WIP Wednesday: Snow Day Edition


Today was my THIRD snow day this week! 
How lucky am I with all the free sewing time?
This morning, I got up and began my regular morning routine and then school was called off. 
Whooo hoooo!!





The snow was coming down strong, so I was really happy that I did not have to go out.
 After some coffee, I got right to work finishing the quilting on the supernova friendship quilt that Kristie and I made together.




 By the time the snow stopped, I had the quilting done! 
I made up some binding with fabric from my stash and then I needed a cookie break.

 
Gary spotted the red tailed hawk swooping into our backyard. He grabbed the camera and snapped a pic of it sitting on our neighbors fence. It was super close! 
We get really excited when we see these huge birds in our backyard and hope that they will start eating some of the many squirrels we have around here. 
We like to think that our squirrels must be extra tasty because of all the birdseed they eat. 
Although, we might be sad if the hawks ate Bobbie. She's our favorite squirrel haha!

 (Hawk photo by Gary)


 Snow days mean uncovering the car and cleaning up the snow at some point. My muscles are going to be so sore from shoveling the driveway! Gary and I teamed up and got the job done. Then he got out his snow brick makers and started making...something. The snow bricks were too small, so he got out our cooler and made giant snow bricks! He was having so much fun. I'm not sure what he was going for but we decided that the snow was too dry to make strong and solid bricks. 
The snow will probably be stickier tomorrow. :)
Now I'm off to take an Advil and start working on that binding!

Linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced




Comments

  1. Great colors on your quilt! Enjoy your snow day(s) ^_^

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  2. I love the quilt -- the colors are very vibrant. And the backing sets it off nicely. Nice picture of the Hawk! It's wonderful to see their numbers increasing.

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  3. This quilt has great colors, and I love the back of the quilt as much as the front! I hope the digging out is going well!

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  4. I love your quilt!! Great colours.

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  5. Stunning quilt! My sister in law just sent a picture from Massachusetts with their snowfall yesterday. I am in Colorado and we have none in the Denver area with temps expected to be in the 6th today. Very odd.
    I am totally jealous of all of your free time though....you have put it to great use because that quilt is awesome! Take another picture when it is done!!!

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    1. Thank you, Melissa! Looking at this quilt just makes me happy!
      We have been having a strange winter here, too. The temps were below zero last night and by the weekend we will be in the 50's.

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  6. Stunning quilt! My sister in law just sent a picture from Massachusetts with their snowfall yesterday. I am in Colorado and we have none in the Denver area with temps expected to be in the 6th today. Very odd.
    I am totally jealous of all of your free time though....you have put it to great use because that quilt is awesome! Take another picture when it is done!!!

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  7. That's a beautiful quilt! Looks like you had a great snow day. I'm kind of jealous except that you have to shovel snow and we're going to have a nice warm weekend here in North Texas. Happy sewing!

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    1. Thank you, Michelle!
      Shoveling snow is not that fun but I am enjoying the change of scenery!

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  8. Beautiful quilt, is that foundation pieced sundial on the back?? Look forward to seeing it finished!

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    1. Thank you!
      Yes, the sun on the back is paper pieced, I got the pattern from one of my old quilting magazines. I started sewing the binding on last night, I might get it finished over the weekend!

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  9. Oh I love when a snow day turns into a sew day!!! My rituals are pretty much the same as yours! I enjoyed all your pic. We are unseasonably warm here in ORegon right now....and actually enjoyed the sun yesterday!!

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  10. Just popped by from Kris's blog to see the SuperNova progress! Wow! Love the backing.... And the straightline quilting! That aqua binding is going to make the perfect frame for this beautiful quilt!

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