

The garden lattice blocks might be first up. I didn't make any flower blocks in green, but blue will make a nice addition to the collection.
I keep seeing this quilt on Pinterest and Etsy, but I can't figure out how to make it other than in long rows. I hate sewing long rows. There must be a way to make it, but with blocks.
We went on a family hike yesterday, and the weather was glorious! Lots of flowers and bees and gators splashing in the distance. I keep thinking that it will be too hot soon, but we keep having these lovely cold snaps of 60 degree days. Perfect hiking weather! We also had ham for lunch in honor of Easter Sunday, so there will be ham sandwiches to enjoy all week.
Everyone is eligible for be vaccinated in Florida now and lots of people are getting appointments. I see a vaccinated return to normalcy happening soon! I'd love to see a vaccine approved for the kids below 16. Maybe before school starts next year? It would be fabulous to ditch the mask and work on labs in groups again. At this point, I would just be over the moon to see all of my students in person again and give up on the Zoom synchronous sessions.
I got a couple of blocks up on the blue wall. It is fun to switch over to a new month. There are so many blue scraps! I could do three months of blue and still not use them up. Dark blue will come back again and green-blue will get its own month, so that will help with not having to use up everything right now.
The sunrise was late this morning due to lots of clouds on the horizon. A cold front has moved in again and it is quite chilly. Sounds like a good reason to stay inside and start to fill up the blue wall.
I've been digging though old projects, orphan blocks and random stacks. These hexies are giant and random and are older than my youngest daughter! I am not feeling that I want a to finish this quilt and so I will repurpose these into tiny hexies to add to my rainbow diamond blocks. I think that I will find a nice movie and some scissors and settle in for some hand work prep time. I had wanted to sort through all of the randomness before we moved two years ago, but somehow it all just got dumped into boxes and carried over to the new house. It feels good to sort through it all.
I will link up with Kathy's Quilts and Oh Scrap! today. Looking at what others are accomplishing will be a nice inspiration for continuing to make progress on my own projects.
Wrapping up Green! I think I have some more crumb blocks in the works, but other than that, I am ready to clean up the green and move on. I am looking forward to working with bright and light blues in April. Don't worry if you aren't done with green though, there are still 5 more days in March. Also, green will come out to play again later, so you will have a chance to finish off the odds and ends or play with more shades. Green seems to be plentiful for most quilters.
It was so nice to be able to finally spend a day just sitting and sewing! I did take a break for a beach walk in the afternoon, and did the normal weekend things like laundry and cleaning the bathroom. Other than that though, I just played with fabric! So good for the soul. I made quite a dent in the green bin. There were lots of little bits of crumbs hanging out with the strings. I also generated so many waste triangles with the Sister's Choice blocks, and those are adorably tiny. There is still one more green Saturday, so I should be able to polish off the rest before the month is done.
Today it is back to school! We have exams on Wednesday and Thursday, which is quite harsh right on the cusp of spring break. This year evolved greatly due to COVID related changes in ways that nobody foresaw. Next year will make more sense I am sure. I am looking forward to doing normal things again. Vaccines are proceeding quickly around here. They have just opened it up to people 50 and above which has my husband off this morning to get his.
I've been so busy quilting that I haven't gotten much sewing done this month. I finished quilting the Tiny Tuesday Sampler quilt from RSC19. I got about half of the binding done last night before dozing off in the middle of Justice League. Maybe I can finish the movie and the binding at the same time today. There are lots of green blocks in progress, but nothing finished to put up on the wall. Hopefully I can fix that today. It looks like a nice calm day today, I'll try not to think about heading back to school on Monday. Plenty of time to prepare for that tomorrow.
I spent the afternoon today sitting on the balcony finishing up the binding on Nine Carat Diamonds. Then I got the Tiny Tuesday Sampler quilt loaded up on the frame, so that will be next on the list. Spring break is always a little bit of a taste of summer vacation being just around the corner. Just nine more weeks of this terribly odd school year! Still hoping that things start to get back to normal in time for the next one.