The Quiet Beauty of Snow!

There was no sunrise this morning - not that I could see.

Everything is hushed in quiet winter white - last night's storm arrived just as predicted, even though I have to admit that I was skeptical.

It was 54 degrees when I drove home from the Quiltville Post Office to start dinner.

But by 7pm it was pounding rain.

And as those temps dropped as predicted, the rain turned first to sleet, and then to slush, and by the time I was getting ready to head to bed we had:

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beauty, falling so thick and heavy!

I was  standing in the loft above the living room taking this video from the inside - the porch light was on outside.  

During the night (and this morning) sleep was interrupted by the sound of power blipping off, and house generator kicking on.  The generator never ran long, but it was a real sense of security knowing that if the power was out for an extended time, other than the noise from the Generac unit outside - life would go on in electrified comfort here.

Yep -it's a good thing I parked at the bottom again!

Temps were at 22 when I woke up after the 6:30am generator kick in. It has happened once again since then, just about 15 minutes ago.  There is a lot of snow build up on power lines - the heavy wet snow is now thick and crusty on everything with temps still dropping. We are now at 18.

I also want to throw in here that I have watched a couple of good movies on Netflix in the last few nights - 

Have you seen Radium Girls?  Check it out.  Very well done, and I love the 1920's fashions and music - the subject matter is also a great one, based on a true story.

Last night I watched Penguin Bloom - also based on a true story in Australia.  As a mom copes with the aftermath of a harrowing accident, she finds inspiration from an injured magpie taken in by her family. 

It was a great feel good story - the funniest thing being that Zoey and Ivy couldn't take their eyes off of the TV.  Ivy kept trying to find a way to get TO the TV - 

I think I had as much fun watching their reaction to the magpie than watching the movie itself.

Yesterday's empty the basket session yielded:

A ton of toasty tan neutrals in 1 1/2'', 2'' and 2 1/2'' strips.

I love the variety I will have to play with - and pulling from strips is so much easier than ironing out a variety of fat quarters and pieces and parts to cut to width before cutting into block parts. It's like starting with a cake mix instead of completely from scratch.

And did I mention VARIETY!?

I keep a small shoe box next to my accuquilt for things that are too odd to be strips. (Sometimes too narrow or oddly tapered, or I just don't want to be bothered to cut it down to the next size) 

This batch went into the "tan neutrals" string bin for future projects - because I love variety there, too!

Today's "plan ahead" project -

That small shoe box on top contains:

Leftovers from my Forever Mine! project!

My plan on this #snowdaysewday Thursday is to make some MORE units and pull this into a small topper - just one block to accent a table.

Really, all I've got to do is string piece the rectangles for the hearts, make the hearts and set this together.  I also have leftover trimmed off triangles that may become a border.  I'm looking for this to end up around 24'' square.  I'm excited to be spending the day home and playing!

If you want to join me - don't forget that Forever Mine! is marked 25% off in the Quiltville Store through Valentine’s Day.  

I think it would be sweet if the reds and pinks were reversed - with pink string hearts, and the reds as the pinwheels!

Did you see that we are gifting away a free pattern to a lucky winner and friend?

Click for all of the details on the original post. Enter on that post!  We are also including a selection of Mary Koval's beautiful fabrics in reds, pinks, aquas and neutrals to sweeten the pot.  Don't miss out!

Drawing to happen Monday.

Table runner version included in pattern!

What does Thursday hold in store for you?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

This has been a very snowy winter for these parts!

And yes - I am still trying to find joy in it anyway!

At least the connected joy of being able to stay home tucked away in my sewing space with the fireplace going, sleeping dog in front of it, music playing - maybe something yummy in the crock pot!