Tops - and 1 finished quilt

I had completed a few tops and then set them aside. I pulled them out this week to get backs and batting worked up and to the quilter. Here's the 4 in work...

2 with black backgrounds

2 with white backgrounds

I still have TONS of 2.5 squares and am thinking of making some of these patterns again... maybe some different background colors...like red?

And here's a quilt I finally finished and hung on my curtain rod in the dining room. It's really for the family room and to hang differently...

The middle is a pattern and uses pictures taken by us on two separate trips to the Grand Canyon. On the 2nd trip, I found the postcards on fabric (2 different sets). I love them on the sides! That part, I made up.

LOTS of stuff in work

I'm working on a few things at once...nothing complete to share. I've been reading patterns and trying two different ones. I did piece a backing for a table runner AND repaired a pair of jeans for my DH. The iron-on patches were not sticking to the jeans. I took a class for my new sewing machine and asked the instructor for advice (she made clothes as a living) and she told me how to sew the patches. Worked so well, my DH put them on for yard work!! Plus the class was EXCELLENT! I'm really excited about classes two and three.

We did take a break a couple of weekends ago and went skiing/snowboarding one last time in Big Bear. We had colder weather and more snow (plus 8-10 new inches of snow overnight) than we did in February when we went.  Here's DH and DD heading out for a couple of afternoon runs.

Here's a view from across the lake from February...

I loved the break - I took my laptop and EQ6 book and worked with the software for quite a few hours. I'm getting a handle on it now! I took a class but it just didn't stick. Maybe I just needed to do things in a different order than the instructor taught them.