Visiting

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Last Saturday was a wonderful day!  My friend Debbie C. and I spent the day in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.  First we had a lovely lunch at the Anvil Pub and Grill.  The weather was a little cool but sunny, and it was great to be outside.

Then we went to the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts to see the current exhibit and hear a talk given by four of the featured artists about their work.

The exhibit is called Slow Light.  According to the museum's description, "Slow Light is part of the museum's ongoing commitment to expanding the definition of fiber art."  We really enjoyed hearing the artists describing their media, their inspirations, and their techniques.  My favorite pieces were digitally woven from paper yarn, which I had never heard of before.  Click HERE for an article from Knit Magazine about Japanese paper yarn.

The exhibit runs through August 16th.

Seeing the exhibit and especially visiting with Debbie was the highlight of the week.  

I did get a little sewing done.  I started putting the small Stack It Up blocks together in blocks of four, with the light pieces in the center.  Lori Holt, the designer, appliqued hearts in the centers of her blocks.  I'm trying to decide if I want to do that with mine.  What would you do?

Last week I mentioned that I had resized Ms. Holt's small blocks to be 6 in. finished instead of 4 in., but I never gave you the dimensions in case you'd like to do that too.

Here they are, in cut (not finished) sizes.

Cut 1 dark square 2 in. x 2 in. and 1 light squares 2 in. x 2 in.

Cut 1 dark rectangle 2 in. x 3.5 in. and 1 light rectangle 2 in. x 3.5 in.

Cut 1 dark rectangle 2 in. x 5 in. and 1 light rectangle 2 in. x 5 in.

Cut 1 dark rectangle 2 in. x 6.5 in.

The small blocks are 6 in. x 6 in. finished.  Four of these sewn together measure 12 in. x 12 in.

Unfortunately, I had to go out of town for a family funeral on Wednesday, so I didn't get much sewing done.  It was important to us to be there for our family members, and my Mom and I enjoyed catching up with relatives we don't see often.  I do wish we could have more family reunions and fewer funerals.

The last four blocks for the pastel baby quilt are sewn, so it's time to set them together and finish it up!  I'm hoping to get some time this weekend to catch up.  I guess maybe I'm a little bit ahead (?) since these are aqua and aqua is our Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for July.

Early in the week the boys and I went to the playground.  Buddy asked me to take this photo of his head encircled by the apparatus.  

I asked our Little Guy to pose for me to show off his missing teeth.  I think he turned into the dinosaur on his shirt.  He's a wild one!

Have a great week, everyone, with lots of time for the things you love to do.  Like quilting!

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap