I got a new job at work, and it's a lot busier. And since I only have computer+Internet access at work, I haven't updated this for months.
Holidays and travel (both planned and unplanned) happened, and lots of sewing.
I did little projects, which I'm just realizing now that I didn't photograph. Boo.
But I have finished TWO quilts so far this year!
Maybe my favorite quilt photo ever.
It's a values quilt. For Tim. Since I started quilting, he's said that his favorite kind of quilt is scrappy patchwork. So that's what I did, for his birthday.
I took ALL my scraps and cut them into 1.75-inch strips, and then sorted them into dark and light piles.
I followed the Bright Furrows quilt pattern from Modern Log Cabin Quilting , but did the chain piecing a bit differently. Instead of working through four blocks at a time with each block in a different place to facilitate randomness, I worked on six blocks at a time with each block in the same stage but used different fabric strips.
Does that make sense? No? Maybe this does:
OK.
The finished blocks are 9 inches, and the quilt is 9 blocks by 8 blocks. It's bound with a small black dot on a white background, and backed with a sheet! It's held up very well through several washings, and the best part is that it was only $4 at Target. Boom!
Up close, you can't see the pattern at all.
First time free-motioning.
OK, one more. Of a cute helper puppy.
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And then I finished another quilt! The top had been almost done for months.
Dense quilting:
So dense that I ended up cutting the quilt top down a bit. I planned on it being a wall-hanging anyway ...
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And now, I'm working on my first ... paying quilt job!
It's a baby quilt for someone to give as a gift!
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We also moved recently, and Chowder is having a hard time with it.
And Tom is still Tom.
