A lazy winter Sunday

Today Paul and I drove down to Mad River Quilting to pick up my Red Red Robin quilt which Lisa had quilted beautifully. Before leaving home, I checked and was relieved to see that I had already made binding for it. I was thinking of giving it away, but when we spread it out, Paul said it would be a shame to give away. That's the way it is - the new quilt is always the favorite. We'll see after I get the binding on. Maybe it will be our spring quilt since it is in purples and pinks, very scrappy. Lisa said it was no problem quilting through the scrappy back, too, which is good.

I bought a variety of smaller pieces while at Lisa's, some just 'cause, and some to make various upcoming projects with. I have very little tone-on-tone green for this year's Friendship Block swap, so I got some of that. The block we will be swapping: is called Prairie Flower, with signed cream centers, green corners, and florals. When finished, our quilts will be mini-gardens. I also picked up some fabric for kids' quilts, since Meg's little Jovianne Elise just arrived and caught me by surprise. I think Jovianne will get a little windowpane quilt that I can run up fairly quickly.

I'm hoping to have the binding on the Red Red Robin quilt ready to sew down to the back by Feb. 26 when the Heart of Vermont Quilt Guild will be having a retreat day. I hope a few more people will sign up because we need 20 for it to be a "go."

This afternoon, I'm going to work a little bit on borders for the appliqued quilt I've been putting together. I ran out of the dark green tonal I thought I could use around the edge, so I am piecing together a few things to make it work out. I wish I hadn't been "smart" and cut the binding strips before finishing the border. Oh well! I'm also planning to read the book group book, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, a little more (it drags terribly) and make some mushroom barley soup for dinner.