Things I Like on Thursdays

The peace of daily Mass, the smile of my grandchild, the hug from my husband - these are fond memories from this past week.  Another thing I like is the old coat  and leggings I've gotten out of the trunk and put into use. Lately it's been in the 40s in the early mornings, and I'm not handling this cold too well. However, wearing the items mention around the house has brought me some relief. Ahh. There are no photos for that. So let me show you some eye candy from the quilt show my mother and I went to a couple of weeks ago.

The show was small, but as always, quilters brought beauties to share.  First one - a Piece O' Cake design.
I'd never seen it in black before. Loved it.

Isn't this octopus fabulous?

Best of Show!

Love this boot quilt!

Shelly Pagliai of Wien, Missouri, designed the quilt, Hazel’s Diary, which tells the story of her mother, Hazel Ilene Hyde, who was born Sept. 19, 1936. Hazel’s parents gave her a diary for Christmas 1950. She faithfully wrote in the book every day for the next few years.
Here's someone's version at the quilt show:

While I like this version, I love Shelly's:

Just depends what size quilt one needs.

Do go visit LeeAnna -others will be linking their likes at her blog, too.

Hope you get to quilt today.  Peace!

6and6in2018

Time to report on my 6and6in2018  for February.  While I didn't get to a finish, I got my top sandwiched and completely quilted, so I feel I made quite a bit of progress on this one.

This is my Mod-Mod Sampler from Block Lotto.

It was my #10 UFO in Judy's UFO challenge - my other incentive to get old time projects done.  This was begun in 2014.  All the fabrics are from my stash. I quilted each block individually. I want to bind it with leftover fabrics used in the quilt top. Determined it will be a finish before the year is out.

A closer look

The backing I chose

I'm linking to Meredithe's 6and6in2018. Do go by and see how others progressed. Link above.

Some of This; Some of That

Up on my design wall is the doll quilt for Spread the Love.  It measures 26" square and made all from scraps and some leftover binding.  I am privileged to contribute a quilt to this worthy cause.

The front:

The back:

Do visit her link to see the generosity of those others who answered the call for doll quilts. Some made way more than one.  Bless you all.

As to destashing: I used 0.46 yd for the back of this top, 0.5 for a few more HSTs, and donated 2 yards to the Guild.  I'm reporting 2.51 yds out for a YTD total of 9.25 yds.

This Sunday I'm back to hexagons.

Hope to make some on this sunny, but cold day.  I usually try to do some garden work on Sunday afternoons (the green waste is picked up Mondays). However, I'm such a wimp, and weeding doesn't happen in 40 degree temps.  Maybe next Sunday.

I'm linking to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching, Cynthia's Oh Scrap!, Sunday Stash , and Design Wall Monday. See you there.