Saturday, February 4, 2017

February and the movie date

It seems as if Groundhog's Day is past.... and 6 more weeks of winter.  Well, and maybe even more up here in wonderful Wisconsin. We are lucky to have 2 groundhogs; one at the Milwaukee Zoo, named Wynter, and Jimmy from Sun Prairie. (He was the famous one who bit the mayor's ear 2 years ago.)
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My husband and I were going to see the national snow sculpting exhibition/competition in Lake Geneva, but I really didn't want to be outdoors. We settled on lunch out and the movie, "LaLa Land', which we enjoyed... Not the best singers and dancers, but a great plot, cute kids, and good musical songs.  I do miss the old musicals both from before I was born and even in the 60s.

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 It is hard to believe another month has past. The first semester of school is now over as well, and grades were finalized Friday.

So for the week's progress on quilting: I was lucky to have 2 evenings during this week to dabble on the sewing machine.

I have 2 more blocks for my Log Cabin Sew along.



I made 2 blocks for the new month for my hive at Stash Bee:  The colors are from Harry Potter, gold and burgundy and so hard to tell in this photo. The pattern is a version of a disappearing 9 patch. Very easy.


I also made more progress on Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt. It is in rows.  And I think I have picked out a navy wide back online. at Marshall Dry Goods for 8>99 a yard  I am hesitant to quilt it myself.  Some of the intersections are so bumpy from extra layers of piecing interesting there. I need to give it a good press then I will see.   (No lattice in between the rows,yet in photo)





4 comments:

  1. I use a hammer to flatten my intersections :-) A shot of steam, a couple of whacks and voila! Flat! The hammer comes from a car supply - it's a 8 oz dead blow HDPE so it doesn't leave marks https://trustycook.com/product/slimline-hammer-model-s0/ HTH

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    1. I never thought of that. What a great idea! Would other hammers work as well. do you think?

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    2. You have so many pretty scrappy quilts going on over there! Love them.

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  2. Your log cabin blocks grow beautifully.

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