How now brown cow?

I spent nearly the whole day yesterday cutting for my March UFO.  Today in between volunteering at the elementary school and driving the carpool, I was able to sew the first step together.  Here's an idea of what will be at the center of the quilt.

I told you it was all blues and browns!  The center is much bigger than I expected, but it is a little hard to picture a queen size layout without the rest of the quilt around it!

Tomorrow, the piecing will really begin.  Most of the quilts I have made in the past consisted of small shapes chain pieced together one at a time, but this pattern calls for an interesting way of putting everything together by sewing strips, then cutting them on a 45 degree angle, adding a rectangle, splitting it, and somehow I am supposed to end up with square blocks.  We shall see.....

Name Game Quilt Received by my partner!!

Yeah!  I finally get to share with you my creation.  I got word via the flickr group that my partner received her quilt. The border is all 2 inch mini's, and the center was something I put together by machine appliqué.  Here are the pics!

My partner's online name is the Patchwork Queen and her daughter is known as the Cupcake Princess.  Too cute!!

You can't really tell from the picture above, but I even managed to quilt a bit of a gold crown on the queen and am rather proud of myself.  However, there were some lessons learned.....look for a new addition to that page in a few days.

What a nice surprise!

The finalist for the Modern Mini Challenge at Ellison Lane have been announced and my itty bitty mug rug was chosen!  I can't believe it!  I am so excited I could almost pee my pants!

Anyhow, get on over there to vote.  Vote for me, vote for someone else, just vote!  You'll make someone's day!  I know just being chosen has totally made my month!

I really hope Jennifer at Ellison Lane hosts another mini challenge sometime in the future; it was so much fun to participate.