Another Scrap-Happy Quilting Adventure (+ A Super Quick One-Day Giveaway)
This quilting thing? It’s utter madness. I’m not alone, though; I know you share this insanity. You finish a quilt, give it away, and in that pause between taking a deep, refreshing breath and re-committing to getting the house in order, you blow off your good intentions and turn on the sewing machine.
Yup, I did that within hours of the end of my recent holiday. I’d been eyeing another scrap-happy project, a Blue Underground Studios pattern called “Sticks and Bricks” published in the April 2012 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting, and I succumbed. Mind you, I do have a deadline for a magazine project-like thing plus a super-secret pattern in development. What the heck, go big or do housework. I’m opting for a BIG pile of quilts!
Ready for the first draft layout–I’m a little scared of the dark blocks.
I’ll post a picture when I ‘m done, but the Blue Underground Studios version is so pretty, I reserve the right to “forget” to post if I don’t like my result.
As I mentioned in my Tuesday post, I delivered a colorful scrappy quilt to my sister-in-law Laurence when we met up in Los Angeles recently for her daughter’s (my niece/god-daughter’s) bridal shower. Our hostess (and newest extended-family member as mother-of-the-groom) has the perfect setting for styled quilt photography so we staged an impromptu al fresco photo shoot.
I did NOT plan this photo shoot–it was kismet: the colors, the furniture, the sunny day. Thanks to Marla!
Here’s a closer look at the quilt. One of my favorite long-armers, Elaine Beattie, machine quilted the top in a curvy water-drop motif.
Just to update, the latest issue of The Quilt Life (June 2013) has an excellent explanation of faced bindings done by Ricky Tims with how-to photos and a primer for doing the triangles as well. I touched on faced bindings in a recent post and promised to tell you then when the magazine was available on newsstands.
Giveaway Details Here
Oh yes, about that super, super-quick giveaway . . . leave me a comment TODAY and I will award a copy of Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott at the end of the day and notify the winner Saturday morning. How’s that for insane fun?
Here’s your question: What do you do: drop everything to quilt or clean your house first, then quilt?
p.s. Hey Ginabeth, you’ve got a prize to claim from the Verna Mosquera giveaway! Email us seehowwesew@gmail.com.
p.p.s. May 18, 2013: Here’s the name of the Lintott book giveaway winner: Donna from Texas. Congrats!
Happy quilting!
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