First finish

Bigfoot's Forest is all together and ready for quilting!  Measuring about 65" x 72", it will be a nice size for Chris, and I hope to get it to Marie for long arming tomorrow.  She is fairly speedy, but I am sure it won't be ready for his birthday next week.  I made him a card which I'll give him along with an Amazon gift card ("One size fits all," he always says). 

The scrappy checkerboard border took me a long time due to the variety of greens and neutrals along with some 2" squares from the panel I cut up for the previous border.  The center figures were taken from Elizabeth Hartman's Legendary pattern.  I have enough of the green print left over for the binding once the quilt returns home.  Green has always been Chris' favorite color.

The weather here has been typically frigid (in the single digits) with blowing and drifting snow.  I haven't left the house - not even to go to the mailbox - in three days due to icy roads.  If the roads are OK, today I hope to go to the post office to mail a small package and to yoga.

The weather is supposed to moderate a bit tomorrow, and then I'll get out to the quilt shop and maybe Joann Fabrics for "notions."  We are running low on fresh vegetables here, too, so I'll probably shop for them along the way.

I always feel a little let down after finishing a quilt top, so I keep busy with blocks of the month and some scrappy string projects until I feel ready to work on something more seriously.  I have the fabric all ready to cut for an Exploding Heart quilt which I may start later this week.  Meanwhile, I will try to take a nap after yoga today and then read more of the latest Number One Ladies Detective Agency book.  Nothing much is happening, but somehow it's cozy enough for a winter's read.