First, there was the family vacation (which was completely unplugged), then we lost our internet at home, and then the kids' school started back up. I'm not entirely sure I can make the time to blog regularly, but I'm going to give it a try.
I have been sewing and currently have one (almost) finished quilt top.
I'm calling it my Color Block quilt. The inspiration came wanting to work in a couple of solid fabrics I had recently acquired into a project -- a tangerine and a maroon. I kept added some prints and a couple more solids as I went. The quilt built itself quite organically. The block is a super-simple pattern from Quilts & More magazine. The pattern calls for 99 8" blocks - however, when I finished with the piecing, I was disappointed to find this quilt to be a bit narrow for my bed and I'm considering adding a border on the narrow sides in maroon.
I then pulled out an old WIP - a snow ball quilt using mainly green and pink prints with hand dye batiks.
I really regret making the individual blocks so small ... 4 inches, I believe. What was I thinking? Too much piecing for a fairly small-ish quilt. Never again!
And finally, I'm about halfway through with the hand quilting on my hexagon quilt.
I was horrified to find Axel nestled within my quilt hoop when I had put it down momentarily to check something on the stove. He managed to miss injury on about 4 needles!
