It's still cold, but Wednesday I wore my heavy coat to class and was too warm in the car. Spring is only just over a month away. It will still be cold but the warm days are coming. This Spring I have a huge cleaning job down here, I sort of let it get away from me. Again. As always. I won't show a picture because I am ashamed I let it get away from me again.

Upstairs in my sewing corner it's a different matter though. I am loving these little Ohio Star blocks I am making.

I am determined that the back is going to look as good as the front, since that is the way to get things to lie flat, always a problem for me.

I want to make sure the hours I spend watching Eleanor Burns isn't wasted. Spin those seams, press them flat!

The pile of completed Fancy Nine Patch blocks is getting high, while the stack of unfinished ones is getting low.

I got a little carried away cutting out triangles with the Accuquilt so I have been throwing in these little Broken Dishes blocks with the ones that are left over from the Stars.

That sort of means I have got another UFO doesn't it? However a Broken Dishes quilt has been on my bucket list for a long time. That is the first good look I have taken at the block and I see that I have got to make a repair, one of the squares is turned wrong. Oh well it gives me something to look forward to tomorrow.

Our little boys didn't have school today so they went over to Grandma's. Leon's parents are Grandma and Grandpa, David and I are Gramps and Nanny, it keeps everything perfectly straight and we never have any doubt as to which grandparent is the person under discussion. We get along very well, there has never been any in-law problem. Rose makes quilts also, not anything like what I do, so it's very interesting seeing each other's work. Rose is Leon's mother. She makes what she calls Indian Star quilts, other names are Radiant Star, Lone Star, Star of Bethlehem. Rose is Sioux and she prefers to be called Indian rather than Native American. Her grandmother taught her to quilt and Rose makes a pretty good living making and selling them online. She says that the missionary women taught the Indian women how to make the Star quilts so that they could augment their income. Rose's maiden name was Black Eagle, or Black Wolf, I can't remember which for sure. Rose's tribe is a very poor one, they don't have casinos on their land. Anyway, I find it very interesting. Rose is a good friend, kind and generous.

I hear David out at his machine, he is trying to get the current quilt top finished so he can quilt it. I told him he has to quilt the two tops he has before he can start another one. I said one person with tubs full of unquilted tops around here is enough!