new fabric

I get 12 fat quarters a month from the Fat Quarter Shop, all by Free Spirit. Here's what I got this month. It's Snow Flower, by Dena Designs.
I don't know much about this designer, but it's pretty cute. It'll take me a minute to warm up to the teal and pale purple. That's not a combination I'm used to, or one that I would necessarily choose. I need at least 12 fat quarters for Elizabeth's quilt-along, and I was thinking these might do the trick, but now I'm not so sure. Some of these might turn in to cute purses.
I'm spending 2 of my 4 March weekends out of town, which has unhappily cut into my sewing time. For the Geese in the Forest March block, I have to make 27 of these:

Plus, I'm making two of these quilts at once, so really, it's 54 (at least I get to switch colours, right?)
In other exciting mail news, I jumped on the tip and I should have 3 yards of Flea Market Fancy coming my way from Nevada. Super excited about that!

PTQB-- March part deux

There are two different quilts going on for March for the Pieced Together Quilting Bee. I got my fabric from Sara and she wants a 1930s spiderweb block. She sent lots of fun fabric strips to make it scrappy. This should be fun-- not only do I not work with repro fabric very often, but I've never tried these before. Lots of fellow quilty bloggers say that they've gotten kind of addicted to these, and before even cutting into the fabric, I can see why-- these are great for those last tiny little bits and pieces that I can't bear to throw away.
An update on my grandpa's scrappy quilt: I finished the quilting, and have been sewing the binding by hand while I watch TV (one of my favorite ways to spend time on the couch, actually-- with my husband, two dogs, and a quilt to bind).
I also got the new triangle block for Geese in the Forest, so I have plenty of sewing to do. I really enjoy being in the middle of projects, so this is a happy place for me.
And, because I don't like a post without a picture, here's a picture of my newest baby, delivered to me on Friday.

Geese in the Forest-- first block

I decided on my fabric choices, but also decided to abandon foundation piecing (for now). It's still a new task for me, because I had to figure out how large to cut the pieces and still end up with a 6" block. Here it is:The white is Kona Premium (of course), and the pink and orange are other Kona cottons. A real advantage to working with solids is that there isn't a "right" side. The Park Slope fabric will appear every once in a while in a triangle. My points aren't perfect, but I am still very pleased so far.

2 new projects

The start of February brought about two new projects that I'll be working on, craft-wise. The first is Twiddletails' Geese in the Forest BOM and the second is See Katie Sew's Pieced Together Quilting Bee. I'm very excited about both of them. I like feeling like I'm connected to other creators around the country (world?) doing roughly the same things at roughly the same time. But at the same time, it's all my own. I think that's partly why I create.

I got my fabric for February's block, which happens to be Katie's, today in the mail. So much fun in one little envelope: Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy, which is kind of a cult hit and hard to find these days, along with some solids and some other cute ones. I adore the brown and white polka dots! Katie wants a wonky log cabin-ish block, which is right up my ally. I won't post pictures of the finished block until I know she's receieved it, because I think it's more fun that way. I'm free to add fabrics from my stash, too, and the finished block will be 12.5" square. Here's a picture of the fabric sent to me:

I bought my fabric tonight for the Geese in the Forest. I'll post pictures after I make the first block!