Conquering the List!

What a girl can do with a 3 day weekend!
Here it is...
One, two, three! Yes... that is 3 out of 3 for the Designer Mystery BOM
project from Fat Quarter Shop!
I am caught up... but the problem is that I left off with block 4 from last year!
So even though there is some hope of staying on track...
well, the track is a bit of a slippery slope!




But what I thought I could do is starting with block 5, do last year's and this year's BOM at the
same time! One is Christmas and one is not.
Another thing that I have been wanting to do for-ever!!! is this pattern by Blackbird Designs.

Although I don't have great expectations of getting it completed by Halloween...

it will be nice to be working on it as a fall project... that might actually be ready by

next fall.

Another nemesis that I needed to conquer is Eventide.

Yes, Eventide! Do you remember that project?

There was a great group of bloggers/and some non bloggers

working on the pattern at the same time.

It was co-hosted by Thelma at Cupcakes and Daisies and Nicole at

Sisters Choice blogs.

There were lots of beautiful creations from the pattern

(by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.) but mine

didn't thrill me. It was a bad relationship from the beginning.

But, for some reason, the LQS encouraged me to put it on the

class schedule. So I did... I obviously am easily persuaded!

I figured a two part class of a large quilt might not be for the faint of heart...

so even though it was on the class schedule... I was pretty sure it wouldn't get enough people to sign up

and make it a class.

Oh, so wrong!

So, I decided over the weekend to get out my rejected pieces and have a

review. Then I started to play with the pieces to see what I could come up with.

That's the thing about me... I hate to be defeated! And the first go round with Eventide left

me feeling like that... defeated!

So I played some more and made the star blocks, so I could be well

prepared for teaching this class.

So tonight is the night.

I will let you know how it goes!

I was given this sweet little applique center by Marby from the Wooden Gate Quilt shop.

So I decided to make a little wall hanging with it. I am waiting to add the name of

my first grandchild... and then I will put on the striped binding! Thanks Marby!