A Trip to the Zoo!

 This is another one of those fun quilts from Villa Rosa Designs called Mojave. I saw it at a quilt shop in Florida last year and bought the kit for $29 it was so cute!

 It was also SO easy to sew together!

 Very simple blocks, large pieces of the theme fabric and some squares around the quilt for the border.

 I quilted it with the pantograph "Amaze Me", which looks like a maze or puzzle pieces to follow. I noticed my 3 year old grandson following the actual quilt design on one of his quilts a couple of weeks ago. That was fascinating to me that he would even notice the quilting, but he did.

I tried my hand again at sewing the binding on the machine for both sides. It is acceptable, but I still need to improve on it.

Di Ford Mystery Quilt

 I resisted for a while but then finally caved. I signed up for Di Ford's Mystery Quilt with Homestead Hearth and the package arrived in 2 days. I began working on it this week and almost have all my pieces ready to appliqué. Here is the center vase minus one section.

 I have now joined those making hexagons and began prepping them with glue. The last time I made hexagons was about 20 years ago and I basted the edges with thread. I also was not doing so much handwork then so did not get very far. I used the Bohin glue stick. These hexagons are small - 1/2"....

 but won't they be pretty when all sewn together?

You can see how small they are when I hold 28 in the palm of my hand.

I had to tea-dye the floral fabric for the flowers to fill the vase. I used instructions from an older Little Quilts book which was very simple. It turned out well. 

Hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend as we celebrate our risen Savior!