After a nice December break full of holiday activities and baking cookies, I'm back in my sewing groove. So far this month, I have managed to do a little bit of quilting almost every day. Projects that have taken up my time in the last week or so have been the Quiltville Old Town mystery and an old Quiltville mystery Good Fortune. Yesterday I finished sewing the blocks together, I think I had six left to go, and all the sashing. And since it was still early, I laid out all my blocks and started sewing. And I got to the point where the quilt top is in 4 large chunks before I lost steam. But even after I get the center sewn, I'm at the point where I have to make a lot more four patches because I decided to change up the outer border. So instead of her large squares, I'm going to make a lot more 4 patches and create a checkerboard border.
Honestly, it's not even the thought of cutting or sewing that many units, it's the pressing of that many units that has my head spinning. I haven't calculated how many more I need to make, but I'm pretty sure it's a lot. But that project is currently sitting at my boyfriend's place. And the intention was to get the center together earlier today, but the snow came in faster than expected. And since we're supposed to get between 5-8" and I need to go to work tomorrow, I stayed home today and made soup. Because snow days, specifically weekend snow days, call for soup and fresh bread. And sewing. Lots of sewing and ignoring housework that could be done.
Since the Good Fortune mystery is over and I have the reveal, I switched up the colors knowing how they would all play out in the end.. I'm pretty sure I decided to start this one as soon as I finished my Ice Crystals quilt. But I received two fat quarter bundles for Christmas, Flowerhouse Camille by Debbie Beaves and Shoreline by Camille Roskelley and I was surprised how well the two bundles worked together. I only have one of the blocks done, I'm working on clues out of order so I can do a block at a time and not lose parts and I'm loving how well they're coming together. Next up is the alternate block using navy blues and greens.
What else, the baby quilt for my friend is a top, it still needs to be quilted and I haven't taken any photos yet, my apartment doesn't have very good lighting and I've been working on it in the evenings. I meant to take a picture today, but because of the snow, still not great photos. I might not get any photos until it's done at this point, but I will say it has turned out super cute.
And I'm sure everyone has heard the news with Joann Fabrics. I won't lie, I made a trip to the bigger store on Friday after work. That store looked like a disaster zone. There were boxes everywhere and empty shelves, but I will say that the employees did look like they were trying to keep a positive take on things. I walked out with a lot of fabric, something like 25 yards. And with all the holiday sales going on, I think it came out to about $5/yard with the coupons I had. I grabbed a few quarter yard cuts of some novelty prints. I think this next baby quilt is going to be an I Spy quilt and my novelty fabrics are quite slim. Other than that, I stocked up on neutrals, of which I'm always running low, and some oranges. Along with a few fabrics that caught my eye. I want to say I didn't go nuts, but I feel like 25 yards is going nuts.
But despite the reason why I went, it is always fun to inject new fabrics into your stash. You end up with combinations you wouldn't have paired otherwise or sometimes there's one fabric you want to make the focal point and you already have the rest in your stash. And I won't lie, if the worst happens, and there are liquidation sales, I will go buy fabric. And probably another storage bin for it since the two I have are quite full now after this last shopping trip.
Right now I should probably work on those baby quilts, but I really just want to work on Good Fortune. So that's probably what I'm going to end up doing. The quilt for my friend only needs to be quilted and I can probably get that done in a day. And her baby shower is over a month away. And the I Spy quilt isn't needed until August, so I have lots of time there. Or I might end up hand quilting as that quilt has been keeping me company on the couch next to me untouched for almost two months now. Decisions, decisions.
Happy Quilting!
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