We woke to another sunny day in Seattle...a person could get used to this!  Day after day of seeing a big yellow light in the sky surrounded by blue in February and March, well, it's unheard of around here!!   No clouds, no gray skies, no rain!!!  This past weekend we spent more time outdoors than we did in and loved every sun-drenched minute.  Days like this are hard on a quilter though...who wants to stay indoors and sew when the sun is out?!?  So I won't be staying indoors today...I'm going to go out into the sunshine and drive to my favorite fabric shop!  While I'm still inside, let me show you the quilts who made an appearance at our last meeting!

Our year long group project has finally come to an end!  Each month one of us got to have the group make blocks for us.  Ardith requested red, white and blue stars of any shape and size...she got quite the mixture!  We put her blocks out on a table to see how they looked - pretty darn great!

Kareena showed us her scrap-buster crayon strips - she had two of the strips done but this pic doesn't show how long they are - and they are long!  When this top is done it will have every color in the crayon box...cute, cute, cute!

Helen showed us this top a while back but she didn't have the borders on then...we all agreed, gray is a really good background color.  Just look at all of those triangles!   This is another great scrap-buster quilt.

Stephanie made this adorable baby quilt - love the stripped small border - it really sets off the blocks! 

Janet made this Christmas quilt pictured above.   Janet didn't think she was a real quilter...hahaha...there are many ways a quilt-maker turns into a quilter and Janet is a Real Quilter!  In case you're wondering what makes a person a Real Quilter, I've written down my Top Ten ways...

A real Quilter is someone who:

Makes more than one quilt a year

Has a stash and doesn't need a comb for it

Makes holiday quilts (because she has made quilts for herself and all of her loved ones and needs an excuse to keep on quilting!)

Has several quilts in the works at one time

Knows that a sandwich is not food

Knows that Warm and Natural is not a medical reference

Can strip and stipple without getting arrested

Understands that size does matter...1/4-inch cannot be rounded up

Uses a rotary cutter more than a whisk

Buys fabric she doesn't need

Now that you've been educated, let's continue with the show!

Lori finally finished her masterpiece!!!  I say finally because while Lori said this quilt took a very long time, in another universe this quilt would have taken a century!  That is not a printed fabric border - that's all very fine hand-applique...Lori is a Real Quilter!!

Lori also brought this very cute kitty quilt she made for her newest grandbaby.  The quilting on this little quilt is wonderful, too!

Denise made both of these - I love the runner!  Wouldn't an entire quilt made with just little squares be cool?  Might have to attempt that!  Denise paper-pieced the wall-hanging - all of those points are perfect - Denise is the paper-piecing Queen!!

This might just be the most amazing thing I've seen...Jenny is making this - these are the blocks she has finished so far and there will be 50 in all.  Jenny purchased State Flower Fabric so each Grandmother's Flower Garden block is made with fabric representing one of our 50 states.  In the center of the block Jenny has hand-embroidered the two-letter initials for the state and then she has hand-stitched around each block in a contrasting color.  Gray and creamy white background really set off the flowers...this is going to be so fabulous!!!  Way to go Jenny!!

That's it!  Short and sweet this month because the weather has been too nice to stay inside and quilt!