And Sometimes

You are forced to bed, at least temporarily. I was so excited to finish the next step the baby quilt last night. Hubby was setting up our new toy (HD TV) so I hid in the basement and fueled my insomnia with getting all the circles done for the baby quilt. Today I was looking forward to a bunch of stuff but contractions are forcing me to rest.

And here I was going to finally make those pillows for our new couch, make some strawberry jam (already!), and take the Monster out to play in the snow we got through the night. Oh well. For now Hubby is out shopping with the Monster and I lay in bed with my tea and cookies.

Sometimes...

You need to put aside the mountain of laundry, ignore the dog hair layering your floor, and avoid the dirty dishes cluttering the counter and just quilt. It was a crazy week at work, we had some crushing family news, and all of us are fighting colds. When the Monster went down for her nap I ignored my blackberry and hunkered down in the basement. It's amazing what you can do in a couple of hours!

I started the new baby's quilt. It's a simple design, but should be quite graphic when finished. Here is the midway point of the background. Just a bunch of half square triangles pieced into some pinwheels. Appliqued on top of that? Why circles, of course! Was there any doubt?

Opinions?

I am struggling with this quilt. It currently sits at the long arm quilter I've used before. She does great work. But the two of us are struggling with exactly how to quilt it.

As I was making it I pictured the top covered in circles, maybe 3 inches in diameter. It is an 84 inch square top so that would work perfectly. But my long armer doesn't have a program to do that as she only works digitally. And somehow a meandering pattern or one with lots of curliques doesn't work in my my mind.

Suggestions?

Making My Way Through the Stack

Another UFO finally gets finished. This is the Tuesday Night Quilt. My quilting friend here in town and I were getting together on Tuesday nights... about 3 years ago. We decided we needed to work on a green quilt - something neither of us had done before.

To be honest, I can't remember the book we got the technique from. I want to say it is a Gwen Marston technique, but I can't say for sure. We just cut fabric and had fun piecing. She took half the blocks, I took half. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of her quilt. They are two very different quilts, very different.

It is my first wall hanging. There is a large blank wall in my office that is calling out for this. Now, on to buy a dowel and some hooks for hanging it.