Memory Scraps Quilt

On Monday afternoon, I found out I was one of the winners of a Memory Scraps charm pack over at Just Ramblin'. Thanks to the amazingly fast U.S.P.S. the package traveled half way across the country and arrived in my mailbox yesterday. How can anyone not like the mailman when they bring treats like this...
I happened to have the fabric pictured at the bottom, which I think coordinates with the charms quite perfectly, in my stash. There should be enough to use for backing plus some.
Combined with these scraps from the magical box of squares and scraps I've been digging into lately, I should have enough for another charm square baby quilt.
I have quite a few other quilts that really should come ahead of this one, but the ease of piecing the pre-cut squares is almost too much to resist. We'll see how long I can hold out.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Oh my...it has been nearly three weeks since I last posted! In that time I have accomplished many things, though few are quilting related. First of all, I finished school. Then I moved. Then I helped my sister's boyfriend move. Then I helped a friend with her move. Finally, this...
Graduation day. On Sunday I graduated with my Master's degree. I can't tell you how happy I am to finally have it completed.

Amidst all the papers, boxes, and hours in the car I was able to get a little quilting done. My red and black string quilt is coming along.
Some in progress blocks:
And some of the completed ones:
And I managed to baste the disappearing nine patch yesterday.

Oh! And when I arrived at my new address this was waiting for me...
My winnings from Robin. So many pretty fabrics and a great pattern she wrote herself.

I'm anxious to get some more done, but have a lot more boxes to unpack and commitments to fulfill before I'll have time to make much progress. We'll see what I can squeeze in here and there in the next few weeks.

Progress and I'm a Winner!

This past weekend, I headed home to see my sister perform in a musical. She was the lead and did such a wonderful job that I ended up staying home for four days to see all the shows. Despite the stack of end of the semester papers and projects that need completed, I was able to sneak a little time at my machine. Sadly, I don't have pictures of the blocks, but I was working with these fabrics:I am absolutely loving the string blocks and can't wait to make some more. I believe I made 13 blocks. I think I'm shooting for 64 so hopefully I still love string blocks by the time I'm done!

More exciting news: I'm a winner! Last week, I entered Robin's birthday giveaway - her new "Five, Ten, Twenty" pattern and 20 fat quarters. Imagine my excitement as I read her winner post and saw my comment number and name on the screen. Usually, I don't know what my comment number is, but Robin had replied to all her comments with the number so as I scrolled down and saw '58' I was in shock and quickly kept scrolling to see if it could possibly be true. It was! She's already sent out the package and I can't wait to see all the beautiful fabrics in person! It won't be for a couple of weeks until after I move since I had her send the package to my new address, but it gives me something to look forward to as I push through the final weeks of the semester.

I have one more 'float' in my parade of projects to share tomorrow and then you are in for some laughs when I finally get the story of my original princess quilt up later this week. ;-)

Look What I Got

Look at what arrived in the mail earlier this week....
I was one of the March giveaway winners at Quilting Ranny. Jean gave away four of these breast cancer ribbon print cup sleeves as well as several other prizes. I consider myself lucky to have won one of these handmade sleeves. My debate now is whether to keep it for myself or gift it to a family friend that is battling breast cancer. Either way I know this will be appreciated!

Thanks Jean!