Sometimes I lament how long it takes me to finish a project. I can't help but compare myself to the amazing quilters whose blogs I follow who seem to be able to crank out a new project every few weeks. I have to remind myself that my process is different, and that we aren't here to compare ourselves to each other. And when I take stock of everything I AM doing, it's actually quite a bit; it's just spread out across several projects. What can I say - I'm fickle. What I feel like working on today isn't necessarily what I'll feel like working on tomorrow.
The project that received most of my attention today is my Sister's Choice quilt. It's simple and fun and since I already have so many precut scraps, the blocks go together quickly.
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| I've decided to keep the alternate blocks constant, as several of you suggested. |
I also managed two more On Ringo Lake blocks, bringing my total up to 30, and three more Flutterby blocks, bringing that total up to 39 blocks. My temperature quilt is also up to date. It was a satisfying day at the sewing machine, which is good because I also took my kids bowling today, and my 7 year old nephew kicked my butt!
Yesterday was mostly spent hand quilting my new niece/nephew's quilt. I bought a wide backing from my LQS rather than piece a backing,
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| In addition to the Judie Rothermel backing, I picked up a few WoW remnants - can never have enough of those. |
and I've enjoyed watching Heartland while I work on it. My niece calls the show "a TV version of a country song," and I guess she's right. But I love country music, have always daydreamed about being a cowgirl, and the scenery is breathtaking, so it works for me!
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| Yesterday, there was actually SUN so I could quilt with natural light. Spring, I am ready for you to arrive! |
I've also been working on a new knitting project, loosely following a pattern, but modifying it to use up all of the yarn I've designated for the project. I played yarn chicken, hoping to get to the end of the row before a color change, and I won! Whew! I made it with just inches to spare!
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| The pattern is Dourado on Ravelry, but I am modifying it to use up my mini skeins of Katia Ombre yarn |
And look! I've continued to unpack from our move in August, and came across this pixellated heart that I had forgotten I had pieced! I think it needs some other hearts to keep it company so it can be made into a useable sized quilt, don't you think? But I'll save that project for another day - I have plenty to keep me busy these days.
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| Made with 2" squares from my scrap bins |
In the meantime, all my quilty adoption items were shipped out on Tuesday, and I've started to hear that they've made it to their new homes. I hope to see what they become in someone else's hands.
2 comments:
I like seeing all these projects. I like to have one piecing project for take-along work and hopefully some quilting for the winter months. Ever since I declared the year of the UFO, I try not to have many things that might feel abandoned. One of my retired quilting friends sent me a couple boxes of stuff that seems to be pieces cut for a project, some sewed into groups ... but I have no idea what it was supposed to be or even if all the pieces were there. The strips and blocks are slowly going into other stuff but sometimes I wonder what it was, she had begun.
Great rreading this
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