Where Did February Go?

I swear I don't know what happened. I was working on a Test quilt pattern from The Quilt Pattern Magazine, I looked up and it was March already. Where did February go? Did something like this happen to you as well?

I must admit the Test pattern did have my full attention it is so cute! I can't wait to be able to share it with you. I have the top completed. Do you call it a quilt top or a flimsy? I never did understand when or why calling them flimsy's started. 

I find myself sitting in my sewing room looking at it wondering "How should I quilt you?" Sometimes I can have tops for years and they don't speak to me on how they want to be quilted. However, that is not an option with a Test quilt, now is it? LOL It will come to me. 

I remember working on "Owl You Need Is Love" an Accu Quilt pattern in February. I have it fused together but I have not began the button hole stitching around the applique pieces yet. My dear friend Bonni came to my rescue once again. She seen that I was struggling to find just the right DMC floss for one of the main colors so of course she had just the perfect color and sent it out in the mail. Believe it or not snail mail took it's sweet time to make sure it arrived. OMG I swear it was over 3 weeks for it to arrive. Thank goodness it wasn't a Test quilt. This is what it looks like so far:

I am also working on a few BOM's (Block Of The Month) for those who are wondering what a BOM is. One is Civil War Quilts:2021 Hands All Around: Alcotts At War by Barbara Brackman. You can check it out by going to the following link. I know it seems quite long but it will take you right there.

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2020/12/2021-pieced-bom-hands-all-around.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CivilWarQuilts+%28Civil+War+Quilts

After speaking with Bonni it was decided that EQ8 and Block Base would be of great use to be able to make these blocks. I decided the recent bonuses from work would come in handy at this point. So I ordered the both as well as the EQ8 Instruction book for beginners. I see a lot of fun ahead. 

2nd BOM is "The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt" Letter from 1920s Farm Wives and the 111 blocks they inspired by Laurie Aaron Hird. Our Time To Quilt Members are doing this together on Jitsi the 3rd Saturday's of the month. Here are some of those yummy blocks:

 

3rd BOM is on Facebook from World Wide BOM these are the ones I have completed so far: 

I am still working on Simple Yet Elegant, there is a lot of button hole stitching to do with those blocks. I think this will take me all year. 

There are other projects I will be working on with Pattern Pastiche, once I have them started I will share those photos as well. I hope you are all doing well and that your stitching either by hand or machine brings you as much peace and enjoyment as mine does. Until next time. 

Enjoy The Walk

Susan