Tulips Are Blooming Top Finished

 Hi all -

I hope everyone is doing well! We continue to have unusually warm weather with little snow. It's certainly pleasant, but we could also use some moisture!

This week I finished piecing my "Tulips Are Blooming" quilt top. The pattern for this quilt is from the book "Jelly Roll Quilts" by Pam and Nicky Lintott. The pattern is called "Floral Bouquet."

Tulips Are Blooming

I changed the borders from what were used in the pattern. I thought the squares on point looked better with the interior of the quilt. In the picture, the squares on point in the border look too small to me, but in person I think the proportions are right. Although I like the current size, I might still decided to add a narrow white border before the binding. I think that might look better.

This week I also got my box from the Pink Door box club. With this club, you get a box of Tula Pink fabric along with extras like ribbons, zippers, bag patterns, etc a couple of times a year. The box comes out when there is a new Tula Pink fabric line and contains one of each fabric in the line along with a collection of her solids. You can sign up for fat quarters, half yards or full yards. I get the half yards. It's an extravagance, but I love the boxes! This box had Tula's Graywork fabric line and a couple of ByAnnie patterns along with some other stuff. I really like the fabric and decided to make the Easy Does It bag.

Easy Does It Bag - Outside

Easy Does It Bag - Inside

This is one of the four free patterns on the ByAnnie Web site. To get the pattern, you have to create an account on the site and add the video class to your account. (It took me a while to figure that out....) This bag is a good size for holding a small knitting project.

After making my new bag, I decided that I needed to start a small knitting project to put in it! I picked Turnt designed by Laura Nelkin. 

Turnt

I've been wanting to make this cowl for a while and just picked up a couple of kits on sale. It's a simple cowl, but starts with a mobius cast-on and uses two yarns held together so there are still new things to learn. This yarn is light as a feather and will be luscious to wear!

Nancy