Busy weekend... class, party, a hanging....

 I taught the Circle and Spin class again on Saturday...it is so much fun to teach, just to see the range of fabrics and the designs you can make. We had batiks...

 oldies but goodies...

 brights....

 more batiks...

 homespuns...

 more batiks....

and more brights....one of them did get away without getting her picture taken, but I will get it one of these days!

After the class, I went to the 3rd birthday party of my great nephew at Amazing Pizza Machine. I hadn't been there before, but it truly is an amazing place.

For those of you who check for upcoming classes here, I haven't gotten that page updated yet, but will soon. I hung the Jigsaw Puzzle quilt yesterday at the store....that class is being offered twice in April.

I used multi colored bright thread on this quilt and really like how it turned out. I still need to quilt the Spinning Hexagons that I made during the retreat. Might use the same thread as it is lots of color.

Long time, no blog...

I'm baaaaack...I hope anyway! My computer has been out of commission for about 10 days....after installing a new harddrive, I hope it is ok now.

 Lots of things have been happening....but the most fun thing was going on a 3 day quilting retreat with friends.  I finished the new sampler quilt top (truthfully, I had if finished except for the border!).I also started 2 other projects. We all took projects to work on, it wasn't an organized retreat where someone had projects for us. We got lots done!

 So everyone worked on their own new or partially done quilts.

Here is the new sampler....not a great pic, but will post a better one when I get it.

 I started and finished this topper  and started the puzzle quilt below.

I finished quilting this one last night, so will post a pic when I get a good one.

Sewing, partying and more sewing...

I have been busy working on my new Sampler quilt. Since we had 2 snow days this week, I got more done than I would have otherwise. I have the 12 main blocks finished and am working on the alternate blocks. I picked out the border fabrics yesterday after class so have everything I need to finish this quilt. This is another one of the blocks. I love the dainty look of the fan blades.

I had a nice quilt salad when I was finished trimming half square triangles.

I was surprised last night when a dinner outing with my daughters turned into a surprise birthday party for me! They changed the restaurant at the last minute and when I got there I was met with  a group of family and friends  to celebrate. What a surprise! I don't know how they kept it a secret, because this was the 3rd planning of the party. The first 2 were cancelled because of family illness and a family funeral, so I guess 3rd time is a charm. It was great fun! 

Had a great time during UFO day yesterday as well....lots of sewing, and gabbing! I will post more pix of UFO day as well as sampler blocks in the next couple days...need to go sew now!