Sunflowers and Sunshine

Today was a beautiful day to sit outside... and study. The weather has finally warmed up and I feel like I can finally reveal my spring break quilt. I was tired of all the rain, snow, and cold so I spent my spring break in a pile of colorful fabric--far away from the blues and greys of winter.

This comes from the April 2006 McCall's Quilting Magazine, Stars All Around pattern:

 

Forgive me for the lack of up-close pictures on the star detail. I'm still getting used to photographing. The outer border and center of the stars are made from a sunflower fabric. I have plenty of leftover scraps that I am going to make some pillows out of the star blocks. 

The little dog in the corner? She is convinced that the quilt is for her. She already has her own dog quilt, fleece jackets, and a dog bed. Sorry pup, this one's for the humans.  

After relishing in all the sunny yellows, oranges, and greens, the weather man had to announce that another winter storm was named tonight. Are you kidding me? It's the middle of April!!

Wishing you all the best this week! 

 

I'm baaaaack

It has been a long time since I have blogged and so much has happened since my last post.

The quick and dirty:

1. I'm now in my second semester of nursing school.
2. I have received the official diagnosis of "lupus".

I hope to begin blogging regularly again about my adventures in nursing school, quilting projects, recipes, etc. 

Nameless

I feel a lot about sewing or quilting is based on knowing your machine. If you don't know how to thread it properly, use the right needle, stitch, or tension, you're not going to have a finished project. Well, you'll have something, but I'm not sure anyone will know what exactly it's supposed to be.

With that said, I have decided that my Bernina needs a name. I know her inside and out, but still don't know her name and that just feels... wrong, almost as if we've been having one-night stands for the last last 5 years. She puts up with my crazy ideas, lets me use her as I wish, and I thank her after a job well done. But she's more than a one-nighter... she listens to my frustrations, lets me toss around ideas with her, and has remained faithful to me even though I wander off and use her sister, the Bernina 180 every once in a while. So, she deserves a name so we can establish a more fulfilling relationship and not seem so touch and go.

Does anyone else have a name for their machine or talk to it? Any good name ideas out there?