I'm Back....

It's good to be back to my regular self.  Three weeks ago I got the pneumonia vaccine and it took two weeks to recover from it.  The ads on TV say one of the side effects may be that motion is restricted.  Well ... they neglected to say that the restricted motion also means pain, the inability to dress or perform regular daily functions that involve moving your arm.  At any rate, it was a very uncomfortable two weeks but I'm finally back at my machine and doing a little sewing.

I pieced my boxy stars quilt

I just realized that I didn't take a final photo with the borders sewn on.  This one just shows the final audition. 

I am almost finished with the borders on the RSC sew along.  Just one final round to go in the border.  I did try it out on my bed to see how it would look.

 

None of the quilts I had fit my new mattress but I think this one will.  I always wondered why they called some of the duvets "queen/double".  Well it turns out the new mattresses are so tall that even though it's only a double bed size, you need a queen size comforter, blanket, quilt, etc.  to get the width and length to cover the extra pillow on the mattress. 

I belong to a small group of quilters trying their hand at being a little more creative.  The November challenge was to select 5 interesting fabrics and a collection of items that could be used as embellishments and put them into a brown paper bag.  We then selected a bag and had a month to create a mini quilt which would be gifted  to the owner of the bag.  Earlier this week we met for a Christmas get together and revealed the finished minis.  There were a few members who were out of country and couldn't be there to share so a few pieces are missing.

 

 

To get back into the swing of things again, I started a little sew along with Sheryl at Temecula Quilt Co..  Here are the four little blocks I've made so far.

They are so cute - finishing at 2.5". 
Now I think I'll hop over to soscrappy and see what other scrappy quilters have been doing.