I finally got real and used the rotary cutter to cut the strips. That was much less tedious than cutting with scissors. That just left the tying of the knots, but a friend and her daughter came over and each did a blanket, making it possible to get all four done. They are single layer fleece, which is not my most favorite form of fleece blanket (I like matching two fabrics), but what can you do. It was the nature of the beast.
Yesterday I got a call to make some fleece blankets in a hurry. Project Linus asked for 1,000 blankets to send to the high school back east where the shootings occurred. I managed to crank out four yesterday, with a little help from my friends!
I finally got real and used the rotary cutter to cut the strips. That was much less tedious than cutting with scissors. That just left the tying of the knots, but a friend and her daughter came over and each did a blanket, making it possible to get all four done. They are single layer fleece, which is not my most favorite form of fleece blanket (I like matching two fabrics), but what can you do. It was the nature of the beast.
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Here's my list: 1. Finish Four-patch Posies -- sandwich and quilt. Done!http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2648977800101604069aGyaIu 2. Finish black Rainbow Braid -- sandwich and quilt. Done! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2303712850101604069FUrgZw 3. Finish white Rainbow Braid -- add final border, sandwich and quilt. Yay, done! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2353959310101604069fiTcqc 4. Dalmation dog PL blanket -- secure center embroidery, sandwich and quilt. Removed from the line-up; tossed the embroidered square, made other plans for the fabric. 5. Baby blanket for clients -- sandwich and quilt. Done, along with two others (one for client is blue & gold): http://community.webshots.com/album/582227992JJJlrc 6. Finish two embroidered pillows. Done: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/582101440WALUyO 7. Finish Raspberry Rabbit hearts wallhanging. I've been struggling with fabric paralysis for quite some time. You know, where you have so much fabric and so many ideas that you can't ever seem to get anything started – or finished. One one of the quilting forums I frequent, several of us posted a list of UFOs with a goal of finishing them. I listed five projects, of which I finished two, trashed one altogether, and still have two left. But then on another forum someone started a Project Linus kick-off where we each received a yard of fabric to make a PL blanket, which I did. So I've been productive, just not on my UFO list.
I really do want to finish the lap quilt on my UFO list. It's a four-patch posies pattern that I made from fabric I purchased on the anniversary of my mom's death. I spent the day doing things I knew she would enjoy, and me splurging on fabric is definitely something she would have enjoyed -- I generally feel too guilty to pay full price. I pride myself on my ability to get good fabric on sale, and I scour Craigslist for deals. We also get a lot of fabric donated to our local Project Linus, of which I am the assistant to the coordinator, so I get to scope out that fabric, too. Which leads me to my fabric paralysis... I'm currently kicking around ideas for utilizing some coordinated fat quarters I have. I like to come up with a pattern that will make the most of the fabric, because the last thing I need is more scraps in my stash. I recently made two French braid quilts with rainbow colors of coordinated shades, and I stuffed all the scraps into an envelope because I can't bear to look at them anymore. So whatever I do has to use up most if not all the fabric, to save my sanity. |
How did I come up with this name for my blog?I will never be recruited into the Quilting Police – I am not a perfectionist when it comes to quilting. I prefer my quilts done (not that I don't have plenty that are only partly done and many many more in the dream stages). I also like to get a deal on fabric, and I like to use up my fabric efficiently. I created this blog to show the method of my madness... Some of my favorite sites:
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