It’s been a time! Between the show, and some guild activities and car tours, I’ve been busy!

Over the years I have accumulated lots of fabric, and notions and projects. Many of which haven’t seen the light of day since we moved here. Two of the guilds I belong to are collecting stuff to sell in order to pay for quilting talent to come and teach us something new. That being said, I have been uncovering lots of stuff to donate, and a few things to sell in the Etsy shop. It is a tedious process, and there is a bit of sadness in finding some of these abandoned projects that I no longer have any desire to finish. However, they may bring someone else pleasure to pick up for a fraction of what I invested. If you are interested in picking up a bargain on fabrics, books, trims, or a quilted gift for someone very special, take a look at http://www.vintagevacouple@etsy.com

Those frog fabrics were a delight to work with and they still bring a smile to my face. The wine wall hanging was a blast to make. It was one of the Project Quilting Challenges in 2022. Project Quilting is a brilliant way to practice making quick decisions and executing them. The baby quilt was the perfect vessel to use some of the fun fabrics I had tucked away.

We had a little chilly weather last week and there were lamb shanks on sale at one of the grocery stores. My beloved enjoys lamb and so do I. It was off to the market. When I got home I had to figure out what I was going to do with this cut of meat that I’ve never cooked before. Google to the rescue and oh my, did we feast! The recipe is from Allrecipes and is simply Braised Lamb Shanks Recipe and can be found on their website (it comes up first). It was a successful endeavor, but it does take the afternoon to work its magic. Most of the time was on the stove, but there was about 30 minutes of simple prep. And the house smelled marvelous! This reminded me of the lamb my MaMere would cook on holidays, simply delish.

Block count for this month is 48. Three were Dahlias created with ties. More on this in another post.

There were 20 pinwheels that were made with cast off 1/2 square triangles I found in my cleanout activity. They will go into a charity quilt.

And then there were 21 Ruby Pieced Hexes and 4 Half Hexes. These are for a project with the Virginia Consortium of Quilters. It is the 40th anniversary for the group and apparently 40 is the year of Rubies. As I am piecing these, I’m hoping that they will go together without much trouble, but my Y seam skills haven’t been in use for quite some time. There will be more on this project in a later post as well.

I’ll have more to share in another week or so when I get some of these projects completed.

Sew on!