Hoping for a Nothing But Sewing Day!

 It seems like these first couple weeks of the month have been filled with lots of interruptions and distractions from what I really want to be doing!  So, I was hoping to be able to spend today in my sewing room happily stitching away the hours. (and I did!) I did manage to finish the top for my Chilhowie quilt over the last weekend!

Here is 1/4 of it!  I guess now I'll set it aside until it comes up in the rotation for quilting!  Speaking of quilting, I finally got the shop sample for my Fast Lane pattern quilted!  I used Hobbs premium silk batting in this one, and I love how soft it is!  It quilted up so nicely, too.  I used a swirl hook on this one and used Aurifil 50 wt Light Delft blue.  

I've been wanting to make a quilt with these M&S aboriginal fabrics forever, so I am delighted that it came out so well!  I like all the different prints so much it was hard to choose just four of them for this quilt.  I'll be making up some kits for this when I work this weekend.

Today I did some work on my February Island Batik Ambassador challenge!  I'm loving this fabric line!  It is River Walk by Jean Wells for Island Batik - and it's gorgeous.  Can't wait to show you what I'm making with it!

That's about if for the week so far - I had to do grandma duty yesterday when her mom had jury duty - we had a fun time!  It's amazing how much energy 2-year-olds have!  I slept good last night for sure!  Looking forward to another day of sewing tomorrow - and I should spend a little more time straightening up as well, things keep getting piled up faster than I can organize and put them away.  I guess because the sewing is more fun than the cleaning!

I've been meaning to start participating more in link-ups with other blogs, so am linking up with Denise today!