Welcome March!

Three days late to welcome the month, but I needed to do some important work first. I hadn't created my collage for last month and since I like to send out the old month when I am welcoming a new one, I delayed things a bit. Take heart! I eventually get around to things! 

I have already been sewing some good stuff in these first 3 days of March, and I am eager to share that here, but first I must close out February with my collage of highlights.

TOP ROW: In that first snapshot, I am standing with Barbara, a volunteer at Pioneer Florida Farm in Dade City. The historical group hosts a huge event - everything from draft horse pulls to quilt shows - and all the buildings on their 21-acre site are open for touring. Barbara was hostess in the tiny Methodist Church, and we talked quite a bit. Eventually we exchanged contact info because she was retiring and I offered to buy her pioneer dress. Yes, she is a bit shorter than I am, but we have already made the exchange, and I think I can make it all work out. The second snapshot is some of the luscious fabric I bought that same day at Quilted Twins - the most wonderful quilt shop in Dade City. And last, the snappy card wallets I made.

MIDDLE ROW: After much gnashing of teeth and wrangling of ideas, I took the final stitches on Grandmother's Flower Garden. At last she is ready to be quilted! The middle picture is yours truly with my baby sister Carol at Walt Disney World. We spent a wonderful 2½ days with them even though the weather was not ideal. Too cold and windy! The Magic Kingdom is in the distance in my last photo in this row.

BOTTOM ROW: Carol and Monte's guests at Disney: (l to r) Jayne, David, Dawn, Kevin, Sandy, John. We six are the family I refer to as the cousins on Moonrise Lane (our Florida residence). David and Sandy are my 1st cousins. The next photo is of a KF jelly roll quilt I have started. More on that to come! And the last picture is Lake Effect, the 10-year quilt that has found its way out of storage and onto my work table. Yes, I am back to take this to a finish!

February is a short month, but we packed a lot into it and just like that, our time in Florida is two-thirds over! We will return to Ohio at the end of this month. In the month remaining, I have a few more stitching projects on the agenda - pillow covers for beds and sofas here in the Florida home. I also need to stitch up some curtains for the lanai windows. And speaking of lanai, I have a futon out there that might get a new slip cover. We shall see just how ambitious I am.

So come on back and I will keep you abreast of progress being made!

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne