Quiet Quilting Day

Today the sun was shining and even though it wasn't warm, it wasn't too terribly cold. And the next few days are supposed to be cold and wet! So Laura and I went for a 2-mile walk, something we try to do several times a week. We go at her pace, so it takes us about 45 minutes, a fairly big chunk out of the day, but worth it.

                                  

I was finally able to get down to the quilt studio in the afternoon and surprisingly, Laura didn't follow me, so I was able to get some things done. I finished the 3rd row in the Winter Wonderland Round Robin. This row is a Mock Crazy Patch. You cut 8 squares and stack them, then cut, shuffle and sew. The challenging part for me was that I was using flannel, so it became difficult to cut through the seams. I ended up pressing them in opposite directions and that helped a lot. Overall, it was a very quick and easy row to make. And now I'm caught up on this project!

I have a quilting calendar on the wall in my quilt studio (but I'm upstairs right now and can't tell which one it is) and when I saw the calendar quilt for March I immediately fell in love! I decided that a block from that quilt would be my March mini wall hanging. It's a paper-pieced block and I cut the pieces out on Saturday and then sewed them together this afternoon.

The paper-piecing was fairly straightforward, but the directions for putting the sections together was not very clear. I think eventually I might make a small quilt using this pattern, so I made some notes to help me do a little better next time. (Those center points are supposed to meet, but you have to figure that part out on your own!) I still need to quilt and bind the block so I can hang it, but at least I've gotten this far.

So... this has been a quiet quilting day, but I'm planning to Get More Done...Tomorrow!

I'm linking to Fabric Tuesday and Freemotion by the River's Linky Tuesday and Sew Cute Tuesday