April Flowers

 

Howdy quilt folks! Long time since I last blogged. I feel like I'm in confession LOL. Quilting has become my total obsession. With family obligations, household chores, and a part-time job, time is limited for much else. However, I enjoy sharing the things I learn in the quilting world. Therefore, I will get back to it! 

What's going on this week?

The weather in this area of Texas has been sunny and warm. The spring flowers are scattered about and make for lovely walking scenery. Normally, during this time of the year, we have tons of bluebonnet fields. This year, bluebonnets are sparse. But I enjoy all of the wildflowers as you can see some of my photos from my morning walk yesterday above. 

I attended my second Chisolm Trail Quilt Guild meeting yesterday. I really enjoyed being with many other like-minded people. We had a speaker;  Annie Smith who did an excellent presentation on Understanding Color Sense. My biggest takeaway was about the value of colors from light to dark and how using them appropriately can enhance your quilts. 

What am I listening to?

I found this great Podcast for quilters called "The Quilter on Fire Podcast" by Brandy Maslowski. She interviews quilters and fiber artists from all over the world. I have really enjoyed listening to her during my morning walks.

What am I working On?

After having recently finished a bit of a monotonous ....I should say very large and monotonous quilt last week, I started an improv quilt. I find that I do that.  It's like my brain needs the freedom after focusing so much on the same blocks over and over and over. The aforementioned quilt was a bow tie medallion quilt 96X96. I will post a photo of that once I have quilted it. Back to the improv quilt....I wanted to do a Medallion Improv type quilt that I could use my scraps on. I decided to use all of my purple scraps with orange scraps. This is what I have so far.  Today I am working on finishing up the bottom border blocks. I love how it is turning out. 

What are you working on?