I made another 6 blocks and started the layout on the design wall. I have all of the strip sets sewn and pressed. I just realized this is going to look like stacked spools. We are down to the last 2 days of the month so I have to decide if I am going to get one or two more quilts quilted or just finish making this top.
With several days and nights below zero, Jack Frost came to visit again.
The little ice paintings are 3″ tall at the tallest spot.
This little group of ice trees is between 1.25″ and 1.5″ tall. Jack can do pretty intricate work in miniature. Did you notice the blue sky? Absolutely cloudless. Three days in a row with 100% sunshine according to the weatherman. We had a heat wave too, 21 degrees.
Exuberant Color 
Hang onto your hat up to 8 inches of snow accumulation by the time the weekend is over with. We went to the store yesterday and stocked up. I really like your blocks.They are very striking. Chris
Love the ice paintings. As to blue sky: I remember only one “fact” from a physical geography course back in 1950's. If the sky is unbroken blue from horizon to horizon, you are in a high pressure system. A low pressure front will follow in 24 to 48 hours, bringing rain or snow. So Chris's comment is right on target!!!
We are cold down here too…. and 21 would be a heat wave! We are supposed to see close to 50 by the weekend…. but of course that will bring its own set of problems!!!! Love the frost paintings….
Brrrr… Jack Frost sent his cousin Lotta Snow to visit us. It is 4 degrees by my thermometer this morning.
I have never had Jack Frost come decorate my windows in Arkansas but I sure remember the visits when I lived in WI, Idaho and CT!
Love the spool blocks….beautiful fabrics. Frosted windows are so wonderful and intricate…thanks for sharing.
Wanda, those blocks look like a mosaic tile floor to me–very pretty! But what would it look like if you turn the bottom row one quarter turn? You'd lose the stacked spools look. What would you get instead?
Mary G.
I meant the second row of blocks, not just those half blocks on the bottom
Mary G.
Nice crystals! Hard decision, quilt or piece. It is blue here today,I always seem to be a day behind you in weather. I always have a hard time deciding what to work on as I want to do it all. Even with a list of projects, it is hard. Finished quilting another chemo quilt yesterday, on to another small quilt quilting.
Gorgeous pics – I could almost think you used photoshop! And where's your “exuberant color” in those blocks? Unusual for you, but very pretty!
I've missed having real winter weather for a few years. We've made up for it this year. It's almost too cold to work I the basement. Thank goodness for space heaters.
I love this series of warm quilts you are making.
I love your stacked spools top. It has a beautiful multi-dimensional look to it. I'm especially happy that I can enjoy looking at your ice designs from a much warmer perspective. Here's hoping you get a warm-up soon.
LOVE this alternate layout …
and your frost photos are beautiful!
That is funny. A heat wave at 21 degrees. Good luck with your end of month projects.
What lovely blocks … and how special of Jack frost 🙂
These blocks are so elegant ! Just love them.
And Jack Frost sure had fun with his ice painting's. Mother nature shows us beauty in so many ways.
JJM
What a wonderful arrangement and design you are making with this fabric! I love how your eye catches things, like Jack Frost's work. A true artist indeed!
What a wonderfully rich quilt that is going to be! I love it!
While the ice pictures are pretty, I much prefer looking at your quilt — it's warmer! LOL
Jack Frost is a fantastic artist! WE so not get to see much of his work here!
Your frost pictures are gorgeous! Often the only upside of bitter cold is that it tends to be sunny here. The reflection off the snow is so bright… Perfect for quilting next to my window.
You're just as creative with a camera as you are with fabric; what an eye you have for the miraculous in the mundane. Thank you for those bits of icy beauty.