AHHH. . . Sewing! :)

Nugget shared with you the reason for my absence from the blog. . . from his perspective :) From my perspective, it was a fabulous 10 days in a really beautiful log cabin that sat on 80 acres just outside of Cortez, CO. The property was absolutely amazing.Very well maintained, clean, there wasn't one time I thought "I wish there was a . . . here." It was like coming home that first night. We will definitely be going back in the future. If you have interest in visiting that area in CO, I really recommend this place. I can't vouch for the rest of Lana's properties but I can tell you this, she is awesome to work with and the property which sits just outside of Cortez is five star! Here's her web site, this link takes you to the property at which we stayed. The other properties are in the Durango area and look equally spectacular. This vacation was last minute. . . really last minute. We were lucky that the cabin was open (this is off season) for the exact stretch of time we wanted :)

We spent 10 days doing well. . . pretty much nothing!! We went to the dog park so the pups could run out some of their energy and I visited the quilt shop there (petted fabric, looked around but did not buy one thing!). Other than that, we spent a LOT of time on the couch. :) Now, as Nugget may have eluded to, it would have been perfect if I had my sewing machine with me but alas, there was not enough room. . . We won't talk about the fact that half of the stuff my husband insisted on bringing did not get used. . . not once. . . All is good though. I had tried out a couple of different background fillers on the rose linen. I knew when I did it that there was going to be some time spent ripping. So I did spend a few days ripping out stitches. At least it is fabric :) I may or may not have spent some time doing retail fabric therapy. . . And I have been reading blogs. For some reason, I could not comment on blogs. I was not able to figure out what was going on or how to fix it. So you may not have heard from me on your blogs but I have been reading! :)

OK, what's going on in my sewing space? Because I had 10 days to dream up new projects grin I started something new . . . yes, there is a lot of quilting that needs to happen at my house but I just really needed to cut and piece! 

The fabric. Handspray bundle by RJR and Quilter's Burlap by RK in Pewter.

Another view. . . SO colorful! :)

Another angle. Because I can ;)

And the first two blocks! AHHH sewing!! :)

If anyone is looking for me over the next couple of days, I'll be sewing!! :D I came home with a list of 7 quilts that I must (read want to because I had 10 days to dream up even more to add to that long list of quilts I must make) make. . . This is going to be my version of Modern Maples as I want to put as much of that lovely Handspray fabric into the quilt as possible. Yes, it will mean less negative space gasp but I think in the end it will be a beautiful quilt. Those colors just scream autumn leaves, don't you think?

I'll be back to share progress on this one soon. I also have a LOT of happy mail coming this week. . . I'll share some of the goodness and the plans (yes, I have a plan. . . for some) for it. Until then, I'll be happily cutting (background fabric is all cut, just need to finish cutting the colors now that I have figured out the most efficient way to cut these out of fat quarters) and piecing :) I'm surprised at how quick these sew up. Oh, and the bigger block is 12.5" and the smaller one is 6.5" and in making these I have confirmed this: I love big blocks. I cannot lie :) 

OH, and come back on Wednesday when I will be participating in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!! This will be my first time participating and I am SO excited! Make sure you come back on Wednesday!

 

Linking up with Patchwork Times for DWM and MCM over at Cooking up Quilts. If you need a bit of inspiration on a Monday morning, this is the place to go! Always so many great projects to look at!

Until next time, keep on quilting!