Monday, March 14, 2011

Design Wall Monday and results of my Stay at Home retreat

The Civil War Diary quilt blocks are some of my favorite ones made so far. And I haven't said that about many of them, really!! These little 6 inch blocks can pack some graphic impact and tons of little pieces. I have been sorting through my scraps and snippets of fabrics in the color palette I chose. I have 40, of 121, blocks left to do.

I also quilted half of a queen sized quilt. It is a quilt top that our church made for a charity several years ago and it was never finished. The groups disbanded and it sat. Since the long arm has came into my life, this quilt came up and I wanted to finish it. It will go to a shelter that our church conference sponsors. Oops, picture will post later.

I wanted to make the weekend special as I was going to be alone because the boys were going to camp. Poor DS he was very ill with a 103 temp and bronchitis. No camp for him but DH had to go chaperon. I had a very special weekend. I made bread, we ate frozen pizza and brownies. Stuff diets don't recommend much of!! I worked on all the things I wanted to.

The spring cleaning and organizing is coming along. I am going through the kitchen right now. I have until the end of the month and I think I will make it!

9 comments:

Mary said...

Your are being very productive with setting a deadline for your cleaning. I love this batch of Civil War blocks.

Stephwolfgang said...

Very nice, Vicki! Hope everyone is feeling better at your house. Thanks for taking on that unfinished quilt! :)

Jackie's Stitches said...

Congrats on your block finishes! I've not made blocks that size yet. All those many little pieces can be a bit intimidating.

I hope your son is feeling much improved!

Chris said...

A stay at home retreat is such a great idea. I think I need one too!

Quilter Kathy said...

Very productive! Look forward to seeing what you are quilting.

Tamera said...

Only 40 left! You're on the downhill slide

Glen QuiltSwissy said...

Very interesting. I love what you said, a six inch block can have a lot of visual impact. You could write a book on that statement alone!

glen

Barb in Mi said...

Nice CW blocks! And your retreat at home sounded like a success, hope everybody is back to decent health!

Kate said...

Very pretty blocks, love your colors. Glad your stay at home retreat was such a success.