Some Random Catch Up

First off...The Cozy Pumpkin hit over 100 fans on facebook!  How sweet are y'all?!  I think a giveaway is in order, so I'm thinking about what it should be.  Hope to announce that soon.  Also, if you're visiting my blog from the link on the QuiltCon facebook page thanks for stopping by!  I'll hope you'll take a look around and come on back again in the future.  :)
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So, I have some little pictures floating around that I haven't shared yet so I thought I'd take a bit of my Saturday to play catch up.  (How sad is it that this is what I am doing on my Saturday?  HA!)  Anywho...

First off...I made a lovely journal cover based on Rachel's tutorial for QuiltCon.  I had a charm pack of Marmalade laying around and decided to cut that baby open to make the cover.  I took several squares, sewed them into 1x3 strips and cut them in two different ways.  3" and 2" or 3.5" and 1.5" lengthwise.  I then staggered them so that none of the horizontal seams lined up and made sure to put in my black linen strip in approximately the center.  I didn't fuss about that too much.  I do want to go back and embroidery my name and the dates the journal covers on it.  Like a history of my quilting.  I have some projects in here that I can't wait to get to, and I'm thinking one of them needs to be a tutorial for the blog.  :)  So stay tuned for that!

I also crammed in my Stitch that Stash! Bee group blocks in.  I'm late mailing them off, but I'm glad they're done.  Kristan (who I missed seeing at QuiltCon.  So bummed.) chose the Ohio Star block.  She asked for blues and greys...

March is my turn to pick a block design, so I chose the Reverse Rainbow Starburst Block.  Rather than an exact rainbow I am asking all of my bee pals to use a color of their choosing.  My final layout will depend on what colors I receive, so I'm excited to see where it takes me!  Here is my block:

What's coming up?  I have just turned the final corner in my hand quilting on my very favoritist (not a word, but I'm using it anyway) quilt to date.  WOOOOOOO!!!!

I have my son's bed quilt to machine quilt (no idea what I'm going to do there).  A mini quilt for a guild challenge, some embroidery for a mini quilt in my daughter's room, a cross stitched present I owe my hubby, and this month is my son's 4th birthday!!! AAAAHHHH!!!  But, as you can see...there will be MANY things to share in the upcoming days/weeks.  And fingers crossed I can get working on that mystery tutorial for you soon.  ;)  Hope you fit some quilting in your weekend!!!  I now leave you with goofy pictures of some pals and I at QuiltCon: