Works In Progress and Yoga Poses for Quilters

This is one of those posts that's been mostly written but has just sat unfinished for a few days. I haven't felt like finishing it for whatever reason, can't exactly say why. I've spent a fair amount of this past week on the computer, (hmm, so maybe subconsciously I'm sick of being on it!) figuring (good brainpower work) for a couple of upcoming quilts that I can't talk about right now, 😉, and I did write another post since my last one. It is a post on yoga poses to help loosen tired and cramped muscles after long hours sewing. You can read it on my friend Leanne's blog, Devoted Quilter. She asked me a few weeks ago if I would do a guest post on her blog with some yoga poses to help quilters. I used to do a series on Sundays, called Sunday Stretch for Quilters, which you can find under the tab, Yoga Posts and Recipe Links. I hope you'll head over there after reading this, or go now, and come back! There are wrist, arm, shoulder and low back poses accessible for most, if not all, of us. Thus, I didn't get one of my weekly goals completed, but as of Friday it was. Here is my Grace pattern done in Island Batik's Faded Blue Jeans line, which I just love.

The June challenge for Island Batik is a free one, make whatever you like. I had planned to use this line for a quilt, but wasn't sure exactly what to make. Then when such a senseless, evil tragedy occurred in Nova Scotia in April, I knew I'd make a quilt for the #QuiltsforNS drive hosted by the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild.

I just love how it has turned out. I had planned to remake my pattern some time with a complete half heart instead of a broken one, but sadly, it's another broken hearted one. I've pieced the backing using leftovers from other Island Batik projects. A comment Kathleen (Kathleen McMusings) left on Instagram gave me the idea to make one extra 6" heart and use it for the label, working it into the piecing of the back. After doing house chores, I spent a good chunk of today quilting it. It's now squared up and just needs binding.

I did complete my goal of finishing my pink RSC blocks for Project #2.

I am loving working with pink!

I finished up my Project #1 9-patch blocks in between making the backing and making myself a new mask, since I've somehow have lost my original one.

Remember to go over to Devoted Quilter, and check out my post on yoga poses.

Tomorrow is an auspicious day here on the blog: it's a famous Canadian's birthday (wink), which means it is the opening of the linky party to show off your finishes of my Centred QAL! I will leave the link open for one week, so if you haven't got your flimsy quilted yet, this buys you a little time. See you tomorrow morning!

Linking up with Angela at soscrappy