Sun is Shining in San Diego

       Spending a little time with my son and his wife in San Diego this week. I am loving the sunshine. I have not seen it much lately in Portland. A little retail therapy today at the quilt shop. :)

April Bee Blocks

                   Mailing out these blocks today for my April Bee's....................

Sew Bee Wonky

Amish wonky liberated string blocks

Harmony ... at  Do Good Stitches

more Granny square blocks in purple and green.

Off to the Post Office..........................................

Happy Easter Weekend

        Spending time with my mom and sisters this week. We made a trip out to the beach for an overnight. It is one of her favorite places.

A nice sunset out at Depoe Bay

The deck off our condo. Surf was crashing.....

Me and my mom....

A few flowers blooming outside our room.

Columbia Crest winery on the road back up to moms' house.

The sun was shining. It was beautiful up there.

and a few more blooms outside the winery.

This is where the wine is made.

Looking about the tasting room....

Tasting, trying to find just the right one for a

certain persons 90th birthday in May.

and then today the sun was out

 so we took a nice stroll about moms'

neighborhood.

Michael Miller Challenge

     At our last meeting (PMQG) we were given fabrics from Michael Millers Cotton Couture line.They were to be used to create a challenge block for our next meeting

http://portlandmodernquiltguild.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-meeting-two-quilting-events.html

This is the little bundle of fabric.....along with a few rules.....

A nice mix of colors to work with.

I started to design my block.....

I knew I wanted a couple of wonky churn dashes in there

These were my first two elements.

and then that dark grey needed to be added....

and adding a few more of the colored pieces in to balance it.

and there you have it.

The block had to measure 15 1/2" by 18 1/2"

a little larger than my usual block.....

Let me tell you it was a bit of a challenge!

Granny Square

      A while back I posted about a QAL I was participating in. The Granny Square QAL on Flickr with the group Old Red Barn Co. I finished 20 blocks and decided to add a different border around them rather than just a plain white one. It took a little math and figuring, but today I finished the top. Here are a few pictures fo the process.

Since the blocks were set on point, I thought the squares in the border should be too.

and the corners needed a little more to them .

This is what I played with on my design wall.

and here is the finished top.

 Got a picture of it outside just as the rain was starting to fall.

It was a very productive day at the sewing machine.

I am loving this quilt top.

Jeri