Monday, August 10, 2015

Changing gears

The first 6 months of this year were my time for piecing. I put together 5 tops, 2 more are very near completion. Then there are the growing stacks of blocks -- disappearing 4-patches, pluses, geese, bow ties, HSTs & medallions at various stages of growth.

Now is my time for quilting. I recently basted 1 mini & 2 medium-sized quilts. The mini was done in about an hour, one of the medium-sized ones took half a day, the third one took some time -- the quilting was not complex but was pretty dense. All are done now, binding machine stitched on & ready for some quiet time hand-sewing them in place.


After that, I want to move to completion a few quilts that stalled mid-quilting: a jelly roll race that will be for donation, my Laura's Lightning -- do you remember that one!?! -- in spite of how much I love it, it somehow it fell off the rails. Then there is one that is so embarrassing that I may not even tell you about it -- an incredibly, shamefully late gift. After those are done, there is my scrappy Arkansas Crossroads! I'm nearly breaking out in hives I'm so eager to get to it!

But while I sit & quilt, I am thinking of new projects -- Anna Maria Horner's feathers, made with a friend for another friend; more nail polish bottles for a young woman turning 16; big chunks of my & Mom's dresses pinned to my design door.
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8 comments:

audrey said...

You have been very busy! It seems like there area seasons for starting and seasons for finishing.:)

Julianne said...

Busy busy busy! Always so much to do, just keep on truckin! Its all looking great!

Nifty Quilts said...

You are one productive woman! I especially love the start of the one with your and your mom's dresses.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Totally understand the thinking about future projects while wrapping up current ones . . . TOTALLY understand.

Rachaeldaisy said...

Happy Quilting, if only we could keep up with our imaginations, but then we'd have a zillion trillion quilts...
You have been making such fun things, and I always look forward to seeing where those new creative thought will lead you.

O'Quilts said...

jealous here....I cannot keep up with you if I cannot even keep up with my friend's blogposts...You are sewing away at UFOs and getting somewhere...I really like that..Maybe tomorrow I will follow you...OH,no...I have to nap tomorrow...lol

Ruth said...

It's nice to see and read what you are up to. It is hard for me to finish quilts, easy to design them, somewhere in between to piece. Whatever it takes, and we know ourselves best of all. How cool to use your mom's dresses. I just made a connection to some of my mom's in my daughter's dress-up trunk. Hmm, I wonder what's in there... (My daughter is now 34; think she'll mind?)

O'Quilts said...

I see my quilt...My beautiful kind and soft and wonderful quilt!! How could you part with it??? xxoo