The title of the post is the perfect way to describe my weekend. I started getting my apple core charms ready for the Inklingo apple core swap, got all the printing done and most of the cutting but am I finished? No. Got the little diamonds picked out to make more stars for Butterfly Stars but did I get any stitched? No. Did get more of the butterfly hexagons for it printed and ready to be stitched. Had about 5 different design ideas for the FSQS5 swap but did I settle on one? No. Have the fabrics for that all ready to cut but even that isn’t finalized. This one is challenging; having to be monochromatic makes one really look at value.

Sunday I received these glorious fabrics from Charlsey. I’ve seen pictures of these Chez Moi fabrics on blogs and online shops but hadn’t actually seen them in person. I love the feel of these! Gorgeous. I think I’ll be dreaming about what to do with them.

Among the many things I did this weekend that were fabric related was dig out these fabrics. I have had the print for ages and keep looking for the perfect pattern to show it off. I think, but am not sure, I want to make a quilt with just it and a neutral. The off-white stripe is one of those really silky Northcott fabrics that I just love. I’m using a bit of it for a stitchery (see below) and love working with it. But I don’t think those two are the right pairing.

I started this stitchery on the weekend. I have a plan to make a little stitching book with this on the front cover. Another thing started but not finished. I had a great little stitching book DH made for me with a paper folder when I was making diamonds from Quilted Diamonds 2. I want to make a fabric one in which to keep blocks in progress and have a design idea that I think will work. We’ll see.

Lester sometimes sleeps like this, with his nose sort of buried in his fur. We always think he looks like a bird with its head under its wing.

We had a glorious weekend, even broke a record on Saturday when it hit almost 8 degrees. It was so wonderful to open the windows and leave them open for hours. We even had the heat off for a bit. Sunday was nice too, although a bit chillier. And it looks like this week will all be above freezing. At least 75 per cent of the snow on the roof garden is gone, and there are huge puddles everywhere as the mounds of snow start melting.

I hope the fires in Australia are brought under control quickly. Every time we have the news on and we hear more about them, I think of all the wonderful Australian quilters I’ve met through blogging.