Scrappy Lines

My husband says I should make a goal never to buy fabric again until I've used everything I have.  Eh- that's a goal that will never be realized, but I did put together a quilt top using only my scrap bin yesterday.  I also told him I hadn't bought any fabric since the beginning of December either, so that's pretty much the same thing.  😂  He didn't really follow my logic.  Even though my reasoning may be flawed, it does always feel good when I use all scraps.

Sadly, I couldn't even tell a difference in my blue and green scrap bin after completing this quilt top, Joel's dreams may never be realized.  

Wonkiness

I finished the Wonky Log Cabin quilt this weekend.  It's headed to Alaska.  We have friends from our time in Ohio who are now stationed there with the Army. 

 I decided to do stipling starting from the center working its way to the edges.  It was a bit tricky at first, but it got easier as I got further out and the sides got longer.

My favorite part is actually the flannel on the back, because I love the frogs and turtles.  I got the idea to do a mostly green quilt top on front because of them. 

Holiday YW Fun

I work with ladies at church who know how to decorate and throw a party like no other.  I'm serious!  I do not have the decorating gene at all, but they've got it in spades! We had a Galentine's Party for the Young Women.  We combined with the other ward that the girls are close to, and ended up with almost 40 girls there!

 Papa Murphy's does heart-shaped pizzas for Valentines.

 If there's ever a time to have pink fluff then Valentine's Dad would be it!

 I love our girls so much!  We were only missing 2 that night.

Meanwhile, later that week my adorable Beehive Presidency went and heart attacked a family's door that needed a little cheer in their life.  These two make me smile every single time I'm with them.  Their enthusiasm for life is contagious!

While I was partying with the young ladies, Joel was holding down the fort with the kiddos at Little Man's Blue and Gold Banquet.  He got a couple more merit badges, and he's super close to completing his Bear.

Blowing in the Wind

It's been raining and the wind is in full "go" mode around here.  I should have cut my losses and known better than to try to get a picture, but I wanted to be able to layer it today.  This is about the best I could do with my Wonky Cabin quilt top.

Forget Me Nots

A good friend of mine from our time in Ohio is having a baby girl.  She's now in Las Vegas and we're in Oklahoma, but we were able to visit them over Spring Break last year.  I finished the baby's quilt this weekend. 

 I've been cleaning up a lot of my pictures, and getting rid of old duplicates.  I went through all of my quilt pictures this week, and it reminded me of how much I used to free motion quilt.  When time is of an essence I almost always do loopy lines, because it's quick and easy.  I decided to take some time and do something different this time.  

 This was my first time in a very long time of doing lines without a walking foot.  Some of the lines are a bit wonky, but I'm choosing to believe it just gives it personality.  I added Forget-Me-Not flowers in some of the borders.  I enjoyed quilting them. 

October Stitches

I finally got our October Stitches quilt completed last week.  It's going to an adorable boy who fought cancer and is currently in remission.