And I was doing so well!

my colours for Metro Rings

I managed to stay healthy all winter and then WHAM!!!A dilly of a head cold took over. I would just like that jack hammer in my head to stop. But the show must go on and so it did. Yesterday I was the teacher of another curved ruler class at our guild called Metro Rings. We have bought the ruler and we are making good use of it at our guild. How many times do you buy a ruler for a class and never use it again. We are trying to avoid it with this one. Although I must say the Sew Kind of Wonderful company is staying on top of their patterns. I am not sure this is a good thing or not. From the time I bought my ruler and pattern(within the last two years) till now....they have added lines to the ruler and have added measurements to the patterns to make them easier. This is a good thing, don't get me wrong but as a teacher working from her pattern...it can be a bit frustrating.
Regardless my 7 students did very well and by the end of the day many had 4 full blocks done. They were well on their way and could finish the others at home.

upper left that edge has been rolled.

embroidery up close-amazing

From machine work to hand work. The hand quilting is coming along on this quilt. I have rolled it once already. To put this in perspective...the side of the quilt I rolled is almost 9 feet long and I reached out almost 12". All done in less than 4 days. Not sure I can keep up this pace and I know once I get to the embroidery it will slow down for sure.
This is going to be a few months project so I will slowly add details about it as I go. You can look back a few posts here so see where I started

Today I am hoping to put a few stitches in the quilt and join everyone who pops over to Kathy's blog for slow stitching Sunday. Other than that the house needs a vacuuming and laundry is being done. That is about all the energy I have.