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Pass the veggies

 

As mentioned previously, I’ve gone a little sampler/block of the month crazy. It’s like my eyes being bigger than my stomach at a buffet or something. Like one handful of chocolate chips is good, so two must be better. Just to prove I don’t know when to say “Enough!”, I was almost-seriously thinking about joining an online quilting bee, although that was more about making connections with other people than with participating in a dozen more quilts. I probably should find a way to work on the social thing without giving myself more to do…. Anyway, I’ve finished the first …

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Catching up with the Bloggers’ BOM

 

With a little sunshine here, I’ve finally gotten some photos of the Blogger’s BOM blocks from the last three months! November’s block, a “Split Star”. Part of me wishes that I’d done a little deviating so that the patterned fabric in the third row from the top was vertical and matched the other instances of that fabric.  Not really sure I’ll tear out the seams and make that happen, though.

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Show and Tell

 

Sampler quilts haven’t ever really been my thing. I tend to like a more coherent look, which is weird if you’ve ever seen my interior decor aesthetic. Our living room isn’t matchy-matchy at all, although I will confess to a certain amount of post-purchase, pre-delivery angst regarding our new dining room table and whether it would at least not clash with the chairs we already had. (In case you’re wondering, it’s worked out fine.) So, it’s a little odd that I’ve been working on the Blogger’s Block of the Month since last fall. Every month, a different block. Sure, I’m …

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Would you believe me if I said I’ve had this block finished for almost the whole month and I’m just now getting around to posting it? I’m not sure I would believe me either, but there it is. I’m sticking with the same fabrics I started with and plan to continue to do so for the rest of the blocks. Finding something that will work as a sashing or as setting blocks may be a bit of a challenge. Although, maybe I’ll find I have enough of this white-on-white that I’m using as the background to use as setting blocks. …

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No, really, I had to

 

I usually try to have at least some idea of what I’m going to do with a length of fabric before I buy it. It’s not like there’s a shortage of fabric in my sewing space. When Pacific Fabrics sent out an announcement that this fabric line, Catkin from In the Beginning Fabrics, had arrived in their stores, I sorta did a happy dance in my chair. How can you not love cats in paisleys? A week or so ago, when I was popping in for sewing machine needles (not an excuse, really!) I happened to notice something small (a …

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Colorful Pinwheels

I’ve actually finished a quilt this year! I have a pile of Works in Progress teetering on the chest in my work space and I keep adding new fabric for additional projects to it (see the sidebar for details). Somehow, the size of the pile doesn’t seem to deter me from seeing some new project and rushing out for supplies for that, too. There’s probably some deep psychological statement to be extracted here: I’m afraid of running out of things to do? I’m afraid of the risk of starting something? Whatever. It’s time to celebrate something being finished. This quilt …