let it snow, part 1

I finished my snowman quilt in time for the guild meeting, but just barely. It was neat to see the different ways everyone used the snowman panel—no shortage of inspiration there! I didn't bring my camera, but if you check the Citrus Belt Quilters website in a week or two, you should be able to see photos of the winners. We also had a magnificent potluck lunch. The CBQ members are not only wonderful quilters, they are great cooks too!


I enjoyed working with the polar fleece. Wintertime is definitely the right time to be making things with fleece. It took somewhere between 5000 to 6000 snips of the scissors to do the raggy seams. At least I was warm while snipping (yes, I did have the spring-loaded scissors which saved my hand from a sure fate of repetitive-motion injury).


The plaids in the plaid raggy quilt were taken from colors in the snowman fabrics so now we have a set of cozy Christmas-y quilts. These ones are for my family. Most all of the quilts I make are given away, and so we mainly have store-bought blankets and such in our home. And since I'm still gathering Christmas decorations, they really add to the Christmas cheer in our home.

happy quilting!