So it's the first full week back into the routine and so far so good....if you don't count a few newby High School Girl tantrums...and that's just from me!
Actually, Ruby is doing brilliantly and coping amazingly with her dramatic change in life and with no old friends to hold hands with in an unfamiliar place.
I am having a very productive week (which is a good job as no sooner are we back to normal than the next 2 weeks are disrupted again for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) and even had time for a little creativity with the stunning Elephants Love Water fabrics from the fantastic Umbrella Prints gals.
I started the week off at full speed, inspired after the great Makers' Fair last weekend and promised myself if I got everything done on this week's To Do List I could start thinking of what I was going to do with the fabrics. To be honest I cheated a little...let's face it I have more work than my little head can cope with with all that is to come...made it realistic in terms of what really had to be done this week...and consequently decided today was Play Day!
Oh boy is this fun to play with! With my new found favourite block, it was Wonky Windmills all the way when I paired Elephants Love Water with some coordinating Kona solids and navy Quilter's Linen. 6 blocks later and I'm in love! Ideally I would love this to be bed sized, but I think it may have to be satisfied with being lap sized...unless it wants to stay on the never-ending "there's no way I have time to finish this" pile.
Some time during the holiday I started this and didn't manage to show you the end results. Justine has saved me the trouble as she is explaining all about it over here. Go check it out...it may be worth your while!
Talking of giveaways (inadvertently), in amongst the holiday mayhem I never closed and drew a winner for this giveaway. Consequently your luck is in if you still want to enter as I am going to draw the winner on Sunday.
I'll be back on Sunday with a winner and then bear with me over the next few weeks. What with the Jewish New Year holidays and getting stock ready I have a feeling I may not be around very much, but hopefully enough to say hi at least...
Have a great weekend and good luck in the various giveaways!
7 comments:
I love those blocks - they are so colourful and happy and look like a lot of fun to make.
Shana tova to you and your family! x
oh karen! those windmills are awesome! love them!
those blocks are really something!!
Loving the fabrics you chose for those blocks. They works so well for those windmills!
The blocks look great. I saw them yesterday on another blog and new I had to add them to my list =D
It's a fabulous idea and I love the way you jump in and do it Karen! Great to see it being made up too :) Loving your windmill quilt - really looking fantastic :) Kx
cool! I love how my eye moves around each block and over the patterns :)
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