Stolen Moments

Last week my house was full.  My family including

this new little guy.

Sanford, 5 weeks

Despite the fact that all of us were prepared to

take care of him...

I occasionally stole away to my sewing room for

a bit of fabric respite.

I have been slowly working on gathering, cutting,

and refolding fabrics for a scrappy red and white

Ocean Wave. 

This pattern is from Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com

I decided to use only reds and white fabrics

so I have been rooting in my reds

cutting 2 inch strips

matching them up with white strips

topping it off with a Thangles strip,

and sewing them into half square triangles.

I'm going to use Bonnie Hunter's idea of  "Leaders and Enders" and

stitch these units together during the year as I work on 

other projects.

Did you notice back under the picture of Bonnie's quilt the number

of half square triangles required to make the 91"x 104" quilt?

2124 stitched pieces!

I probably wont' make it that big.  I'll just have to see

how far I get.  You never know.

So even though the family was here and there were lots of meals

to make and a baby to hold and Christmas to enjoy

I stole a few moments for me.

Happy New Year, friends!

May all your new projects bring you joy.

Until Next Time-