Friday, March 12, 2010

Quilt Square

First, I feel like shouting this out....THERE'S NO SNOW IN MY BACKYARD! We had back to back blizzards last month with 24-30 inches of snow in all, and I just this morning noticed that after a light rain during the night, the last of it has melted out back. There's still a strip in the side yard, but it's so nice to look out my window here by the computer and NOT see snow. Roy has spent several days cutting down damaged trees and fallen limbs that succumbed to the weight of the snow and hauling all the debris to the dump. We are fervently hoping we won't get any more snow this year!

Now, I here is the quilt square I mentioned working on for Hoppa and Bruce. I was so happy to be asked to participate (well actually I think I volunteered) even though I haven't worked with fabric in a long time. It was fun to do, even though my eyesight isn't really up to doing close up work these days and I haven't invested in a magnifying lamp yet, thinking I probably wouldn't need it much now. But I wanted to do some beading on it. So I used some organza ribbons to weave the background, beaded a tiny border around the perimeter, as well as around the little heart and appliqued the heart to the square, and it was done! Nice to have accomplished something in my studio for a change!!!

3 comments:

sandy said...

Wow, beautiful square, I bet the whole thing will be amazing! Glad you have no snow, yeah!

Serena Lewis said...

YAY for no snow!!

Your fabric square is beautiful, Mary!

BumbleVee said...

I'll just mumble quietly under my breath.... there is still plenty of snow in my front yard..cuz it is in shade especially behind the big spruce tree. And..the back...sooooo close...but, still...some small piles.... ... fingers crossed.......

what a pretty square...