The Joys of marden's discount

 A small group of friends are partaking in a road trip each month to three "Down East fabric stores.  They are all on on close to. MDI where the Acadia National Park is situated. It is call "The Hancock County Ice Derby".  Yesterday, en route, we stopped into Marden's discount store in Ellsworth. The fabric area was quiet and the woman working the cutting table was very knowledgable.  I entered the area and said " Where's the sale fabric?" She took me there.  There was some 2.00 a yard fabric. There were some really nice fabrics I had seen on the Hancock of Padukah site.

 I got six yards of a nice fabric appropriate for the back of a Childs quilt.  I will photograph it...

Two dollars. man oh man. The fabric is well woven and has a soft finish...  We bought fabric at all the fabric stores.

Storm coming tomorrow....   First block of Northern lights by Eliz. Hartman done.

February get thee hence

 I am working on the stars in the owl, and the antlers on the deer in the Hartman pattern.

I am past 60 blocks for the 350 block challenge and it is only the 12th.

Art Quilts Maine had a great meeting  on ways to display or present small quilted pieces for hanging.

I need to sort out and list my UFO's and give some away.

Photos soon.

 image of a future hartman

 small wall hanging with dangles

One owl done and it is huge!!!

 Of course I am on the first floor and have no photo of it yet.  I am working on the six surrounding units that are two deconstructed star units..... It is close to life sized.... 25x25 when finished.

Woo hooo.  

Tomorrow is Art Quits and it is a travel day, 

Snow, Sleet, Rain, Ice , -20, Repeat

 350 block report.

I would like to say that I was better at writing down my block numbers. I wasn't. I even printed out the handy list. It remains down stairs.  I t think 83.

I have the owl cut out , I did it on Friday.  Today I wish to get the owl center done. The hem on the bathroom curtain. The button pillow back completed.

It is flatter than it looks.

Noble ... ha ha ha. Oh and make chocolate chip cookies.

beginnings and buttons

 I put the Alaskan panels up. They are nearly 10 years old.  At this point I am making 6 flying geese for each panel and seeing if I can get a top made.

Still working with the Alaskan animal blocks.

I got my MSQ advent button pillow front done.  It took much longer than I thought.

Final block count for 2022

 993.... so close to a thousand...lol

Got a lot of blocks made in 2022.

I have two Bonnie Hunter blocks done from this year's mystery quilt 

I have 4 made now, and have to get back to other more outstanding quilting plans.   So I turned to some Alaskan panels I bought....9? years ago when visiting my sister.  Making lots of flying geese, then will plan what comes next.

Welcoming in the New Year

 I am following two tidy up blogs for quilting.  They are Prairie Moon and Just get it Done quilts.  I have gotten bogged down with the Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt... again...

India has selected her baby quilt. It will stretch my patience.  4 blocks from this pattern Eliz Hartman.