Another day in the life of a quilter

While the wind blows the snow around outside I am nice and cosy inside doing what most quilters do , sew ;-) Now for a confession, I was not going to take part in ANY new BOM's this year , I told myself that I have too many projects to finish so just turn your head whenever you see those appealing projects showcased . I have failed miserably , first off I joined Terry in the SAL for Good night Irene ,how could I resist this fun SAL  . As I was sewing my four patch for my mystery quilt ,I was also sewing blocks for this quilt as a leader and ender project and this is what it looks like now .

As you can see I need to start making some X blocks now ;-0 So progress is being made and I should be happy that things are going as they should but no , I had to start something else , yes I know , groan ,groan but I have been mulling this over in my mind all month and here it is the last day of January and I did it ,I started the Aurifil BOM , couldn't seem to stop myself and this morning made that block .

A spool block , I simply couldn't pass it up ,now only time will tell if I keep going on this BOM but it was fun making this block .I used some cute little reproduction fabrics that I had on hand and I know for certain I don't have enough to make a whole quilt but maybe a runner would  be fun . 

Now we all know that quilters have to make sacrifices , I mean it takes a lot of time to create beautiful quilts , they don't just happen but someone has to do it but  I don't mind these kind of sacrifices at all . Yesterday I really went all out and sacrificed my precious time to go shopping for fabric , can you imagine , well I really had to force myself but like I said the things we quilters have to do . My time was actually well spent I found the perfect fabric for my borders for the mystery quilt I showed earlier and the best part is these fabrics are far from new , they both are older lines , one says 2005 , the other 2006 , the price however did not reflect those dates in anyway but again one must sacrifice for the love of quilting . I am presently cutting those fabrics to get my borders sewn on so expect some update on that in the near future but for now it is back to the cutting table for me . Thanks so much for stopping by today , it is always a pleasure to see you and if you comment all the better:-)

 hugs Sheila