Happy Mother's Day!

tada ...finished

A special day to honor our mother's or those who are mother-like in our lives. I visited with my daughter a couple of week's ago and celebrated. Today was just another day for me and that is okay although DH did make breakfast and BBQ supper. Letting me have time for some quilting, knitting and some laundry.

shows hand quilting

I have had a couple of finishes this week. This quilt top was done back a few weeks and I decided to do some simple hand quilting on it(4 hearts in each block) . It is now bound and ready to go to its new home. Last week, I wanted to play with 2.5" squares. I had these umbrella blocks (that were a block lottery win)sitting on my cutting table and calling out to be used somehow!?! I laid them on the floor and started adding squares around them. Very colourful!! My friend thought I was crazy and said the umbrellas were bright enough but that somehow the colourful squares complimented the umbrellas.I figured with all those colours, it was definitely more a quilt for a girl than a boy...so the backing is bees and pink polka dots.(see in the lower corner of photo)

still needs quilted-not sure how to yet

I have had to piece backings lately as I don't have 3 meter chucks of fabric to use. My stash is either 2 meters or 5 and 6 meters.I will most certainly be looking for fabric to fill this void in my stash as I travel to my favorite quilt store this week during her May inventory sale!! Sales are always a bonus.
I will be looking in on Kathy and her loyal followers and see what everyone is working on today. My slow stitching will be some knitting. Although not needle and thread, it is very slow to the point of going backwards. I have been working on this baby afghan for months. I do only work on it on Fridays during our knit group. But the pattern is a bit finicky and I think I have unknitted(is that a word?) more rows than I have actually knit. So I have found that I need complete quiet and I can accomplish more. I have one more ball of yarn to use up and it will be done.
Happy stitching with whatever kind of needle(s) and thread/yarn you are using!!!