Wow, first this is my 200th post. Whoopie!
All 200 have been written by me, some in haste, many with either deep contemplation & formatting, or just putting up pictures of things I’m working on. This is one of the latter.
I’ve learned lately that posting the best picture first shows up well in feedly, facebook, even though it doesn’t feel like a linear regression (or is it progression?) of what I’m working on in terms of my time.
But then again, my work may be better described as quantum regression – jumping into & out of projects so fast without any regard to the timeline that I started, so quantum regression – err progression – err whatever it is – for the pictures.
So I was sorting & cutting scraps to put into baggies to sort them out, and I created these two mini quilts as a result.
The red & white “mini quilt” is a leftover from my 2nd quilt I ever pieced (which is still not quilted by the way).
The red fabric was the 1st fabric I ever bought from a bona-fide quilt store, and one that I still absolutely love.
The mini quilt on the right is the leftover pieces (not the 16 pieced blocks I have somewhere in my UFOs) of the jewel toned strip twist blocks that started off some of the swapping fun I’ve had lately (which reminds me to get to the post office TOMORROW (or the next day)).
I had several leftover strips and I piano keyed/checkerboarded this mini quilt together, because I like the high contrast between the white & jewel tones.
Both quilts need some kind of border, even small ones – OR large ones(?).
Giveaway
In honor of my 200th post, would anyone want me to quilt these up & give them away as a ‘giveaway’ as a thank you for readers of my blog?
If you’re game for this, post a comment on the bottom of my post (this post) and in two weeks, lets say the 14th I’ll draw a name.
If you have a preference on either of these mini quilts, please say in the comments & I’ll honor your wishes.
I will border these, FMQ them (try out some design from my book), bind them & send out one or both quilts – depending on the response.
If you just want to comment to say hi, and don’t want to participate in the giveaway, let me know that too.
If no one is interested, then I get to keep them both & put them above my door or on the front of my sewing room.
Size w/o borders are: 6.5 x 23 and 8.5 x 25.
You might even call them table runners.
Other Progress
Progress picture of the living room floor. If you can stand looking at the mess, this is my living room at one point when organizing my scraps.
As you can see I use two fabric bins from wally world to store the scraps, and I favor the ‘plastic bag system. Scraps are usually cut into strip sizes & placed in color bags.
And if your mind is blown away by disorganization and needs a little more order, here’s what else I’m working on:
These are my dark / light leaders & enders that go onto my journey steps quilt, for the middles of the three sections. Each of these will finish at one inch in size.
It’s the first time I’ve really utilized (well) leaders & enders by having them all prepped ahead of time. But then I tend to sew down more strips to make more leaders & enders. Which is good & very cyclical in nature.
Also working (slowly) on optical illusion podcast (I need to e-mail back someone from 2 weeks ago) but also waiting for a book I saw from Ruthann on SeamedUP.
Original reference I have is ‘okay’, but nothing that exciting or easy to get what I need from it. Hoping that Optical Art Quilt book will be more dynamic!
Okay, get to commenting and/or experimenting!
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