Winter Returns
Looks like our January thaw might be over for a bit. But I sure enjoyed it while it lasted! Here are a few pictures from my walks along the Lake Superior beach last weekend.
Woo hoo, look at our thermometer! Been a while since it's been this warm!
Ice balls along the beach on Saturday. They were nearly melted the next day, so I'm glad I got this shot! They look like something from outer space, don't they?
Look at the neat designs in this chunk of ice. Be sure to click on it to enlarge it. This could be a quilting design!
Somebody built snowmen in these planters in Mattson Park at the Lower Harbor. They have petunias in them in the summer. Sitting on those benches right now would be a challenge, wouldn't it?
It was cloudy and overcast today, so I stayed in and sewed all day!
The big news is that I finished “Winter Journey,” my first Liberated Challenge Quilt! By the time I finished the binding this afternoon, I didn’t feel like messing around with the camera. Besides, I want to get out my light box and get some good photos, so I’ll do that in the morning. I will tell you it came out really cool. There will be pix tomorrow!
Strings! These are an inch and a half wide. Guess what I was doing today?
Leaders and enders. I wound up with over 100 little four-patches from this pile! Almost enough for another quilt top already. You can see that I'm getting liberated and using up all my old thread, too! Who says you have to piece with white thread?
Besides sewing loads of four-patches, I also finished piecing the borders for my barn-raising quilt, which I’m going to call Barn Dance. I’ll get the borders sewed on tomorrow, and then that top will be ready for quilting. Pix will follow!
So you can see I’ve been a busy little girl! I’ve been sewing my heart out, and having a blast!
Tagged with: Lake Superior • leaders and enders • Liberated Quilt Challenge • Marquette MI
Filed under: Neat Things In Marquette • Sewing Adventures
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