Ewe and Me...Done!

 I wish I could say I've been as

busy as a

but 

instead I've been more like a

I've talked about snails before,

I must have a subconscious love affair.

Anyway, 

I finally finished my 

Ewe and Me quilt that was

started in January, 2014

as the quilt of the year on

The Quilt Show.

You have seen it before in various states, 

but now it's officially done.

Janet Stone designed the pattern.

I had my wonderful machine quilter, Kathy,

quilt the majority of it back in Feb.

In March I added 

the quilting to the individual blocks 

representing each letter.

I did the Log Cabin,

the backgrounds and 

borders were done by Kathy.

 I wanted to add my 

interpretation to the blocks,

but I couldn't wrestle doing the whole thing.

 I used a line of  Sandy Gervais fabric

that I had been holding on to (hoarding)

for about 15-16 years!

Really?!

But I do have to admit,

it worked up pretty good in this pattern.

So the quilt has been done since March.  

It's just been waiting for the binding.

So I waited until the hottest day of the summer

and finally got it stitched down.
It seems that the snail
and I might have a lot

in common, not too smart.

 Until Next Time-

"LMNOP"

 When kids learn to sing the

alphabet song,

 the letters

"L,M,N,O,P"

get lumped together.

So, little kiddos,

sing merrily along,

not aware that there

are 26 letters in the alphabet,

not just 22.

I finally had a chance to get caught up

with the Quilt Show's BOM

A-Z for Ewe and Me,

by Janet Stone.

It's too easy to get behind.

This week, I worked on the 

letter

"LMNOP" plus a few others.

A sampler is fun, but 

it's important to pay attention

as you work on each new block.

It's all about balance.
Making sure that the colors and fabrics
are evenly distributed over the quilt top.
Especially, when the BOM
has you sewing the blocks together as you go.

 Then it's easy to get off balance.

But, so far, so good, I think.

Especially the letter
"LMNOP"

Until Next Time-