Happy Heart Day

Today I received a few Valentines - one of them from a cousin I've never actually met in person.  Chris's mom was my Dad's sister.  Her parents are both gone now, and she lives with her sister and brother in law.  It took Facebook to find them.  I'm so glad I did!

I made this card to thank her for the card she made me.  And by the way,  Happy Valentine's Day to you, too.

Twistin' the Day Away

Been seeing a lot of projects done with the Twist (Let's Twist etc) technique, and to be perfectly honest, it boggled my mind!  Just couldn't get into my head how it was done.  So I bought the book and the template and received an invitation to a baby shower - decided, perfect time to learn!
First, you sew blocks together - I raided the pink stash pile since I found out baby is a girl.  I used 10" squares.

Once all the squares were sewn together, I added a 6 1/2 " border all the way around.

Press it well, and then the "fun" begins!

By aligning the cross marks on the template with the intersecting seams, you cut around.
The little feet on the template really make it stick!  Unfortunately, however, they started out being too high for a good cut with my rotary cutter!  I marked with a fine pencil for a while, and had to resort to re-cutting with scissors for about 6 squares...with heavy pressure, over time, it seemed the little feet had given some and by the end, I was getting decent cuts.

This pile is what was left of the quilt top in the third picture -

And this is the end result!
For just a few dollars (most of the fabric I already had - just have to count the batting) I have a shower gift almost ready, and I learned a really fun technique!
The project so far has taken two days!  Gotta love it!