Quilting is something I do for fun. It makes me happy to play with color, and to make something with my hands. I have no ambitions, and rarely have an agenda for my projects.
Because of that, I decided early on to let myself off the hook when it came to finishing things. I'm allowed to start a new project whenever I want, even if I have tons of WIPs, because that's fun.
This week has been a party (a disaster?) in that respect.
I had a layer cake of Sewing Basket and the bright, cheery colors were calling my name. A couple of nights ago, I sliced into it. I'm making a simple pattern, so one night later I had reassembled all the sliced-up layers into blocks. But I want a bigger quilt (with more white space), so I needed more blocks. But that meant having more fabric. Which means waiting. And I am not a patient person.
So last night I ordered the needed charm pack, and then started another new project, one that has been in my head ever since I saw Susan(Canadian Abroad)'s ombre X-plus.
I started a new job back in January, and got my first paycheck Feb 1. To celebrate, I treated myself to a long-coveted FQ stack of Chicopee. I'm going to use the black-and-white prints for the pluses and the colors for the X's. It's going to be awesome. You'll see.
Not much to see yet, but I did manage to get all of the 'plus' parts of the blocks strip-pieced and sliced up last night.
It went very fast. I know the next step will take longer, but I'm super-excited about this quilt. Maybe that will encourage me to actually finish it in the near-term...?
Because of that, I decided early on to let myself off the hook when it came to finishing things. I'm allowed to start a new project whenever I want, even if I have tons of WIPs, because that's fun.
This week has been a party (a disaster?) in that respect.
I had a layer cake of Sewing Basket and the bright, cheery colors were calling my name. A couple of nights ago, I sliced into it. I'm making a simple pattern, so one night later I had reassembled all the sliced-up layers into blocks. But I want a bigger quilt (with more white space), so I needed more blocks. But that meant having more fabric. Which means waiting. And I am not a patient person.
So last night I ordered the needed charm pack, and then started another new project, one that has been in my head ever since I saw Susan(Canadian Abroad)'s ombre X-plus.
I started a new job back in January, and got my first paycheck Feb 1. To celebrate, I treated myself to a long-coveted FQ stack of Chicopee. I'm going to use the black-and-white prints for the pluses and the colors for the X's. It's going to be awesome. You'll see.
Not much to see yet, but I did manage to get all of the 'plus' parts of the blocks strip-pieced and sliced up last night.
It went very fast. I know the next step will take longer, but I'm super-excited about this quilt. Maybe that will encourage me to actually finish it in the near-term...?
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