Happy Quilting on this InterNtnl Quilting Day!

After two intense weeks of activity, am happy to report I have the whole Saturday I can devote to quilting - yeah! - and it's Worldwide Quilting Day.  I love babysitting the DGKs, and working with my St. Anne's group and dining with DH and friends, and volunteering at the library, but gotta' have my quilting. Today, after straightening up a bit and having some healthy oatmeal ( enhanced by Splenda, walnuts, cranberries and cinnamon) I started working on my Guild's BOM quilt again that is my lovely finish for March.  Back is now done.  Here it is on my queen size bed.

Uh - it's a lot bigger than I visualized. Yes, I knew the size, but I'm bad at picturing how big that will be.  So today I'm going to challenge myself to put it together as a QAYG project with a solid back.
I've made several, but only one other one with a solid back.  Better go find on my quilt bookshelf Marti Michell's Machine Quilting by Sections book.  This is the go-to book if you're making a big quilt on a domestic sewing machine.  Click here to see her video on this book.

I'm linking to SewCalGal's Virtual Sew-cial today.  Go on over and meet some quilters from all over the world.  

I Won

Imagine my surprise to get a message from Carrie at A Passion for Applique that I won this great eBook: Step by Step Portrait Art Quilts by Margaret Bucklew.  Woo-hoo, I've always wanted to do this, and now I have a comprehensive book to work from.  I'm scheduling trying one this summer when things are a bit slower.  Thank you Carrie for the giveaway and Margaret for all the fab info during the book tour.  I like that it is an eBook - I got it right away!

Mid-Month Check-In for

A Lovely Year of Finishes

....I am way, way behind.  But the only thing to do is start up again and move forward.  I'm working on the back:

How are you doing?  Join us at the linky on Melissa's blog.