Timely reminder

  If you have followed me for a while, you know how I detest and carry on about that time change thing that happens twice a year.

•   Spring forward----I loose an hour of sleep.  
•   It messes up my body clock and takes a full week to recover.  
• Sir Old Man teases me and messes with my head over this. This year he quietly moved the automatic timers settings this past week just to confuse me.   He thought I would not notice....ha!
• The only good thing is it's a reminder to me to change my rotary blades!

  So of course, I need to include a circle to commemorate this dastardly event.  Day/night or night/day.....take your pick!  I stole this idea from Mary at Hill Country Quilter.     I joined two background squares and cut them to size.  Then I cut the circle from the pieced scraps.    Thanks, Mary, for this idea! 

  I finished up my Let's Book It project, but will save that for a full post later this month.  I will share a peek at it because I tried a new to me FMQ motif.   It's the first row you see on the left.   The motif is called Fern Twist and a video tutorial is here.  

  I practiced on paper to get the muscle memory thing down before I tried it here.  The three spikey parts are easy, but I had to concentrate to be sure to have each unit  reversed.  I did take her advise about spacing.  I marked a line with chalk for each unit.....a palm's width for each one in this case.   

  It's a great stitch....not too dense, and would be a good one for borders.   So I will add it to my motif library journal.  

I have 60+ bow ties done....enough to begin design play.   It is Spring break visit time, along with a full schedule of appointments for next week.    My time in the sewing room will be limited......minus that hour we will lose tonight!!  

  Happy stitching anyway:)