More paper and fabric that didn't get in previous post

A few weeks ago we had 9 inches of snow. Before it was all blown off the driveway by the snowblower, I stuck a yardstick in for a final measure.

This wouldn't be so bad, but Karen had a granddaughter born and she couldn't get down to the hospital to see her right away. 

I busied myself on the baby quilt I was making. It is made from blocks I won at block lotto last summer.

It's my very first attempt at quilting in a circle on my sewing machine. Except for the starting point with the tight small circles it went well going round and round. In addition to watching the previous sewn line, I had to concentrate on keeping my neck and shoulders relaxed. They were getting sore. It took a big afternoon and then some to finish the quilting. 

It still doesn't have the binding and this should surprise no one. 

And my sister's tree, doctored up in a photo app!

paper and fabric

My sisters and mom were down in January. We tried our hand at warm cool trees. They are small, the paper we worked on was about 6 inches and the squares were about a half inch. We used inktense pencils. They are sort of like water color pencils, but ink. 

The original is okay, but I loved it when I put in a photo editing app.

I started another quilt. It is from a kit bought a couple years ago. My youngest sister picked it out for her 50th birthday...which is this year. High time to get working on it. 

All the Dresden plates are cut and a few sewn. They are going well and I'm thinking I will work on them this weekend.