Distraction and Motivation

It is hard to stay focused on a quilt that's been a work in progress for just about a year.  Several reasons exist, yet one stands out the most:  the gorgeous colors of fall are beckoning me and I've got those colors in my fabric stash!  I have managed to talk myself into continuing by just focusing on the fact that the end is in sight and the colors work for another holiday, Christmas.  Enjoy the latest!

Tick Tock..

No excuses, just haven't had enough time to Quilt.  :-(
I did put things away for the kids birthday party, so
I have to make sure that I work on it again soon...
right after healing an ill child, writing thank you notes,
planting the mums for Fall - before the freeze kills them off,
prepping outgrown kid's stuff for a resale...oh!  and then
there is work and living and breathing.   Yikes!
How is YOUR crafting coming along?  

Slow Moving but...

there has been some progress!  It really is shaping up to look like a quilt.  I may be about half way
done with this one...and just think!...I'll have another one to work on as well!  Yeah for me!  :-)

The four letter "WORK" gets in the way

OUCH!!!!!!hope your finger is on the mend.
I haven't done any scrappin for a few weeks. That four letter word called "work" is getting in the way. Plus had to wait for a new blade which arrived from the other side of the world....you guessed it....China, were else..... Hope to get scrappin soon.

Casualties with Rewards

This blog has spurred me on to good craft works!  But before the rewards came, you know casualties had to occur.  Here's the first one - my dining room table lost to fabric cut into wrong-sized pieces, fabric rip outs, and oodles of thread waste:

The second casualty could not be photographed.  Just think 'New Rotary Cutter Godzilla Meets Whayle's Pinkie Finger.'  Fortunately, I've recovered and have a beautiful inch-long battle scar that I'll only think of fondly when I can finally gaze upon my finished product!  Good thing I was working on red fabric at the time ...

Now for the rewards!  The block I first learned to make in my quilt class was pretty adventurous:  triangles!  I was proud to accomplish something other than squares and rectangles!  Then came show and tell at the next class ... ouch ... my block was the plainest out of 20.  I just have to be brave with color!

Back to the drawing board and WALLA!

I decided to go even more crazy and make a second block.  Isn't it amazing to see the transformation using the same pattern after mixing up the placement of the same fabrics and the same colors?  Rewards!