrics is something I generally only did for baby/kids' quilts and for backing. the paper piecing for this is great fun - but - my whole apartment is being invaded by tiny little fabric pieces. oh regular cottons do shed something awful. I think I have about one fourth done, but this project will be a long-term one - yes it is fun - but i need to do more mindless stuff in between.
yes - there is a mindless project going on as well - though apparently it is not so terribly mindless as i already managed to sew two star teeth on the wrong way - I love Cloth Parcel's Bursting Star Quilt which Angela Walters introduced a little while ago. as I have a friend who absolutely loves roses and stuff - my version will be mainly pinks with lots and lots of roses. i'll show pictures next time around... at the moment the center star is semi-assembles (as I've taken it apart again) - but all the pieces are waiting in nicely labelled piles (not at all my thing).
next week i'll be going to New Orleans for a week (Cardiology Congress) where we have an exhibition booth. so my march will not be very sewy - but hopefully i get a chance to take a picture or two.
have a great march everyone - yes - i will be lurking