Couldn't resist

Yes, I did end up cutting into my Wiscasset charm packs and started playing with them. I happened to see this pattern and then it reminded me of a Charm Square quilt that Myra had made. I cut and sewed, then played around with them.

My husband says he likes the zigzag one the best. It was fun to play with fresh fabric, though I am still determined to get as many UFO as possible into quilt tops.

Fabric Friday

I have been doing bits and pieces of quilting here and there, but I have been sick for a week so I feel behind in everything, home, work and quilting included. I went camping last weekend with my family and we all came home sick with colds. We stayed overnight at my mother-in-law's on the way to the camp since it was quite a ways away from us. While there she gave me a beautiful soft denim jacket with red and white piping. Blue and red are one of my favourite colour combinations and I decided right then that I wanted to make a blue and red quilt.The next morning we left and as we were driving toward the camp I realized that we would be going right past the quilt store that I had visited on our summer vacation. I had bought 1/2 metre of aqua fabric there and it turned out to be the perfect shade to go with my red and aqua quilt, so I used it as the inner border. I did not have enough fabric to use it for the binding, so we stopped and and I got some more of it. While looking around the store, I noticed some charm packs. Wiscasset, red, blue and tan. It was a bit of an eerie feeling when I had just decided to buy some beautiful red and blue fabric. I bought all 4 charm packs that they had and of course I want to make a quilt with it right away. I think I will hold off until I have my Christmas quilting organized.

Butterfly Blooms Design Wall

 

I decided to change my UFO projects around. I am making this quilt for my niece and want to have it done for Christmas. I had all of the individual pieces sewn, so all I needed to do was sew them into blocks. It is the Butterfly Blooms pattern by Cozy Quilts. This is the first time I have worked with black as a background and I definitely like it more than I thought I would. I also found the perfect border fabric for it and I am excited to see what it will look like when it is all put together. Check out what others are doing for Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times.

August UFO top done

My August UFO top is done! Now that it is all put together I like it so much better than when it was individual squares. My least favourite thing is borders. It has been awhile since I have put big borders on a quilt. For me, with a quilt with so much going on in the middle I wanted a calmer border and I think the red/aqua work well with it. My September UFO is my Snowmen applique quilt. It is has been awhile since I did applique and I am looking forward to working on it. Check out other UFO finishes at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday - August 29

 

I got started working on my Jacob's Ladder quilt this weekend. I like the look I am getting. I am not sure how big it is going to be because originally the fabric was meant for another project. That will be a part of the fun. Check out what others are doing at Patchwork Times.

The Creative Peaks

Well, as usual it has happened to me again. I go for a while without quilting too much, then get back into a project and wham, all the ideas come to me for my other projects. I find the creative process so fascinating with its valleys and peaks, especially when the peaks come and there is not enough time to climb all of them. That is why this blog is great. It keeps me on track and helps me remember my ideas when I have time to get back to them.



I now have all of my presents completed for my Flurry quilt.

My border fabric for my red/aqua quilt came yesterday so now I can put it on and have my August UFO finished. Another thing I find so fascinating is the mail system. It only took 9 days to get here from California. Sometimes it takes that long for things sent in Canada to reach me.

My son's Halloween quilt needs to be worked on as well. I finished up his sister's last year. Now it's his turn.

I also finally committed to what I am making for my nephew. Last year I changed fabric with my nephew and brother so that I could get a quilt done for my brother by Christmas.I was not really enjoying the pattern I had picked out for my brother. I tried out a different one for my nephew in EQ6 and I really like how it turned out.

I also have to start thinking about my guild's quilt show next year and I am going to be teaching at my LQS so I need to work on that too.

Let me know how you are doing and how you manage with the peaks of creativity.

Flurry of Activity

Yesterday, was a flurry of activity for me, including working on my Flurry quilt. Two years ago, I made Christmas gifts for a Christmas block swap and when I saw the Flurry pattern by Kate Spain I had to make it. I bought the Christmas Candy fabric to make this quilt. I also added in some Michael Miller's Funky Christmas that I won 2 summers ago. As well, I finally found a great spot for the snowmen fabric that my friend Ariane had given me earlier this year.This is the first project I have made this year using fabric that I bought this year. Everything else has been my UFO's or fabric from my stash. I have to say I felt like a kid in a Christmas Candy store getting to make it and there is enough fabric left over for my daughter. I can't wait to get it finished.