Excitement reigns at Chez Magpie!

Many of you will remember when I showed you the photo of one of my barn landscapes....this one....

It was only my second attempt at this art form and I was surprised when my friend wanted to take it, along with the other one I just finished, to the local quilt guild meeting to show the members.  She was hopeful that someone might want to commission me to make more.  She wondered if I would like to set a price on this one (the other one is spoken for) and I gave her a number that I thought was quite steep.  Well, right now I'm bouncing off the walls because it  SOLD!!!!  Even more exciting is that the guild itself is buying it and will be using it as one of their raffle prizes at their next quilt show being held in 2019.  I am blown away and still can't quite believe it!!  

And, just to prove that something else is happening here at Chez Magpie....the pile of mittens is growing!

The pair on the left is for a man and the rest are all for women.  I still have to add the buttons for additional pizzaz on each one.

- There are lots of free quilt block patterns HERE.  (and if you click on the 'Next' button on the lower left you will be taken to a lot more!!

- I'm not a painter, but for those of you who are, perhaps you would find THIS interesting.  

- If you decorate for Easter, perhaps you might like to have one of THESE fellows greeting people on your porch!

- And, rather than chocolate, how about making some of THESE for your little ones?

- Or maybe make one of THESE? 

- If you want a yarn bowl and are put off by the price, maybe a trip to the thrift store might yield the makings for THIS (you wouldn't have to paint it either!).  And HERE is another idea and HERE is another (the lid would be perfect to keep the dust off too!).

The quote today is from Albert Einstein..."The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd.  Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before"