March - BOMs

Hi Everyone, well it's been a long few weeks but I did manage to eek out a couple of hours to sew. I first got the Tisket-A-Tasket basket for March done and then tried to do the hand embroidery. I still need lots and lots of practice on this hand embroidery stuff. I guess I'll just have to have Yvette teach me (check out her blog). Anyway, I did love the yellow bunny on this block.



I also was able to escape for a bit and meet Yvette at Joy's house to work on our Home is Where the Heart Is block of the month. I simply loved this month's block. I don't know why but I've tried to pick fabrics for the theme of the month and this block reminded me of Easter so I just had to pick pastel colors.






I wasn't sure about the border piece at the bottom with the kites so I took this block with me to class at Cozy Cottage and asked Ms. Janet to help me decide. I think we did pretty good ! It's a very, very pastel lavender color..nice and soft.





I especially loved the little kids on this block. They are just adorable as well and I'm trying really hard to get my hand embroidery down for this quilt. Check out the bunny too !!!

I can't wait to work on April's blocks.

Well, as most of you know, Craig came home from the rehab facility on March 13th. Snoopy decided to catch a snooze with Craig and I just had to snap this pic. Too cute, Snoopy !!!

Love to all my family and friends

Karene

Feb - BOMs

Hi Everyone....here are the Febuary Block of the Months (BOM) that I have been working on. The first one is the free BOM called A Tisket-A-Tasket. I LOVED THIS BASKET with the birds. I can hardly wait to see what is in the March basket in this series.















Second, and my very favorite, is the Home Is Where the Heart Is BOM that I'm making with my good friends, Joy and Yvette. As you know we get together once a month and pick out fabric and fuse them on the background. Then we go home and "do the applique dance". Then, we each take delight in blogging the results for all to see. Here is my February block.
















I especially liked the dog and the cat. However, since my dog fabric was dark brown you couldn't see the eyes if I would have used black embroidery floss like the pattern called for so I decided to use yellow instead. This really set off the eyes. I think I'm getting better at the handwork and am thinking I might be able to do handwork after all, but only in short sessions.
















and just like Joy and Yvette did, I just had to take a picture of the January and February blocks together to see how they would look next to each other. I'm really liking these !!!

















Ok, so now to go elevate my foot ! If any of you haven't heard, I broke my right ankle on Feb 17th...which has been a real PAIN ! However, the good news is that I was put in a Cam walker (a boot and not a cast) so I can take it off to sleep, shower, etc. SIGH !!! Such is life !

All my love,
Karene