Reporting from Snowy Maine

Today we are getting the first of two storms this week.....this one is "only" bringing 3-6 inches, just enough to coat the roads and make them slippery.  Tomorrow we are expected to get 12-20 inches depending on which weather report you follow.  I went out this morning to gather a few groceries and stopped at Kathie's to pick up the February Garden Basket blocks (we are doing 2 per month for 6 mos.) and check out the Christmas fabric that is 50% off.  The Garden Basket BOM finishes 23x28 and is wool applique, it is a Primitive Gatherings Original Design, I will share photos when I get some done.  

I also got this in the mail over the weekend.........

It's the fabric for the month of February Civil War Chronicles BOM, this month I will be making four identical 16" blocks.  I behaved and worked on a few other projects instead of starting these.....I wanted to get the "Java" quilt closer to being finished and also worked on the FQQ runner that I'm making for my sister, here is the progress that I made on these two.



The Java quilt is hanging with the backing ready for me to make the quilt sandwich and fire up the sewing machine and quilt it OR I could "tie" it, what do you think?   If I tied it I would use dark brown floss.

This is the runner for my sister it is all together and more than half quilted, I'm practicing my hand quilting on this one.  The binding is already sewn on I just need to hand stitch it, I jumped the gun on this one because I wanted to show one of the moms, from the quilting class that I attend with my niece, how I bind my quilts, it worked out great to have a smaller piece to bring. 

That's about all the excitement going on around here, just the way I like it :0)