February Finish

Hello World!

Can you believe this is the end of February?

It has been one crazy month.

I did manage to finish,

in the nick of time,

my project for the Flickr group

A Lovely Year of Finishes.

Remember this awesome Don't Be Crabby fabric bundle I won from

Laurie Wisbrun? 

 

And my last post telling you I was going to 

make a quilt using Rachel from ps i quilt's

pattern, Smitten?

I can't believe it,

but after sewing 128 of these

(along with a few other steps)

(did I mention the process of cutting squares and drawing a line on the diagonal

then sewing it on a block

and cutting it

is one of my very least favorite things to do?)

But I was a trooper

and did 128 of them.

Was it worth it?

Oh....my...gosh....

YES!!

See?

I am SO loving this quilt!

With Laurie's fabrics

it is just perfect!!

And I have enough pieces left to make a fabric basket

(like this one from Noodlehead's Divided Basket pattern)

and a pillow.

I cannot wait to have this quilted

and bound.

This is one of my most favorite quilts I've made yet.

Here's my favorite little cutie 

That little aqua houndstooth crab...

that little fella melts my heart!!

For the border I used some fabric I had in my stash.

I apologize for not knowing what the name of it is!

But I love the red and I love how the little swirls in the blue look like waves.

Once it's all complete it will be going to my very dear friend,

who's little baby is now 8 months old.

But I think once she sees everything, she won't mind I was so late.

I have to tell you,

while working on this beauty

I caught up on Nashville

(I LOVE this show!)

by watching it on Hulu.

Oh yeah...Rena and Decon....

love me a little country action!

And I also watched Season 1 and 2 of 

Downton Abbey.

Oh my....I am hooked!!

If you have not seen this,

you need to.

Best.....show.....ever.

Stay tuned this weekend.

I have to share what I received in 

the Sew Sew Modern swap

AND

an awesome pattern I won from

my friend Stephanie.

What have you been up to?

I'm off now to read the blogs I haven't had time to read.

What a month!

xoxo

Cindy