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I love the color and movement in this quilt top. It reminds me of dancers moving in different positions across a stage.
This quilt top is the first project I started in 2013, and I’m pleased with the results. One of those times when what I pictured actually works!
Now off to piece a back…
Jennifer
This post should probably be subtitled “the one in which I caved” because in spite of my determination to resist, I jumped into the scrappy trip along this week with both feet.
I kept reading about how much fun these blocks are to make and late Saturday night I decided I’d better find out if it’s true. It is. I’m having so much fun with these. In fact, it’s pretty much all I want to do. While it meant I didn’t get other things done, I feel happy to have joined in. I still wish I’d jumped into the Farmer’s Wife quilt along and I had a feeling I’d regret not joining this one. Now I’ve got a pile of strips all cut up just waiting to become part of this quilt.
Lots of color, and I couldn’t be happier. I did force myself to put them away while I work on my HST project, which has gone from a pile of squares to a bunch of strips laying on the bed, just waiting to be pieced together.
Terrible lighting, I know, but it was taken at night. I hope to get this quilt top pieced in the next 24 hours.
And, of course, I’m working on my Scrappy Swoon :
This week I’ll keep working on these three projects, and I also hope to find time to start working on the sawtooth quilt I mentioned last week as well as finish up that Ellen’s Sewing basket block. I also need to pull myself away from the very rewarding task of piecing and do some basting, quilting and binding. Maybe if I let myself make another trip-along block every time I complete another task? We’ll see how far I get!
Good luck to you in your projects.
Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced
This year I’ve decided to keep track of my 2013 sewing and quilting goals in a post separate from my yearly goals. I have loved reading many of the link-up progress posts every Wednesday, so I’m going to join the party and post on Wednesdays.
Here’s what I’m working on right now:
I got a stack of 6 inch fabric squares last year at the Utah County Modern Quilt Group and we were challenged to make a half square triangle quilt out of it. I decided to make a bunch of “arrows” with mine. I need to get the rest of the blocks put together so I can lay them all out and see if what I have in my head will look right.
I also have a small stack of diamond strips waiting to become the next star in my Ellen’s Sewing Basket quilt. Time to knock it out!
I cut squares a couple of weeks ago for a simple sawtooth quilt I want to make. The colors are so happy, it’s a perfect project for winter.
Not pictured:
I need to piece a backing for my postage stamp quilt and FINALLY get that done.
I also need to get the binding on a quilt I made last year so it can be loved by my little guy.
And last, but certainly not least, I have work to do on the Scrappy Swoon Quilt Along I’m hosting. I’m in love with this print I cut into for some of my background pieces:
I have three new quilts I’m anxious to start on, but until some of these projects are finished I’m going to resist. I’m also trying hard to resist the Scrappy Trip-along frenzy, which looks like so much fun but which would also derail me from other projects.
And that’s it for the week. If I make progress on all these I’ll be thrilled.
Thanks for visiting, Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced