Project #1: What was SUPPOSED to be a 3D tumbling block quilt quickly morphed into a star pattern as I placed different fabric into various positions before sewing. The only problem? How to connect them. Thanks to youtube videos and learning how to do a "Y seam", this quilt top has been folded and moved from a heap on the table into a "to be quilted" pile. And yes, that is progress.
Project #2 comes from out of the chair. Two years ago I started this quilt as a dare and was going to enter it into the State Fair. I quickly realized I didn't have enough time nor the required skills (nor an adequate sewing machine) to complete the quilt. I am happy to say that even though I used this as a "skill builder" project, it is now quilted, folded, and awaiting it's owner.
Project #3 actually started in June when I took a class at the Sewing Expo in Raleigh. I was determined it was not going to sit in a pile for several years, so I simply sewed fabrics in strips around it until I had a decent quilt size.
And here's a close-up of the center block that started it all. The class was teaching you how to get two squares out of one cutting when doing applique. The block is huge (23x23), and I haven't yet decided how I'm going to finish the second one. I'm trying to complete finish a few other things first.
At some point, I hope to get around to quilting the tops, but my my current mindset is focused on too many other things (like garden stuff and housework and the upcoming kids' Christmas play practices and fall activity, etc). It's a good thing I enjoy details and organizing. My husband laughs about the organizing part. I have so much going on at one time that our life and house often feels like things are in disarray. I prefer to call it a perpetual state of motion.
And with that, we're moving on.
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My grandmother made me a quilt one time and it never made it to my house when we got married. I have searched everywhere at my moms for it, but have never found it. You