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.
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.
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!
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!
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
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February 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Wow! Your scrappy swoon looks amazing! Just hopped over from WIP Wednesday
February 13, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Love the super-sized scrappy swoon!!
February 13, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Your scrappy swoon looks beautiful! I love your color choice and your fun mix of fabrics:)
February 13, 2013 at 11:48 pm
Awesome Scrappy Swoon!
February 14, 2013 at 12:06 am
oh your scrappy Swoon is looking wonderful!
February 14, 2013 at 1:48 pm
Your scrappy swoon is SO awesome! Can’t wait to finish up mine!!
February 16, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Lovely scrappy swoon! Makes me want to go make my own right now! The collection of solid fabrics is so pretty, I dream of making a solids-only quilt someday.