Farmer's Wife QAL Progress...

My Completed Blocks For March

These were the blocks our QAL group had for March:
Block # 2 - Autumn Tints
Block # 6 - Big Dipper
Block #10 - Bowtie
Block #15 - Buzzard's Roost
Block #29 - Economy
Block #31 - Evening Star
Block #34 - Flock
Block #51 - Hovering Birds
Block #52 - Hovering Hawks
Block #103 - Whirlwind

I managed to complete all of mine except the Whirlwind block. That's ok, because I'll do that one first with the April blocks (unless I finish it before we start the ones for April).

Terrie's Completed Blocks (Hearth and Whimsey Blog)

We're all working at our own pace, so there's no pressure to finish a certain number of blocks or work faster than you're comfortable.

Terrie's blocks are really pretty, and precise, too! Terrie's blog is Hearth and Whimsey, and you can click here to read about her blocks. Thanks for sharing our blocks, Terrie!

Carol's March Blocks (Brown Quilts Blog)

Carol also accomplished quite a few of her blocks. You can visit her blog, Brown Quilts (here) to read about her blocks. Your fabrics are great, Carol! I can't wait to see how your quilt progresses!

I think one of the things I really like about our QAL is the wide variety of beautiful fabrics used in all the individual blocks. I haven't seen a combination that I wouldn't love yet!

I'm going to add a link up at the end of this post, so that the rest of the participants in our QAL can link up during the next week to share their blocks with you, too. If you're really curious, you can also click on the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quiltalong button in my left sidebar to head over to our group Flickr album. There are lots of photos there!

At the top of my blog in the menu bar, I have a FW QAL link so that you can see who all the participants are. Take some time to visit their blogs. I think you'll enjoy all of them. (I sure have!)

It's hard to believe the month is nearly over! April's blocks will be listed before we know it, and I've already let the group know that we'll have twenty blocks to do in April. For those of us making queen or king size quilts, that means only sixty blocks to go after that!  Woo hoo!

If you're part of the QAL, don't forget to link up below...and you'll have until March 30th to join in.

OH! I almost forgot!!! Monday is my next Memory Lane Monday! Hope you'll share one of your favorite stories with us! I'll have my post ready around 10 pm on Sunday night, so you can link up early. There! I think that's everything for today.

Happy Creating!

This Won't Hurt A Bit...

Just when you've settled into something comfortable, things change. I guess change is inevitable, but sometimes it's just a little inconvenient. So instead of viewing it in the negative, I'm going to choose to embrace and move toward that change.

I read my friend Anne's blog today at Fiona & Twig. She always has the most beautiful photographs, and she's famous because her work has been included in a number of magazines now. I love visiting her vintage images and elegantly, down-home Texas posts.

So, the really great thing about visiting Anne today is that I learn I have an option for something on my blog! I'm going to give you her link to her post (here), so that you can read it all for yourself, but if I boil it down to its essence, bloggers need a backup plan for keeping track of their favorite blogs and blog friends.




Thanks to Brent Riggs at Linky Tools, there is now a beta version for that option. (Brent is responsible for the link tool I add to the end of my Memory Lane Monday posts so that other bloggers can link up their own memories posted on their blogs). If you'll look to my right sidebar, I've now added a new friends widget which Brent calls "Linky Followers". It's easy to sign up for the service, where you'll be able keep track of your favorite blogs and your blog friends.

There's no cost and it's a great option if when the inevitable end comes to Google's follower service. As an added bonus for becoming my follower through this service, you can go back to my giveaway post (here) and leave a note to tell me that you're following me through my new widget and get another entry in the giveaway!

Just click "Follow me" on the widget (either above or in my sidebar - they'll both work) and register. The instructions are easy to follow, and it doesn't take long. After you've and added your name on my widget, add your comment to the giveaway. I know...I'm not completely thrilled that there will be a change in our future either, but I have so many things I still want to tell you, show you and celebrate with you. I'd hate to lose touch because we put off doing this.

More fun stuff tomorrow. See you then!