A Break from Spring

Spring, a time where flowers begin to bloom and there are a few pretty light rain showers and the sun is shining and beautiful.

At least thats what I always thought spring was supposed to be like. Here in Flagstaff, Spring is 40 mile an hour wind gusts with intermittent rain/sleet/snow/hail/sleet/back to rain. The sun will be shining and flowers are blooming around me, but when I stand to appreciate this beauty I am being swayed by the insane winds and the chill that cuts through your clothes and soaks into your bones. But, when the wind stops (which is almost never) Flagstaff in spring is beautiful. 

A few weeks ago, I went home to relax and take a break from school and from Flagstaff's windy spring. I spent the week watching movies with my mom, going shopping, and taking a mini vacation with my boyfriend. 

Mike and I went to San Marcos for 3 days and had a wonderful time reading by the pool, having great BBQ, and spending a day at the San Diego Zoo. 

It was great to be able to just relax at home and in the beautiful California sun. I loved spending some time away from school to just de-stress. 

As for my quilt project, I got my beautiful charm squares in the mail from Missouri Quilt Co! If you are looking for beautiful precuts, great prices and great service, check them out on their website here: https://www.missouriquiltco.com. The precuts were exactly what I wanted!

I laid out my squares in the way I want my quilt to look, then I looked at it, and looked at it, and looked at it, and then I realized, it was not gonna be big enough for what I wanted! So it is going from a full size quilt to a roomy queen size! I ordered more charm packs, did the math and modified the pattern. By the way, if anyone wants to know what I did to modify the pattern, let me know and I will tell you! 

Here is the mock up of my arranged squares! Pretty pretty right?? Now imagine one more column of a block of four squares and another row of a block of four squares. 

I bought my white fabric for the next step of my project. After that I had to cut the white fabric into 1 1/2 inch strips, all of them being different lengths. As a new quilter I do not own a rotary cutter so I borrowed one from a friend and got to work! Many chick flicks, a borrowed rotary cutter and potential carpal tunnel later, I finally had a million little strips in different sizes. 

Success!!!

So now I have all the pieces, so the sewing begins. This summer I am going to be working during the day, sewing at night, and just trying to get through the fact that I will be away from the love of my life except for once a week. Breaks are always hard for us because it means we go from seeing each other every day for hours and hours at a time, to being 40 miles apart. And for a week at a time, those 40 miles could be an ocean for all that my heart hurts. So in order to cope, I have to keep busy. So, work and quilting! And at the end I will have a beautiful quilt to put on my bed for the next 3 years of college. My quilt will be my inspiration for my bedroom in my apartment.

It was a wonderful break, and now I am back in the beautiful Flagstaff, even with its temperamental weather. 

Looking forward to a new adventure, STAGECOACH 2014!! A 3 day country music concert in Indio, California. My favorite names in country will be playing, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church and so so many more. 21 days and counting!! 

Well, I have more to come in my next post, but for now I will say see ya later, because I am a college student and I have a spanish test to go take right now. 

So much to do, so little time. Isn't that always the issue?