Spring is in the Air ~ Sew & Tell

Welcome to my weekly Sew & Tell party... and welcome to the hint of spring!

This week's mini-quilt (#12/52) found me using a sweet little smocked heart that was in with all the orphan blocks I have been foraging through lately. 💜

It was the perfect match in size and color for this small piece of fabric that had been hanging out on the corner of my cutting mat.  

I have noticed robins in the yard, the grass turning green and small buds about to burst open on our flaming maple trees.  They all need to careful though... there is still a chance for big snowfall... even into May! 

It has been several weeks since our return from our beach adventure and I am getting a longing to go somewhere again... Since we need to spend a little time here on the Homefront and get a bit of work done, I spent one day making a few blocks for our Camping Journal Quilt... you can read the whole story of them here.

Last week's partygoers shared lots of inspirations and updates. Here's a quick look at just a few...

Andrée shared her Project Quilting project with a flower representing "overcoming fear"...

Donna shared another pretty pink flower...

And Turid shared her amazing Colorwash quilt... which could put a big dent in my scrap bin.

But my dream of that will simply be put in my memory bank since I need to turn my focus back to finishing the remaining quilts from my customer... 2/8 have been returned finished...

Here's her reaction from receiving them....

Oh my gosh !!  Just opened the box and they are beautiful !!  Perfect !!  You are amazing !!!!  Mom would be so happy !!!  Thank you so much !!!  I can’t wait to see the others.   These are just fantastic !!!!!!!!!!

Thank you !! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

There are three more done and ready to be sent off this week. This week I will finish quilt #6... a fraternal twin of this one, but with white sashing strips.

I will be getting my proofread copy of the Pieces of theSanta Fe Trail book back this week as well.  So, one of the tasks I will tackle is getting the document properly formatted so that I can upload and get moving forward with the printing of it..  This is pretty exciting, yet a wee bit scary since I am not working with any grant funds for this project.  It is fully funded privately... The minimum limit for getting a bulk order discount increased from 100 to 200 and the actual printing cost has increased.  I am trusting that everything will be fine. Afterall, everything else has come together for it. A step in faith is required...

My next mini will again include a piece of smocking and a few small bits that had been cut out of fabric intended for applique.  I'm not sure that what I create will be what anywhere near what the quilter had intended for these pieces, but I am looking forward to some slow stitching.  I used one piece of smocking as a label for a quilt...

Do your quilts get labeled?  

What sort of label do you use?  

What sort of information do you include?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you.  

And don't forget to join the Sew & Tell Party!

Keep Piecing,

Melva

Linking with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

This & That at Days Filled with Joy

Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do

To Do Tuesday at Quilt Schmilt

Mid-week Makers at Quilt Fabrication

Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter

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