The Tale of a New Start

Hello, Sunshine and a very Happy Saturday to you! 

It was a very blustery day in the holler yesterday. The trees were whipping and cracking all about. The birds flew from limb to limb, and the leaves whirled and swirled to the ground. 

Wow! Look at my flag snapping in the howling wind! 

I soon retreated into the house to avoid the winds and the few sprinkles that descended from the sky.

     

 "Hmmm what  should I do ? " I  asked as I admired the pretty fabrics that my daughter sent me. 

Soon I spread the pretty  2 1/2" strips out on the cutting board enjoying all of the pretty florals. 

" Dare I start another quilt today?" I asked  Annie who sat quietly on her rocking horse with her own wee quilt.  

"I do think I will! "I exclaimed.  Annie just smiled sweetly.  

As the wind howled outside , a glorious quilt came to mind.

 After giving it some thought , I hopped over to Diann's blog, Little Penguin Quilts , searching back  through her previous posts- just searching for the quilt that has been burned into my mind for nigh 2 years. As I eagerly scrolled through Diann's previous posts,  I  admired all of the pretties and took notes of future projects . In no time,  I came to it in  Diann's April 1, 2023 post called  "A Slowly Stitched Finish " .

 "There it is! I" shouted. 

"What dear ? " asked Mr. Pinker who appeared like a ghost  into the room. "Who are you talking to? What did you find?  " 

 "I am just talking about a quilt, dear. "It is a beauty that Diann created called Dancing Pluses. " 

As I pulled out my rotary cutter, Mr. Pinker looked down at the cutting mat;  he knew what was fixing to happen .  So off he went to see what he could get into on this blustery day. 

 Since this month's RSC challenge is dark fabrics, I thought why not piece some dark Plus blocks. With a swish and a swoosh, the rotary cutter was cutting away. Soon I had the 1st block ready to piece. 

As I was merrily sewing away, all went dark in the house. 

"Bummer ! " I shouted!    

The lights went out! I got up and looked outside the window. No rain, but a few small limbs had been stripped from the trees . 

As I made my way back to the sewing machine, the lights turned on .

"Eeeh we are back in business! "

 Again , I started sewing away and guess what happened. Yep ! The electricity went off again.  😲

 This "back and forth" with the electricity went on all evening long.  Frustrated I  called Mom.  As everyone knows, moms make everything better . Yes even power outages.  🤗 

"Is your electricity flickering on and off? ", I asked Mom. 

 "No, but the I saw the electric company's  truck down the road from your house working. "   And "POOF!" - right then and there the electricity came back on and stayed on -- see I told you moms make everything better. Hee! Hee!     

By the end of the day, I was able to get 4 blocks pieced . Like Diann's blocks , mine measure 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" unfinished. 

 Rather than tempt the "power fates" and start piecing some brown blocks,  I called it a day and stepped back to admire the Dancing Plus blocks that I was able to piece.   

 Thank you so much, Diann for the constant inspiration. 

Well that's my story, and I am sticking to it! 😀🤗

 We did not get the rain that we were hoping for, but it was a nice cool day. 

Thank you for stopping by to hear my tale of a new start.  I think I will tempt the fates today and try to piece more blocks. Fingers crossed the electricity stays on! 

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

"It is all about which way you look..."

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I miss and love you so much.   ❤👼

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet.

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy for Scrap Happy Saturday

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