Covered in Love Launch

...And we're back! I took most of March off blogging for a couple of reasons. For one thing we've had constant torrential rain, making photos of finishes next to impossible. Also, all that rain meant our septic system wouldn't work so we couldn't do laundry. Ick. Believe me there was not much going on around here in the last month you would have wanted pictures of. 

But the best reason I didn't blog last month was because I was busy getting everything together to launch Covered in Love!  On April 1st I took the first 8 quilts up to the hospital.

For anyone who hasn't heard I'm gathering quilts to be given to the families of patients who pass away in the hospital. Something that they can take home with them as a comfort item.

(As you can see we actually had some genuine SNOW when I took these pics.)

One of the quilts I dropped off was this old WIP that I finished for the project. I call it Dallas Nights because the black and white prints remind me of skyscrapers from a distance.

I quilted it pretty densely with square spirals in the "buildings" and stipple in the "sky".

The sashing and borders go a square spiral too, and the backing is my new favorite IKEA print since Numbers if going out.

Please please feel free to donate to Covered in Love.  All the details are on the main page. I am looking for quilts in the appox. 50"x65" range. They need to be machine wash safe. I'll take unfinished tops and blocks as well as finished quilts. I can't do this by myself, and I promise they'll go to a good cause!! Comment or email me for my address.

Linking to Finish it Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Triangle Quilt Along, and life in general

So, at pretty much the very last possible minute, I have decided to join the Triangle Quilt Along.  The deadline for posing a fabric pull is midnight tonight; here is what I came up with.  I used the squirrel fabric as my inspiration and added some teal, too.

Other things that happened this week... This is on my design wall.  I'm planning to frame these three sections and then set the whole thing in dark blue solid.

I'm up to 12 blocks done on the Rainbow Waves quilt.  Oh, and this happened. Rotary cutter injury (yes, Again!)  Same finger, not quite as bad.  There were some very bad words said when that occurred, but no blood was shed on fabric :)  It's healing well already, thankfully.

Linking up to Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation and the Triangle Quilt Along fabric pull linkup.