Snowflakes, frogs, and puzzles

 The first flimsy of 2023 has been sewn, and is ready to quilt.  It still needed a good final pressing when I took this photo.  But it's a bright happy quilt.

The Quick Strippee is a free pattern from Mary Quilts, and I've made several of these over the years.  It's done with 1 yard each of 3 fabrics,  plus binding.  The wider strip is a terrific way to showcase a fun novelty print or special print of any theme.  The cute frog print and the wavy matching print were purchased in Nebraska last fall while traveling to a family reunion in Kansas.  The orange solid was a local purchase, and I have binding strips cut from it too.

Another small finish happened while being snowed in this week - this seasonal Snowflake pillow.  Navy blue solid is paired with a white dotted Swiss white-on-white print. This was a kit purchased last year as part of a Pillow of the Month program.  It's 20" square, and has a simple envelope back.  The edges are done with binding. I kept the quilting simple, but did it myself.

Besides sewing and shoveling snow, what else is there to do?  Well, I started a puzzle and this one is going to be tricky.  It's a Christmas gift from this year.  This is called an "escape puzzle", and evidently there is a mystery to solve AFTER you get the puzzle put together by following clues on the pieces. The other tricky thing - the picture on the box isn't EXACTLY what the finished puzzle will look like.  This puzzle may be on my coffee table for a long time if I'm not smart enough.