Oh drat!

Had a wonderful skate on Friday morning with my skating buddies on two freestyle sessions. Ran through my technical program, making some changes that I think will enhance it for competition. Was feeling really good after two hours of skating and great company. Then "BAM!" - out of the blue, an awful migraine struck. Within two hours, another one hit, thus ruining my quilting plans for the day and the fabulous adventure to SF with some friends to see "Wicked" that was planned for Saturday. I was so disappointed not to make this trip despite the fact that I have seen the show three times already. One can never get enough of "Wicked." 

The weekend was spent trying to manage/recover from the headaches and get back on my feet. As I'm still a little shaky from the migraine meds, won't be skating today. Just errands and my voice lesson (of course, I haven't practiced at all so I'm not expecting much from myself), then I am back home to cut out fabric. 

I have posted the Tuscan landscape quilt (titled "The Hills of Tuscany," see picture on right) that was a gift for my husband. The picture makes the Italian cypress look more like a burned-out hill in Lake Tahoe, which is unfortunate because the fabric is really quite lovely. I like the way the design showcases the fabric, but when I make this next (see below), I will use fabric with more variety and fussy-cut the scenes so they are not so similar. Ah, another lesson learned. 

I will start on the quilt for Coach today. It is a Christmas ice skating theme. Cute novelty fabric. Will use the 9-Patch Pizzazz pattern again to highlight the large scale fabric. Have a class in "Rectangles Pizzazz" on 4/24 that I am really looking forward to. Let's pray I don't get a headache!

Onward to a new beautiful spring day!