Wild Weather

Yesterday it was almost 60 degrees here. The snow is all gone. I actually heard thunder last night. Today the wind is just whipping and we have a high wind advisory. Its only 30 degrees out, but with the wind it is super cold. The power flickered several times this morning. The in-laws lost power this morning, so I'm glad that mine stayed on.

We had a christmas party to go to last night. I didn't have much fun, so we left early and stopped at our local bar. We go there at least once a week for dinner, so it was kind of fun to just go have drinks. It was a late night especially since the DH had to work this morning.

On the quilting front, I got all my strips sewn together and cut into blocks. I've got to iron the sashing fabric and get it cut up. I also have to get the blocks sewn together. I'm also modifying the pattern, so I've got to make sure that I have enough fabric to finish the top. I've got some charm squares that I might make into half square triangles or something. I've got some ideas, but I have to make sure they will work before I start cutting up the fabric.

My sister called me yesterday with quilting questions. It was nice to hear that she is sort of interested in quilting. I gave her my old sewing machine a few years ago and she used it for making halloween costumes and such. It finally died, so she had to go get a new machine. She makes stuffed animals with it. She doesn't use a pattern, she just creates them as she goes. She has always been the artsy one of the family. I have to have a pattern and she can't stand following one. She doesn't want to piece a top, she just wants to do the quilting. She plans on getting a walking foot & stippling foot and trying it out on scraps. It would be wonderful if she got into quilting, even though we are across the country from each other now. It would still be fun to share.

I'm trying to decide on whether to participate in Bonnie Hunter's New Year's mystery quilt. I'm not digging the colors she picked out. I've been looking through my stash to see if I have enough fabrics to do it. I've got enough of the gold fabric, but the others I'm a little shy on. I really want to change the colors to red, black, gold. I'm not sure about the other two colors that are required for making the quilt. That is why I'm undecided on whether I'm going to participate. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. You can see the requirements at www.quiltville.com.