trucking along . . .

I'm getting more and more excited . . . to the point where I'm not sure I can work on anything else, I'm so excited about getting My Orange Crush finally finished!!

Yesterday I took advantage of Ellie's nap time, our Stitchers' group, and Todd wanting to play 'one more game' after I got home last night, to get these two blocks quilted:

Those are blocks 13 and 14.  THIRTEEN AND FOURTEEN!!!!!

And I also got these two blocks marked and ready:

Y'all . . . these are the LAST TWO BLOCKS!  Haha!  I feel like I'm gaining big momentum!  Once I've finished all my hand-quilting, I'll square all of the blocks up and start working on attaching them.

Several folks have asked about that process and so I thought I'd do an explanatory post when I get to that point.  It's very simple and once you see it, you'll understand why this is such a great method for me to put a large-ish quilt together in my small working space.

Ellie and I had such a fun day together - I do love my Ellie days!

I'd gotten The Jungle Book for Christmas (yes, I asked for it) and so we watched it together.  It was certainly too cold to go outside!  She was totally captivated by it and so we spent the afternoon singing the song 'Bare (Bear?!) Necessities'!

Yep, it's cold.  This is only the second time since we've lived at the camp that I've seen the ponds freeze.

Of course, it's certainly not ready for ice skating (and never will be), but it's pretty to see.  We started the week sub-zero and we'll end the week in the high sixties.  Bizarre, isn't it?  Winter in Alabama!

Stay warm!

:)