Coming Soon. . .

Everyone around here is waiting, not so patiently, for spring to arrive. We love / hate to talk about the weather, do we not?!

I thought I'd post these two photos of  spring's much earlier arrival from last year, just to set the mood a little. The reality this year is that our back yard is still covered in snow, though it has started to melt a little around the edges.  It is the time of year when our dog tracks in mud. Ugh.  It's seems very strange this year. The days are much longer, but we can't get out to work in the garden. Patience was never my strong suit.

It has, however, been the longest quilt season ever! I don't have much to show for it, though. There's a lot in progress at the moment. I'm slowly appliqueing hearts onto my red and white quilt. I've cut out another hearts and denim project to hand stitch during the summer. And I've been preparing a quilt to sew for a mini-retreat next Saturday. It's taking me a while to decide how to quilt the turquoise star quilt, so that isn't going very far either.

Spring, finally!

I wanted to show you what showed up in our back yard today. I've been watching for these. You may know that crocuses are my favourite flower. Well they are at this time of year, anyway. Until the irises bloom in May, which are also my favourite flower! We finally have a nice day today, and though there is still snow on the ground, it is melting fast. 12C and sunny. So we've been outside enjoying the day.

And I was handsewing the binding on my R&D quilt, and guess who jumps up to help. I didn't get much done after that, and left him there to snooze. I was thinking that I really like a handsewn binding, it looks so professional when it goes on all straight with good corners. But I've come across Suzie's Magic Binding completely sewn on by machine, and I might have to try it out. It would be so much faster. Have a look at the link here.