PHD, 15 Min, and Journey to Arizona

Reminder:  It's Cool to be Square Blog Hop hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt started this week!  I hosted yesterday - yay, so please check out my previous post!  

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Just Let Me Quilt

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Quilt Fabrication

Samelia's Mum

I did sew every day this past week except for Sunday.  Arizona is finally coming along.  It is pieced, sashing cut, and ready to sew together.

This quilt does have a fun story.  My husband had a desire to walk/bike/hike from our home to the Arizona border (257 miles).  This quilt tells our story. This link will take you to photos and stories of our journey.

• Each log in the braid represents 1 mile.  
• White sections are one day and black sections are another day.
• I stitched the dates into the beginning log of each day section.
• Yellow squares:  Hubby walked alone
• Purple squares:  We walked together
• Orange squares:  We biked together
• Green squares:  He biked alone
• The panel at the bottom is a filler piece, but it is a print that looks just like the beautiful country we journeyed in.

I have to say that we walked/biked through the prettiest country in our beautiful state!

Here is my PHD progress:

I did start my first quilt for 2020 but only because I am a designer for the Row-along.

Here is my 15 Min Report:

I got to see my daughter Sunday night.  They let her come outside the hospital to hug me and her kids.  It was such a happy happy evening!  The kids were so excited to see both of their parents.  We spent time in the parking terrace where the littles loved hearing their voices echo.  They ran and ran with delight enjoying all the space to run around in after a long car ride.  I am so anxious for Thursday when babies will be here but sad I won't be able to meet them in person.

It was also so so so nice to see a near empty, nonbusy, Covid19 hospital parking lot.

I am linking up today with:

What I Made Monday

Monday Making

Design Wall Mondays

Oh Scrap

UFO Busting

BOM's Away