Create! Days 24 & 25

A week ago Friday, my husband said he was looking forward to the three day weekend.  I just smiled and said that I was looking forward to my nine day weekend.  Yes, I've had the whole week off and tried to squeeze in as much sewing as possible. In fact, the more days off, the more time I've spent creating (at the expense of other things).  And my husband is such an enabler!  For example, early in the week I served him a lovely, home-cooked meal by candlelight.  Last night we had take out, bless his heart!  I promise when I post this I'll go do a little laundry, a little housework, and actually get that roast in the oven that I had planned on serving last night. 

We woke up to snow yesterday morning.

 

These first two photos were taken from my front door.

These last two photos were taken from the door leading to the back deck.

 

 I've always loved shots of quilts in the snow, but either we don't have any snow, I don't have a new quilt to photograph, or I just plain forget to take advantage of the photo op.  So -- I grabbed the quilt block I had finished on Tuesday, ran outside, and re-photographed it in the snow. 

 This block is a variation of a pillow made by Tacha in Issue 1 of Fat Quarterly.

 In between sewing, I can't help but fold more fabric (a la Jeni).

 Jeni even added me to her blog post showing neatly folded fabrics from reader's stashes.

 Here are a few peeks at another little project I've been working on today.

And I started making hexies for Megan's (Lucy and Norman) Bee Hexed In block.

Megan asked for jewel tones, and I couldn't resist taking a picture of these jewels in the snow.  I've been waiting all day for the sun to hit the back deck so I could take the shot, and I think it's been worth the wait.

With wishes, true and kind -- Joan

Create! Day 1

I realized the other day that I used to make much better use of little moments.  Lately I tend to put off any sewing projects until I have several uninterrupted hours to dedicate (which does not happen nearly as often as I'd like).  Then I remembered how I used to have blocks cut and ready to go next to the sewing machine, so that whenever I found 10 minutes here or 15 minutes there, I would sew up a block or two. So I decided that for the month of February, I would try to work on a quilting/sewing project for a minimum of fifteen minutes a day.  Hopefully, I will log more time on many days, but at least I'll always get a little something done and feel that I'm moving forward.

Not long after I made that decision I read about Kelly's similar idea and joined her Create! flickr group.  The idea is to do something creative every day in February and post it to the group.  Check it out, and maybe you'll want to join in the fun. 

With bee blocks and wedding projects, I should have plenty to keep me busy this month.  And then I had to go and join two quilt-alongs!  I just couldn't help myself!

CHQ quilt-along, led by Cherri House

Single Girl Quilt-Along, led by Nova, Katy, and Megan.

And, since today is February 1st, I started off the month with a bee block finish.  Chris' (Izzy Inspired) block for Bee Hexed In is finally finished and ready to be mailed tomorrow!

And happiness is making the thread last until the very last little hexie had been sewn down!

Maybe another bee block finish for tomorrow night?  Come back and see!

With wishes, true and kind -- Joan