Weekend of Winter Ice & Denim Quilts!

I took a couple of photos of branches in my yard before the rain melted the ice away.

Ice can be SO dangerously treacherous.  And yet, so beautiful!

I've listened to  branches cracking and falling over the past week due to the weight and stress put on the limbs.

Some smaller branches have fallen across the drive - but we've been lucky - the power has stayed on here.

This is one time I'm glad to be in Virginia in February - not Texas!

To all my Texas friends, hunker in, stay safe - this too shall pass (but not nearly fast enough!)

On my lilacs -

Come on, spring! Where are you?!

I spent some time Saturday working on Casden's denim couch quilt.

In true Bonnie fashion, I think this thing will fit him until he is 16 - I always seem to end up bigger than I intend - and the denim bin didn't seem to decrease in volume along the way either!

Having some fun inserting pops of color.

These scraps were already close at hand - leftovers from my Catching Rainbows quilt. (Still in the binding process on that one.)

Playing with a color weave sort of layout.

My denim pieces varied a bit in shades - but I didn't have an equal amount of anything to make any sort of obvious light/dark.  But I kind of like it this way!

And yes, I webbed that sucker!

Denim does make for a heavy quilt, and I'm glad it wasn't any bigger.

And this is where it stands.

I've decided on no borders, just some kind of fun binding. It's roughly 50'' x 60'' at this point. I think it will do for a couch snuggle quilt just fine.

There will be batting, and I will quilt this with a very open design by long arm.

Backing will be in little boy novelties - I'll dig in for something in the next few days.

Today is hair cut day - so that won't happen today.

Tomorrow is mammogram day - being rescheduled after Friday's ice storm prevented me from going anywhere.

Thursday I have an appointment in Winston, which will likely also be rescheduled as more ice is supposed to be on the way.

Will this winter EVER end?!

I am thrilled with the response to the PDF pattern booklet version of Grassy Creek!

I have heard from many of you that you appreciate the "non-scrambled" straight forward approach to making the units and blocks in the quilt, and that all of the optional methods for doing each unit were kept in so you could choose which method best suited the way you liked to work.

I know the booklet is a large one - 27 pages of detailed instruction in full color.  But remember, you don't HAVE to print everything.  You can choose to print just the pages you want. Or you can leave it on your computer/tablet and just refer back to it there.

Please keep sharing your finishes with me! (click the envelope icon beneath my signature below) Oftentimes that is the bright spot in my inbox!

And I love that so many of you are digging into Shattered! as an in-between-project for when you just want to sew but don't want to think so hard, or be super careful with your seam allowance -it's a great way to "clear your brain" in between more intricate projects.  

Did you enter yesterday's gift-away?? Our winner will be receiving:

A Shattered! PDF pattern -

And a Colorcopia fabric roll and Neutral String Time string pack from Irene at  Cotton to Quilts!

Irene also has other fabric offerings perfect for our Quiltville Quilts in the Cotton to Quilts online shop, so check it out!

Enter to win HERE. Drawing to happen Saturday!

And remember - ALL digital patterns in the Quiltville Store are 25% off through February 28th using coupon code DIGITAL25 at checkout!

Please remember to type DIGITAL25 in the coupon box and hit APPLY before you complete your purchase.  There are no refunds if you forget!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

There is always a way to move forward!

Even if you have to take a little side step and cha cha cha along the way!