Light and Dark

I pulled out an unfinished quilt today.

 

 

This....

Is what I really SHOULD be doing.

I should get these quilt tops

sandwiched and quilted!!!

It was on my LIST to do this week!

But...

Today...I need the peace and calm

of LIGHT and DARK.

 

Pick up a light.

Pick up a dark.

Sew.

Repeat.

 

There is a serenity in quilting I love.

 

 

 

**I've added this post

to Freshly pieced

work in progress wednesday.

 

 

 

 

Monday morning

On Saturday

I made more ring blocks with friends.

Silly me!

Didn't take ONE picture!!!

:/

This quilt is growing!

And...

So pretty.

Love these GREAT BIG blocks.

They're going to grow into a twin size

in NO time!

I also received some pictures from blogland friends.

Isn't this one wonderful???

All those different blues and reds!

Norece made it for Quilts of Valor.

The pattern is called BLUE skies

by Carrie Nelson.

Holly made this one last year for her daughter.

I LOVE the color palette she used!

 

If you're not tired of this block yet....

You need to pop over and see THIS ONE!

And I mean NEED TO!!!

It is an old one

using LOTS of half square triangles.

Amazing.

 

Have a GREAT week!

Hope you have some time to SEW!

;)

 

 

 

 

 

cool weather

We have a few of these little fleece blankets around here.

This one was a FREE gift for donating $$$.

It came in the mail to dear Motherinlaw...

and ended up at our house!

;)

It sat around here....

and ONE day...

someone here was chilly!!!

 

The robe wasn't staying on quite right.

She has a little disability..

and robes can be FIDDLY things!!!

 

I did a little cutting....

a little sewing....

Voila!!!

I invented a PONCHO!!

 

WHat???

They used these in ancient times???

 

Well....

It felt like an invention to ME!!!!

LOL!

Ring quilt

You can tell by now.

I'm stuck.

Totally stuck on this pattern.

I'm exploring ALL the possibilities!

 

See what ONE old quilt

can do???

Powerful.....let me tell you!

;)

I'm going to call this version

my RING quilt.

I like this even better on point!

 

I bet there's a pattern for this one!

But....

I didn't find it.

You know me....

have to re-invent the Wheel...every. time.

I used 3 1/2" squares and half square triangles.

 

For each "color ring"

I cut:

four 3 1/2" squares of a print

Two 4" squares of print

one 3 1/2" square white

 

Using my design floor

I laid out only the 3 1/2" square pieces.

This took a little concentration.

 

Then...

I walked BACK AND FORTH

from design floor

to sewing machine in the other room

memorizing the two colors

 needed in the half square triangle blocks!

See how they're ALL different???

 

When I was done....

I was tired from walking back and forth

and my mind was SWIRLING!!!

 

In a perfect world...

My machine would be RIGHT next to the design wall!

Not TWO rooms away!!!

LOL!!!!

 

After getting them all lined up

I pieced them in rows....

and that's where I had to stop.

They're going to have to wait to GROW longer!

I have a SUPER busy weekend ahead.

I just needed to get them OFF

the design floor...IN ORDER...

before Miss Granddaughter comes to play today!

 

I'm happy to get that quilt idea OUT of my brain

even if it's NOT going to get finished

right away!!!

 

Thursday

I've been struggling to make a decision!

 

I have a number of people coming SATURDAY

to help make quilt blocks for the high school seniors

at my church.

 

I needed to plan an EASY quilt block

for the girls quilts.

 

That OLD quilt in yesterday's post was the ANSWER!

 

I simplified the quilt block and setting.

MAde the blocks REALLY big....

and...

VIOLA!!!

 

I got going and ALMOST made a WHOLE quilt!!!!

;/

 

Ooops!

Better stop and let others have some fun too....right?

 

Can anyone remind me what this quilt block is called??

I bet it has 9 patch in the name! ;)

 

 

 

 

 

Inspiration

It's not often I run into an old quilt.

This week.

I did.

 

Love. all. those. old fabrics!!!

Not sure I would love sewing all those Y seams!!!

Handquilted!

FUnky.

Faded.

Definitely some INSPIRATION!!!

 

No.

I didn't buy.

Pictures satisfied me..... THIS TIME!!!

;)

Good Books

Every night...

when the work is done...

and the kids are tucked in...

I like to sit and read!!!

 

This book has caught me!

I may need to curl up during the daytime too!!!

 

This historical novel unveils the private lives

of the Lincolns from

their white house days

to the end of Mary Todd Lincoln's life.

It's told from the perspective of

the First lady's confidante and friend,

Her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley.

 

What have YOU been reading???

I'm always looking for a good READ!