Pictures

Here are some pictures from the projects I mentioned yesterday. For some reason Blogger kept giving me an error everytime I tried to upload any additional pictures. :-(

Moda Jelly Roll QOV

Crumb Chaos Blocks

This is the bin of scraps that have been trimmed into strips for crumb blocks - they've barely made a dent in the scrap basket. At this rate I'll be making a LOT of crumb blocks.

I still need to take pictures of the split 9-patch blocks and the string blocks I worked on today. Both of those are for QOV's also. So, I may not be making a whole lot of progress on any one project, but I'm certainly not bored working on the same project every day! Now if I can only get some of them finished.

Sidetracked Yet Again

I don't know what it is with me lately, but I can't seem to stick with one project. I keep getting sidetracked. First there is the wedding quilt. After finally getting it loaded on the "Bessie" (HQ16), I started quilting the top two rows, both different, and decided I HATED what I had just done so now I'm picking it all out. Long sigh....it seems like I was just here with the last project I tried quilting.

Meanwhile, I've been reading a lot of other quilting blogs. On Patti's "Quiliting is my Passion" she has a wonderful tutorial on making Crumb Chaos blocks. Considering that I seem to save every little scrap of fabric, I thought this would be a good way for me to use up my scraps. So, in between frogging the wedding quilt, piecing the next QOV I'm now sorting through my enormous basket of scraps and starting Crumb Chaos blocks. I think that once I've sorted through my scraps and gotten a handle on them, I'm hoping that I can continue to cut up the scraps as I generate them instead of throwing them all into the basket for dealing with "Someday". I'll let you know how it goes.

And oh yeah, I forgot to mention the other QOV that I also started playing around with. That's what I get for playing around in EQ after a friend tells me about a block they saw on Fons & Porter. That makes 3 QOV's that have been started: jelly roll rw&b, strings & split 9-patch. Sheesh, I'm beginning to think I have ADD.

Friday Catch Up

Bad me -- it's been 2 weeks since I've posted. But, I do have something to show for it! Completed quilts include QOV, baby quilt & the "secret surprise" quilt. Plus, many more blocks on the OBW.

Today I was distracted by the overflowing pile of scraps and started sorting and cutting them down to uniform sizes for specific projects. It's tiring work but I'm always amazed at how quickly the time goes while I'm listening to a good book. The current book is Jodi Piccoult's "Change of Heart". If you've never read/listened to any of her books, you're missing some great stories. She has a way of taking a controversial subject and turning it into a very thought provoking story. Try one of her books -- I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.