Blocks 75 and 76 of 368
Ok, back finally! The holidays always throw me. I sew sew sew all kinds of projects, start things mid month, rush rush rush - and then need a break from even thinking about anything creatively complex.
However, I have started a few projects, slow and steady. I just tend to do better in general if I am creating, and have some great plans this year.
I am doing a monthly block project with my friend Molly. Check out our shared blog on how we are sending each other monthly inspiration and then creating a block from those ideas - sharing as we go.
I am also working on a king commissioned quilt for an Alaskan friend. Its huge, its a bit complicated, and it is taking up a huge amount of my creative brain right now.
So to keep things fresh and shake my brain lose from ruts - I am back to a 4 inch block daily-ish for this continued project. I am also following Leah Day's blog, and her 2014 freemotion quilt-a-long. If you are at all curious about quilting and want to take a few hours a week for something low key, but really fabulous, do this project. I wanted to join and work on freemotion quilting, but with the above commitments I didn't see how I could handle another full sized project. Finally it came to me in the middle of the night - add it to THIS project! Its still quilt as you go, and falls in line perfectly with my goals here - of learning while creating unique blocks. Win-win! these 2 blocks are the first in that series.
First we have the wiggle u's. I am deliberately limiting myself to fabrics I have on hand. Which is not exactly a hardship. But it will continue to be a bit scrappy. I got these fabrics in an after the holiday sale. Frankly, the reds are gorgeous.
Then we have the grid. I love grids. However, doing this one freemotion was a bit intimidating, yet also really freeing and rewarding. It is nice learning something that just adds to my abilities for future projects.
However, I have started a few projects, slow and steady. I just tend to do better in general if I am creating, and have some great plans this year.
I am doing a monthly block project with my friend Molly. Check out our shared blog on how we are sending each other monthly inspiration and then creating a block from those ideas - sharing as we go.
I am also working on a king commissioned quilt for an Alaskan friend. Its huge, its a bit complicated, and it is taking up a huge amount of my creative brain right now.
So to keep things fresh and shake my brain lose from ruts - I am back to a 4 inch block daily-ish for this continued project. I am also following Leah Day's blog, and her 2014 freemotion quilt-a-long. If you are at all curious about quilting and want to take a few hours a week for something low key, but really fabulous, do this project. I wanted to join and work on freemotion quilting, but with the above commitments I didn't see how I could handle another full sized project. Finally it came to me in the middle of the night - add it to THIS project! Its still quilt as you go, and falls in line perfectly with my goals here - of learning while creating unique blocks. Win-win! these 2 blocks are the first in that series.
First we have the wiggle u's. I am deliberately limiting myself to fabrics I have on hand. Which is not exactly a hardship. But it will continue to be a bit scrappy. I got these fabrics in an after the holiday sale. Frankly, the reds are gorgeous.
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| Wiggle Us front - Block 75 |
Then we have the grid. I love grids. However, doing this one freemotion was a bit intimidating, yet also really freeing and rewarding. It is nice learning something that just adds to my abilities for future projects.
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| Grid front - Block 76 |
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| Grid back - Block 76 |
Your quilting looks really great! Wish you luck.
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