This is pretty much what happens anytime I set a pile of fabric down…
Sometimes it makes sewing a little difficult :)
This is how you know you have awesome neighbors… My next door neighbor invited me over the other afternoon to basically get a private quilting lesson from her mother (a retired Bernina educator!). She taught us (her daughter & I) a curved piecing technique. Something I had been wanting to try for awhile. The best part – she gave us a bunch of leftover cut pieces (from a class she use to teach) for us to practice on! After we piece them all together, my neighbor & I are going to get together again and combine our blocks to make 2 quilts! So fun :)
My first curved block…
Batiks are not usually my thing, but it is actually kind of fun to use someone else’s fabric scraps since you get to make something you normally wouldn’t! These batiks were from a class she use to teach & the finished quilt was named something with sunset in the title. Very appropriate! :)
And on the topic of neighbors… My neighbor on the other side locked herself out of her house the other day & spent the afternoon visiting at my house until the locksmith could get there. Truly amazed to live in essentially a big city & yet have neighbors who I actually know!
I went ahead and counted all my current works in progress & the grand total was…
10!
Let me be clear, those are works in progress already cut & in the process. That total does not include the stacks of fabric that are set outside my stash already for the express purpose of a specific project. (If I counted those, well let’s just say I don’t want to even think about that number!)
Anyways, I thought I would share what is currently on my design wall…
My Far Far Away Zig Zag Quilt, I kind of love this quilt! It is almost perfectly square (or going to be), which is a strange shape for me. I don’t usually make square quilts… It is just darling though & I love the use of lights versus mediums/darks to convey the zig zags. I kind of stalled out on it for awhile, but sticking it up on my design wall has given me time to finish laying out the design & start piecing it together some more.
And what is currently in my sewing machine being quilted…
A cat quilt! That I am not going to fully reveal until it is finished. I promise it is just as cute as it looks :) I thought about keeping this one, but I think I am going to donate it to charity… I already have so many quilts :)
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Your Heather Ross wip is charming. I love her fabric design and colour palette and you have done a wonderful job of using the fabric to make a beautiful quilt.
Both of those quilts are gorgeous!! I think I have about the same amount of WIPs as you. Good luck with yours!
I love love love the zig zag quilt!
Love the wip cat quilt – it will make someone happy. Pay it forward! :o)
Hi there Chara!
Love the zig zags.
Okay, two more baby receiving blankets & then on to some other projects. (Because I have actually worked on something other than these lately, I promise :)
I actually attended my sister’s baby shower back in January & was able to hand deliver these to her… *(Notice the small amounts of snow on the ground, that is how you can I photographed these at the baby shower & not at my house – we haven’t had snow all winter :)
I had some of the “I Love Grandma” fabric leftover so I used that on the back of this one… Not a perfect match, but it works :)
Excited for the little guy to arrive in the world so he can use all these blankets!
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Joy - LOL I love it… I have two little dogs… They don’t lay on the fabric .. But they fuss for me to pay attention to them.