Is Christmas coming? Yep.
Have we just moved into a new house and can only get in half the garage? Yep.
Do I have way more stuff to put up than I have places to put it? Yep.
Did I succumb to the Orca Bay Mystery quilt on Bonnie Hunter's website, Quiltville? Yep!!!
So, what's a quilter to do? Why, dig through strips and cut some fabric! And sew and sew and sew. Starting with 448 quarter square triangles. I'm happy to be able to use from my 1.5" strips that have been cut over the years. I did have to dig into my stash for the 1.5" strips of black since I used most (or all) of them when I made two quilts this summer. So - instead of going to all my blacks, I decided to just cut all the black strips from the same fabric.
But that doesn't mean that I shouldn't spend a few minutes while family was visiting someone else over the weekend to pull out my garbage bag of strings and pull out all the blue strings for Step 2. It's only 72 string blocks at 3.5" square -- in blue. It's actually a pretty easy step but after making some practice blocks last nite after delivering son and his family to the airport 2 hours away -- I ran upstairs to see how this would work. I'm using stationery from my father's business which is old and perfect for this. It's 25 years old but I couldn't throw it out -- I knew there would be a use for it! Was I right or what?
So -- I need to get my act together, get the house back in order, take care of leftovers, pick up the toys -- but I'm not gonna! After church today, I'm going upstairs and sew because the house can wait. At least for another day....
Did you see the new button on the right of my blog? Quilter Blogs.com is a great service where almost 1800 quilting blogs are screened and published in one place as thumbnails and you can scroll through them to see what appeals to you. It's great and worth an icon on your PC, iPhone or iPad so you can peruse all those blogs when the mood strikes!
I hope you're finding time to piece and surf Quilters Blog.com! Jan
5 comments:
You are my long lost twin! I love that you are letting things go to get at your quilting. You are making your new house more homey. Now every one know it's your place!
I'm here from Sew Many Ways and I'm signing on to follow you for a while... we have to get to know each other again.
Hugs~
Sounds a little overwhelming. But that is what makes life interesting. Happy sewing.
Good for you for taking some time for yourself and working on the mystery!
Good for you - first things first! Aren't these wee blocks fun to make?
Awesome blocks and great colors. Can't wait for step 3 tomorrow, hope it has the main color in it.
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