Well Easter has come and gone...

so belated Easter wishes to all of you! It was a cold, dreary day, but I did a little bit of cooking. Here are my Hot Cross Buns, so yummy with a cup of coffee.

Chocolate Silk pie.....the hubby really likes this one!

and my first Lemon Meringue pie....

Delicious, if I do say so myself...lol
I have had a chance to do a little bit of sewing in the last few weeks. I finished my houses for Cracked Pots (I'm not going to link, but you can check my last post, it has all of the links) and am now slowly working on the courthouse steps blocks.

I also have my Barbara Brackman Civil War blocks up to date.

Started another new project....lol

I have promised myself that I cannot even prep another block of Le Jardin, by Bunny Hill, until I finish Scandinavian Christmas, even though I really, really want to!!
Oh I made a little test basket.

Yikes....I loved making it and now I want to make a whole bunch of them. Maybe after Cracked Pots is finished.
I do have a couple of finished quilts to share, but I'll save those for another post. Hopefully before several weeks pass by. Thanks for the encouraging emails. I do love blogging and the good friends I've made, but lately it has come down to sewing or computer time and I've been choosing sewing time. I know there are bloggers out there that post everyday and they make tons of quilts....how the heck do they do it???? I must not be that great at time management! Also there has been lots of controversy on blogs lately and I tend to shy away from that. Plus the books reviews and giveaways....blogging seems to be going a little "commercial" if you ask me.
Anyway, enjoy the weekend and I'll be back very soon....ranette

So if someone finds the last three weeks, could you please return them to me!

Seriously!!! LOL I cannot believe that it's almost the middle of April. Geez, where does the time go?!!!! I haven't had much blogging mojo lately and I'm sorry. I haven't really read much or felt inclined to post. Probably because of the early Spring doldrums. We had cloudy, cold and windy weather and now it has turned HOT, as in 90 degrees F Hot, which is what the temperature is expected to be today. I want a real Spring! Okay, enough griping about the weather for now...

I have been sewing/stitching a bit though. Here's an updated picture of Scandinavian Christmas.

As you can see I'm almost there....almost. I still have 12 of the snowflake blocks to stitch and I just cannot seem to make myself do them. I have all of the hearts appliqued for the border and now I just need to get on it and finish.

In the picture you can also see my Life is Beautiful blocks peeking out, so here is a photo of the ones that I have appliqued to the four patch backgrounds.

I am using three different backgrounds for the embroidery and I'm not sure that was such a wise idea seeing them all together, but I wanted the finished quilt to have an "aged" look to it. I've got several more blocks stitched, but I'm still a ways out on this one.

I've also kept up with the Civil War blocks, well I haven't done today's block yet.

I'm liking how the blocks all look together and I'm starting to think about how I want to put them into a quilt. Does anyone know how many weeks Barbara Brackman will be putting these out? I find the history interesting as well.

Let's see, what else is new around here? Oh my middle daughter Kara turned 21 last week and my oldest daughter Emily came home for a few days, so all three girls were here and boy was it fun!!! Lots of laughter, food and family time.

I have also started a couple of new projects, imagine that?! LOL Yvette, Monica and I all started on Cracked Pots by Carrie Nelson. Those girls are way, way faster than me, but here is my progress.

I love the bright houses and I'm using mostly Jo Morton fabric, all from my stash and that makes me happy!

I've started and red and off white quilt, but no pictures, oh and I took a needle turn applique/Hawaiian quilt class with the local guild last week. Nancy Chong was teacher and if you ever wanted to learn more about the Hawaiian quilt making process you should take one of her classes. I worked on the applique last night and I really like doing it. I'll show a picture when I'm finished.

Well I'd better get off of the computer now and get busy. I'll try to post more often and be less wordy. I hope all of you are enjoying your Spring (or Fall for my down under friends) and getting lots of stitches in. ranette