April 30 Block

Today is 120 days and 125 blocks into the 365+ Block Project.  I visited the fabric store, Gay Feather, today and bought some fat eighths of duponi silk in beautiful colors.  I've never worked with silk before.  It certainly has it's own characteristics, but it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  Granted, this silk is slightly heavier so I imagine it's easier to handle than sheerer silk would be.  It's certainly gorgeous and lustrous!  (By the way, for all local quilters and seamstresses, Gay Feather is still easily accessible despite the construction on Williamson Street, so be sure to stop in.)

For my extra April block I mixed the silk with cotton batik.... Mary

April 29 Block

The Alabama state flag - our thoughts and prayers are with all the people devastated by these horrible storms.... Mary

April 28 Block

Even longer day makes for an even longer week.  Thank heavens for our weekly WSQG meeting.... Mary

April 27 Block

Long day, long week.... Mary

April 26 Block

My daughter, Anne, sent me a story out of the Daily Mail in England about Holland's tulip fields.  (Shockingly a story not about the royal wedding!)  The pictures inspired today's quilt block.... Mary

April 25 Block

Button, button, who's got the button?  Don't you just love buttons?  Old ones, new ones, round ones, square ones, any ones.... Mary

April 24 Block

Today, Easter Sunday, I saw my first butterflies of the season and my first dandelions.  It was "just" a couple of little Cabbage Whites.  As my husband says whenever one of us comments that it was "just" a sparrow: "If sparrows were the only birds, we'd built temples to them."  Same thing with "just" Cabbage Whites.... Mary