I've been working on Tonya's class' quilt and though I'm getting a lot made I still don't know what it is. I just kept making letters yesterday and putting them together into phrases. I need to get some direction but I'm still just making odd blocks and shapes.
And look at the state of the sewing room! Making letters just meant turning my scrap and string tub upside down and grabbing from there. You'd think with all the letters I made that I wouldn't have so many scraps to put back in the tub but they still occupy the full capacity of the tub (I guess that means I'd squeezed them in before). Tetsu took one look at the room and said,"What are you doing in here? How many quilts are you working on at one time? Three? (He could see one on the wall, one on the floor and another arranged on the bed.)
"Umm. Actually four. There's another one under that box."
I really think I aimed too high this month. I've got to get the quilt under the box back into action but that will just add to the confusion. But it's so much fun and I guess everyone knows I have a hard time concentrating on one thing!And look what someone just handed me yesterday when I was at the kindergarten! A bolt of light green cotton fabric! I can't think of a thing that I'm going to do with it but would I be crazy enough to turn down free fabric! Nope. There is a lot of yardage there for little 'ol me and I have a feeling that it may outlive me. Either that or all my quilt backings may be light green for the next few years. (But that's no fun is it!)
8 comments:
that bolt of green was a wonderful gift! If you're truly worried about it "outliving you" what about cutting off FQ's or yardage and trying to sell it on ebay... or keep a chunk you want and send the rest to a local guild for charity quilt backs....
your letters look great. I love how you're mixing different scraps together. They have a beautiful light shining effect. Sometimes you just have to keep making blocks and playing before you finally figure out what the quilt is meant to be. You're doing great.
This is looking sewwww good!
You could have great fun trying your hand at dyeing lengths of that green fabric too :o)
Your studio looks like a creative soul has been out to play. Wonderful. Your words look great - they do sparkle. And four beautiful quilts in process all at one time - multitasking at its finest. I would use as much of the green bolt as I could for backgrounds, borders, and for backing. You could piece some words in it to give it some character.
Tanya, I don't think you realize what an amazing inspiration you are to all of us! That you can be so creative and have such a wonderful amount of output while sewing in a small space is just incredibly inspiring! Your letters are just great and all of your other work...just truly lovely!
Lovely bright letters. Oh what fun looking at all your quilts in progress!
I so want to make some of these letters. I'm planning a quilt in my head but I have so much to get done that I don't know when I'll get around to making it.
I've been trying to catch up on reading everyone's blogs over the last couple days - it's hard when I'm at Mom's to get *enough* time on the computer.
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