Multifarious Monday

I'm going to start this post with one more challenge quilt. 

Here is Sandra's description. (the bow tie top center was the block she got in Houston from me)

I just finished the top I designed after you let me choose an antique block when I was at the Houston quilt show with my mom last year. I just have to figure out the border now.

For the fabrics, I decided to go with the inspirations I got at the show. I picked up some wonderful vintage fabrics from a stall at the show, and I just loved the cow block, especially because it was a mama and her little calf! When I got home, I pondered what to do with the antique block and decided to look for Liberty fabrics in a similar color way. After that, it was just a matter of finding some matching Kona solids and having my family randomly choose numbers between 1 and 100 so I could make blocks from Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. I really like how this lap quilt is turning out. I think I’ll probably just put a 4” white border around the perimeter, but to do that I’ll have to go get some more Kona Snow!

If you’re looking at the squares (ignoring the cow block), the ones with vintage fabric are numbers 1, 3 (that’s the antique block I received), 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 18. The rest are Liberty fabrics. Some of the blocks even combine the two (4, 8, and 9).

Boom! Such a great job Sandra!!

I used this quilt as my backdrop for my Zoom lectures and thought I'd leave it up for family photos. I'm so glad I did! We got some great pictures. You likely have seen them on Facebook  or Instagram, but thought I'd share a couple of my favorites here. 

Family Fun!

I got my sister out of bed for a sunrise hike!

No snow, but can you tell how cold we were??!! Brrrrrrr. It was beautiful!

Wow, I can hardly believe it is the last day of November. I'm ready to embrace December whatever it may hold.

Choose to make it an amazing week!