Friday!

And things are somewhat together..... Somewhat.... Kind.....  We've been to Jamaica and back. Had a fantastic trip 

Hubby and I had a blast hanging out at this late night lounge that overlooked the ocean. We liked it so much that we went there ever. single. night. 

We spent a good amount of our time at the pool or the beach.  It was so very relaxing and calming.  I am now somewhat spoiled since our time spent in lounge chairs was spent with much reading and several naps. Also, beverages were continually refilled without my ever having to get up!

This was a perfect anniversary trip for the two of us and one we wish we could repeat every year.  We both turned our phones off stuck them in the safe and didn't pull them out again until we were leaving.  We didn't take computers with us either.  It actually felt really good to disconnect and focus on each other.  The resort we stayed at was a couples only resort and the entire place was set up for romance.

I have never swam in water as clear and beautiful as the waters in Jamaica.  The views were always agreeable. We did not want to come home. 

Once we did it was back to work on craft projects. 
I have my fabrics for the Soda QAL and they are pictured below.  They're cut too.  I decided to get a little ahead so that I can take my time cutting the petals (still haven't bought my fusable web yet). Hopefully tomorrow's store run will have my supply list finished and I can start drawing my petals and get going on cutting the 445 petals (oh deer Lord that number gets me every time). 

And in case you didn't notice I joined another QAL.  It's a Super Mario Brothers one over at Cut to Pieces.  It's going to be interesting!

I have had the weekend off thankfully and it has been very blissful.  Hubby and I are getting ready to go to the Caribbean a week from tomorrow so between figuring out travel/pet arrangements for that I have been using my weekend off to sew. A LOT. 

Yesterday I spent the day washing, ironing, and cutting fabric.  Today I continued to wash, iron, and cut but I added sewing into the mix.  As stated before I am going to participate in the Soda QAL that my good friend Allegory is hosting.  I picked up  my lemon yellow fabric for my Lemon Fizz quilt and cut the squares from 5 of the fabrics I picked.  I got an early start on it since the QAL starts on the 11th and I will not be here. I don't think I can convince my house sitter to work on it for me (nor do I want them to).  

Today I finally did something with the Marcus Fabrics Itty Bitty Bella Fabric I've been holding on to. I had no idea what to do with it till I found this pattern from Michael Miller. This is just the quilt top and it needs to be trimmed but that is a project for another day.  I really do like this. I'm not a pink fan but I got the fabric at a huge discount and couldn't resist since I knew I would make a baby quilt out of it eventually. Might try to sell this one to support my fabric/yarn habit. 

Also today I pieced together my Lorax quilt.  I've had the blocks done for about a week now and I had to buckle down and put it all together.  It's the biggest quilt I've ever worked on. I still have to add two more borders. 

I hope to get some more quilting done and eventually get all my fabric gathered for the Soda QAL.  I need to buy about 8-10 more fabrics to have what I need.  I'll include pictures of that in my next post.