Fresh Sewing Day Feb 1

I felt somewhat let down last night when I was making my mosaic for this link up.

Really, that's what I made?  Mostly bee blocks.  While I want to make those, I also want to make other things!  I think it was a combination of events, my niece visiting into the New Year, the arrival of the new grandbaby on Christmas Day, and spending a lot of time starting and finishing Madrona Mosaic.  It sure felt like I did a lot more sewing than what is showing up.

I did make one other thing I can't show yet.  And I have posted a couple of progress pics of a commission I am steadily working on, that should be complete by the end of next week.  And getting a quilt made from start to finish in 10 days was a big accomplishment.  And I love the way it turned out.  

I'll have more in February.  At least I am planning on it!

I completed the Running with Scissors Bee in January, and these are the blocks that went into the bee.

I like to take a look back at the end of a bee and see the diversity of blocks I made.  Some were more complex than others, and I have come to view those as a challenge.  Due to bees I am no longer afraid of paper piecing.  

Linking up with Lily's Quilts and

Madrona Road Finish

Not only is this my first finish (and start) of 2013, it means I finished one in January too!  Whoohoo.

And I am entering into the MQG Madrona Road Challenge, with hours to spare.  

Madrona Mosaic

As of yesterday, here is where I stood.  I decided to add one more section of tiny tiny squares.  

If I had taken the time to determine how long it takes to build a block with 1" squares, I might not have gone this route, but here we are, at the end of the road with it done.  

I wanted to make this at least large enough for a baby quilt.  

The final dimensions are 42" X 50".

Our Modern Quilt Guild said that we could include one more solid, and I chose Kona white.  Each of the other fabrics in the line had white in it (except the yellow and blue solids), I felt I could pull from that with the solid white.  

And here I am when the power went out.  With just one day left to complete.

I was in the midst of deciding if I should pack everything up and finish the quilting somewhere else, when the power came back on.  And I said a little prayer to the binding goddess, and I believe that she was fair.

With only about 15 minutes of daylight left I was able to snap a few photos.  They aren't the best, but will have to do.  

I used the Morning Glory fabric provided on the back.  

 I did just a few bits of free motion quilting from the back, following the flowers in the Morning Glory fabric and using the variegated black/white thread I was using on the back so they would show on the front.  

I was undecided about how many of these flowers to use on the front.  I ended with the few across the bottom and 3 coming up the left side.  

I used Superior Threads King Tut white thread for the quilting on the front.  

At this point I would wash the quilt.  But I will wait to see if I hear anything from either contest before I do that.  

Fingers crossed.