Happy Easter!

Today was a relatively quiet day for us.  The kids are unable to come over for Easter and I have yet to find a home church so... I did a little quilting, tried a new tuna steak recipe for dinner as well as attempted to make pumpkin flans for dessert for hubby and me. 

I've been busy with work which accounts for the lack of updates.  I've also enjoyed this month's Craftsy block-of-the-month which is English Paper Piecing.  I'm a little surprised at that as I've been avoiding paper piecing but it was a nice change.  I wouldn't want to do a whole quilt in paper piecing but a block or two or a wall hanging would be do-able for me.

The BOM included a sunbeam or you could do a challenge block using the hexagons.  So I haven't done the hex stripe (working on it though honest), but I jumped to the challenge and did a Grandmother's Flower Garden which I call "Out of Place".



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 Called "Out of Place" because sometimes, like the odd pink petal, I feel out of place even though I may fit in to my surroundings.  This took pretty much all week as it's hand-pieced.  I did machine stitch it to the background fabric around the outer green edge and both edges of the pink round.  I am looking forward to doing the other two blocks for this month when I can squeeze it in.

It's been a busy month with the new job and hubby has been traveling off and on for work.  Last week I also managed to catch a cold he brought home with him and was battling that.  *fun**fun*

This coming week, I will be taking a couple of exercise classes being offered through work after hours.  Pilates and Zumba!  I had originally signed up for three (Body Blast -- cardio) but figured since I've been fairly inactive all winter long, I'd better take it easy.

I need to get ready for the work week by tending to the ironing (at least some of it).  Hope everyone has a blessed week.

Thanks for stopping by!