I have been lost but now I am found

First off, Happy Easter to you all! According do the dates on this blog, I have been MIA for darn near a month, how did that happen? Guess I have been in funk and I blame the damn weather. Spring is taking forever to get here and I miss the sunshine and being outdoors.

So this last week found me rummaging around in my fabric stash. Our son is getting married in June and I need/want to make them a quilt. I then found this quilt top buried under a pile of batting and since I have been wanting to try the free motion quilting for ages now and have never commited to it yet, I decided this would be the perfect top to try that out on.
I put the three layers together Friday afternoon, and commenced on the free motion quilting all day yesterday. It looks like a drunk person did the quilting on this one, but I am still verrrry happy with it. I decided before even finishing this project that it would be a pratice quilt and I would use it for camping anyways, so no pressure, just practice. It was a lot of work to work this quilt in my sewing machine (due to the bulk and my small sewing arm) and I took serveral breaks, but in the end I got it done by evening time yesterday.

Now it is off to find a quilt pattern for the son getting married. Their colors are black, red and white. I can't wait to get started now that my crafting mojo is coming back.

My own sweater

I got this sucker finished earlier this week, and it fits perfect!! Love love love it. We are going camping this weekend down in Arkansas so I want to do a photo shoot with it. It is going to cold and rainy down there so it will be perfect to wear. I was afraid that when I finished this it would be too warm. It is not here in Kansas City.
I just joined facebook last weekend (I know, I am slow to join that part of the internet) and am connecting with tons of family and friends over there. Check me out, as Jolene Rau.

Last snow fall of the year??

Hopefully it will be. Here is what I found outside my kitchen window this morning. Our resident squirel eating sunflower seeds at his home made picnic table made by my husband a few years ago. I think we got around 4-5 inches of snow today. It is supposed to warm up to near the 70's by the end of the coming week, hard to believe when you see this snow.
I will miss winter because I always knit more at this time of year, it is a great excuse for staying on the couch, watching movies and knitting. But I look so forward to spring, as I love to be outside in the warmer weather soaking up the sunshine and all the freshness that season brings to us.