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