I went back and read
last year around this time in my Blog. Interestingly, I have the same conflict this year as last year. Choices, Choices! I would be nice if I didn't have these events over an hour away each direction and happening around the same time.
Today I went to Pendleton to deliver my quilts with Marlene of
KISSed Quilts. It was a wild ride but Fun to go and see parts of the town I'd not visited before, even a new place to eat! Yummy Sandwiches at the Great Pacific. I was stitching down the binding all the way and a half hour after we got there. I had to quit Wednesday night because my pain in my back was so intense. A PINCHED NERVE! OUCH!!! Spending the whole day at the sewing machine was NOT what my back needed. I'm glad I got it all done and will get to go and see it at the Krazy Horse Quilt show on Saturday sometime. Look for the pictures here on the ol' Blog after I go. I entered my
Bouquet of Friendship, Jacob's
V-Room, V-Room,
My Sweet 16 Twin Sister, and the Challenge quilt I named "Stars Americana". I quilted stars and loops all over it-- Free-Motion. I enjoy that much more than the panto that I was doing a week ago. It went quickly too. I'll show it fully on Design Wall Monday next week. Small quilts take almost longer to load than to quilt.
As for my UFO #4's for the month- nothing is getting worked on, as far as they got was out of the tote. I didn't even start on the
ORANGE Monochromatic challenge quilt. I bought special orange fabric for it too! April is a month that needed two extra weeks, since I missed two being out of town. My
Yellow Monochromatic Challenge Quilt from
January is on the quilt table now. I got it to a Top stage during the challenge.
I think the baskets need some quilted flowers in them... What do you think? My time will be limited this week-end but it is ready for when my back stops hurting and I don't have far away grandchildren visiting. Gotta get my cuddles in!
At Guild tonight there was a vote for the quilts made from last Year's BOM. I won second place and got more of the Wild Roses Fabrics like what are in the pink quilt. I will use them for another Marti Michell pattern that I've been wanting to make. It will be awhile before I start on that though. Lots of UFO's waiting still. I'm getting more confident in using my quilt table. Free- motion on the pink quilt went fairly quickly and I had fun doing the feathers in the borders. 
