STARTING NEW QUILT

I measured the bed I want a new quilt for, and counted up and realise I have to make 99 blocks!  

99.  

Hmmmm... I didn't realise I would need that many!  

Well then, I better make a start on them.
It's not like we can go shopping,  being Easter and all.
OMG it's already Easter!  Where have those first 3 months gone?  

Perhaps sometime over this long Easter Break we will go to a beach? Or just SOMEWHERE new?

Stew often gets gift baskets from people who he deals with ... and I get the baskets to keep.  I love getting baskets!  I've got quite a few now...

ABOVE: this is the one he brought home last night.  With the goodies inside too.

ABOVE:  Lacy and Keera visited last night, and I got these cute photos of Keera and Steve. Steve is just so lovely with her!  And she clearly loves him.

ONWARD...

I am having the best time!  Making applique blocks for my new quilt.  
Poor Stew is mowing the lawns while everyone else relaxes.  I hope he can just relax after that and actually have some 'time off'.  

Ahh.. just remembered he went into work early this morning and has to go back this afternoon too... some of his work simply cannot wait.  *sigh*

I suppose that's just what you get when you are in a position like his.  The buck stops with him usually.

I will pop back on later and show you what I'm doing ...

I found this fabric at Spotlight the other day... I got the last on the roll sadly... 

ABOVE:  I fell in love with this fabric, so decided to use it as the 'Base' fabric for a new quilt.   I am now making 99 blocks to match it, I will also have about 20 blocks of just that (above) fabric too.  I've kept enough of the 'Base' fabric to make two pillowcases.

ABOVE:  so far today I've made a start on 11 blocks.  Tomorrow when the shops are open I will go and buy some braid or ribbon to use on the 'finer' details of each block.  

I also have to Applique stitch around every single piece of fabric too.

This quilt is going to take me months I think.  It is going to be a labour of love.  

While I've been having fun sewing... the kids have been playing Monopoly again.  Griffin won!  
Lacy and Keera are visiting today too... so the house is humming.
Love it.

End of Day:  well working with little bits of fabric all day ... and now everything is blurry!  As I'm typing, the letters all have a 'double' effect.  Quite interesting!
Anyways, it's been a really nice day, totally on track... and looking forward to Day 60.  Which is on the 8th of April, not that long to go (10 days).
nite nite.