Getting in under the wire...

I spent most of this month hopping around on crutches after a foot surgery (still have the cast on for another little while, boo hoo!) and also making a simple quilt for a friend going through chemo right now...

I managed to get two blocks done today for the block lotto, with just a few hours to spare! Since I can't go up to my sewing room easily, I decided to use civil war repros that I already had downstairs, and found it really hard to locate some dark fabric...this fabric definitely reads black but does have pink flowers ...hope it is okay!!

Here is a photo of the quilt I have been working on, lots of scraps used for this one and some donated by the lovely Kate!

Good luck everyone!!

one additional heart

This additional heart makes my total 4 for the month. For some reason, my hearts seem to be more masculine colors on the left, and more feminine on the right.

Let me introduce myself...

My 2 string heart blocks

Hello all.  Thanks to Sophie for letting me join this really interesting blog. I'm Cyndi, and I live in a small mountain town called Forest Falls - it's in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California. We live at 6,000 feet, and currently have 3 feet of snow on the ground due to a massive, wet storm that came through here Friday and Saturday. So I've been hunkered down at my sewing machine, space heater running, working on various projects for various blogs, groups, and swaps.  I know some of you from other groups and blogs - waving hello - and am glad to "see" you here.

I'm married with 2 adult kids (Theresa and Kenny) and am a soon-to-be-retired teacher and teachers' union president. June 2 is my last day of work.  On June 3 my husband and I are taking our trailer to British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska for 3 to 4 months. (We don't know exactly how long we'll be gone - it's the first time in 26 years that I don't have to be back in August!) I'll be taking my Featherweight for when we have hookups, and my Singer 99 hand crank for when we don't.  I have 3 blogs - my cooking one, Cookin' With Cyndi, which has been neglected of late due to work and sewing, my travel one, Wanderlust, and my sewing one, Just One More Stitch.

I'm looking forward to lots of fun on this blog!

2 more

This is it. Two more for a total of four. Julie P.

The Final Four

Well, actually, my only four! I made two more blocks today, bringing my total for February to 4 blocks.

Here they are, the two I made early in February and the two I just made. That's it for the month!

Nine Done !

Here are my nine blocks for February!
** Caroline **

More Blocks - Better pictures

I have a total of 5 blocks finished for this month.  Since the last photo was so bad, I have attached a photo of all 5 blocks to this posting. 

my first block lotto post

Here are my first 4 blocks. I'm looking forward to being part of this group. Your block photos are lovely.

Got one done!

This one is the correct size, and I'll donate it.

Happy Stitching,
Andi in Arizona

Feb blocks 9 + 1 to donate

February Heart Blocks

I managed to do another two hearts to donate as I was a lucky winner last time

I have also finished piecing a scrappy top which contains my 'bonus's' and a heart that I made first and is too small to enter the lotto - just need to trim and add a scrappy green border and for the first time - no cost, no outlay just time spent... hurray!!

another heart completed

I was able to make another heart block

Total blocks submitted:  3 (donated)

Two for me, so far !

Here are two hearts for me, so far! I wanted to get them posted in time for the sneak peek! I will try to get more done before the end of the month.
** Caroline **

more hearts

It was Friday Night Sew In yesterday.  It is so good to have a designated day to stop everything else and sew.  

I got to make up another string heart block - here is a photo of the two hearts I am submitting (for now - I hope to make some more soon)

Total blocks submitted:  2

All in all, a very successful FNSI - which actually lasted most of the day

Two more from Deana

Please add two more hearts to my list.

2 done

Finally, I got 2 hearts made yesterday while I was home alone! Now, what to do with my bonus blocks?
These were fun (once I wrote down the sizes of the pieces so I didn't have to keep coming out to check my computer). It was interesting, too, to see the fabrics again that had been hiding in my string bag for months.

String Blocks

I am not all that pleased with my results. I guess that's because I'm just not that comfortable with free style piecing. I am quite rigid and need my blocks to be exact. Anyway, here are the 4 that I have made. The one last one, on the bottom, was a gift from Blondie, which she included with the Stacks she sent me. Because of her generousity, I will donate it to a newbie for an extra chance to win.

Last one, I swear

One more to donate.   I really am done now.

My Heart belongs to you ;-)

I have attempted the heart block - the first one did not go to plan, but the second one worked out better ;-)

I am submitting the black & white heart (it looks a bit brighter in real life ;-) )
I am hoping to get to make up some more real soon.

Sophie, since I won last month, I would like to donate my blocks this month.

Scrappy Heart Blocks February

Here are two. I may make some more; have other projects in the works but I am grooving on these hearts. In fact I made a purse using one block that didn't quite turn out to spec. Here is a peek.

Thanks Sophie for a fun block to play with.

Blondie