In the sewing room, no. 7


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My sewing room is currently being used as a guest room, which means very little sewing has happened in the past week.  I did, however, put together a few more scrappy trip along blocks after neglecting them last week.

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I also sewed the rest of my strips together for the final 12 blocks.  I would really like to finish this quilt top in the next few days, but it will be taking a back seat behind basting…

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The Scrappy Swoon-Along is headed into the home stretch and I’ve got to get it quilted right away.  I’m so happy the top is all put together because now I like it again.

I finally finished all my blocks for the Canton Village Block of the Month.

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I’m happy with the blocks but am at a total loss as to sashing.  What color would you use to sash these?  Would you go dark?  Light?  Bright?  Neutral?  I keep looking at them and wondering what direction to go.

It’s nice to be on the close to finished end of a few projects.  I’d love to wrap them up so I can start on something new.
Thanks for stopping by!

Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced

In the sewing room, no. 6

I didn’t get a lot of sewing done this week, but I did go through ALL of my fabric.  I already had most of it separated by color, and now within each color I have a “high volume” and a “low volume” stack.   It was an unplanned organization, but was good for me.  I remembered a few prints I had forgotten about and moved some things so I’ll see, and therefore use, it.  I’ve been trying not to buy any fabric so far this year, so a little trip through what I have reminded me that I have so many lovely prints.  It will be easy to sew happily for quite some time without buying anything!  Among the things I did was pull all my solids together into one big stack.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that I have a pretty rainbow of solids.  I’m keeping them separate and have decided it’s time to make a quilt using all of them.   Not sure yet what it will be, but I’m loving the rainbow of color in my sewing room right now.

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I’ve been neglecting my Scrappy Trip Along blocks lately, so I took some time to sort them.  I cut more strips and started laying out blocks and now they’re all arranged, just awaiting some time at the sewing machine.

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I have two very simple quilts that are almost done.  I finally made the binding and now just need to get it on the quilts!

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The blocks for my Scrappy Swoon are all done and I’m piecing them together this week.  I’m excited to finish this one up!

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I’m tempted to feel annoyed with all that isn’t finished, but am reminding myself that there’s a lot of life being lived in our house and it’s a blessing I can touch my sewing machine at all!  I’m grateful for late nights or early mornings when I can steal a few minutes of happy sewing.  They’ll all get done eventually, and if I actually bind those quilts, they’ll get done this week.  That’s the goal, anyway…

Have a great week!
Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced

A Lovely Year of Finishes: February

It’s 9 p.m. on the 7th of the month, and I just happened upon “A Lovely Year of Finishes” in 2013, hosted by Shanna of Fiber of all Sorts and Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs .  What a fun idea!  I mean, I already knew I need to finish tons of projects, but I like the idea of picking one and being accountable for finishing it in addition to the other projects I have going on.     So, without a second thought (and because the deadline is in a few hours) I’m jumping in with a goal for February.

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I pieced this simple quilt top last fall, then set it aside until recently.  I basted it a couple of weeks ago, thinking I’d finish it quickly, but ended up choosing to pick the quilting out.

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So, my goal for February will be to re-quilt it and get it bound and finished.

You see, I have eight children, and last year I had the idea to make them each their own quilt *in addition* to all the other quilting I was doing.  Realistic?  Not at all when you consider 8 quilts would increase my total quilts in a year by 2/3!  However, I started anyway and got six of the eight quilt tops pieced, but only one of them has been quilted and two more are just sketches.  They need to be finished, and not just because they’re WIP’s.  They need to be finished because each is made from fabrics chosen specifically for that child, and I want them to have the quilt before they’ve grown/changed too much to enjoy it.  What a waste it would be to let them sit!

So I’ll finish the first one in February.  Yep.  I like that idea.

And, since I didn’t know about this fun year of finishes until now, I’ll tell you what I would have picked for my January finish.

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This quilt just needs a binding.  It’s also one of those 8 quilts.  I’d like to knock it out, as well, even though it’s not the official goal.

I guess I’m in!

Jennifer linking here

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