Hi and welcome. There isn't much happening here but today I changed up the quilts on the one wall of the house that I can re-organise. I wanted to share my Imagine quilt - it's as good a time as any.

Imagine - 2015 Music Challenge

I can't believe that it's already been 10 years since this quilt was created for our guild's Music Challenge. I had a lot of fun putting it together and even more fun FMQ it. You can read the blog posts (see Related links below) if you're interested.

Imagine - created 10 years ago!

We woke up two days ago to snow! I had noticed that my phone said that there would be snow/rain but there was a good foot of snow in the back yard, and it kept snowing most of the day. It's partly melted and with luck will be gone by tomorrow ❄ I know...it is just April.

Our April snow - showers to come eventually

A very brave bird...
I'm glad that I put food out the day before!

Fun Scrappy Runner

When I'm stressed, I reach for whimsical - so I bought these two stuffed doggies, in their bunny ears, to put at the back of my car. I'm hoping that it might help me identify my car from the back - because it's a white car, like every second car in the parking lot!

I brought down my scrappy bin that is mostly filled with strips and a few orphan blocks. I grabbed two orphan blocks from my Exit Strategy piece and started attaching strips. I want to make a runner to place under these two cuties so that I can Velcro them into place on the back - otherwise they keep wondering off!

Cuties on top of the new scrappy runner

Tomorrow I'll go measure the back of the car since the dogs will be on each side of the middle head rest. I haven't driven my car since the snow storm. I'm hoping that by then, the snow will be completely melted off it!

Scrappy bin of mostly strips and a few orphan blocks

What I learned and updates

Taking some time off for self-care was a great idea. I was too tired to get excited about anything quilty - I know...scary!
Hubby is back home with an IV of antibiotics. It's really amazing what they can do - the IV is replaced once a day and then is pumped out every 8 hours. We go to the clinic once a day to get it changed.
I'm still having fun with my Finch bird Minty - I'm achieving many goals so that she can go on adventures around the world. Right now she's in Vancouver discovering Nanaimo bars and Stanley Park.
I went into my studio for the first time today to do some stitching. It's still a disaster but I'm quite good at working around and ignoring piles of stuff!
It felt really good to stitch up scrappy strips.

Free Motion Mavericks

Welcome to week 526 of Free Motion Mavericks! Thanks for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.

Kat from Scrapbox Quilts has two lovely Bear Hug quilts to share with us. These are the perfect pieces to practice FMQ on. Way to go Kat! You can see details of her quilting by visiting her post.

Kat created Bear Hug #8 from an orphan/test block

Bear Hug # 9 made by Kat with a twist n' stitch tool

Denise from the Quiltery made a quilt with a variation of the Drunkards Path. Not only is the fabric beautiful but her layout is truly stunning! I love all of the mouvement in that quilt. Denise FMQ it with four petal flowers.

Denise's Drunkards Path Variation

It's now your turn!

Hi and welcome to my very quiet post. The only thing that got done this week was to wash the Small Blue Scrappy Quilt. I put it into the dryer (I don't do that often but the results give such fluffy goodness).

Small Blue Scrappy Quilt

Finished and washed, the small blue scrappy quilt is ready to take to the guild meeting next week.

Small blue scrappy quilt washed and ready to give

April's One Monthly Goal (OMG)

I tried to have this quilt as my February OMG but it didn't happen. Maybe I'll have a little bit of time to devote to it. There is only minimal FMQ to add and the binding (which will be in the darker colours). I'm hoping that this can get done. I would love it to hang on my daughter's wall. 😊

It's the Floral Fusion wall hanging, made during the quilt a-long hosted by Denise at The Quiltery.

My April OMG - the Floral Fusion wall hanging

What I've learned

It's been a turbulent week here. Hubby is back in the hospital as infection set in. It was only superficial (as in not deep into the wound) but they did need to operate to clean everything up. The nurses and doctors have been amazing. I am so thankful for our health system. It may not be perfect but it is accessible and won't eat up our savings!
Self-care has helped enormously. Daily reminders of what I need to keep healthy, including stretching and meditation has helped. I'm far from calm but I'm not a total mess 😉
I did attend the April Fibre 15 meeting and was glad for the companionship and the excuse to get out the the house to do something for myself. I did a tiny bit of embroidery, so nothing to show there.
I also put as a goal to read a blog post per day. It didn't happen every day but quite a few. I'm glad that I was able to do at least that!
Thank you so much for your comments of support. I'm not usually so obviously personal in my posts but it's been a hard time. I appreciate you all. Thanks 😍

Free Motion Mavericks

Welcome to week 525 of Free Motion Mavericks! Thanks so much for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.

The Joyful Quilter FMQ her lovely yellow March Table Scraps Challenge finish. What a cute mini! She even wrote the words of a song on it, since that was the theme. Check out her post to see what song inspired the piece!

Joyful Quilter FMQ yellow March Table Scraps Challenge mini

Brenda from Songbird Design participated in the SAHRR parade. What a great modern, geometric quilt! Brenda used rulers for some for the quilting. You'll want to check out her post to see the back of the quilt's lovely quilting!

Brenda's SAHRR 2025 Finish!

Brenda also created a gorgeous Bunnies in the Garden quilt for her March Island Batik project. She used her embroidery machine for the bunnies and flowers. I don't think that she FMQ the quilt, but she used parts of Karlee Porter's digital motifs on her quilt. I've included it here because these are great inspiration for FMQ motifs that you might appreciate. Check out Brenda's post to see close-ups of each block. It's truly worth it!