I have been busy raising boys and trying to help the men in my life deal with various life issues and while I wouldn't change the effort it didn't result the way I thought it would or hoped it would. My boys are great they are both high schoolers and one is learning to drive so my days with them underfoot are fast disappearing. Makes me proud and sad at the same time. I was challenged recently to share quilts I have made in the past on Facebook and when I started to go through pictures realized how much I missed it. So about 2 weeks ago I got back in the sewing room yet again and started. At first it was just 15 min. I have burned through a few computers and hard drives and had to find files I used for all kinds of my quilting things. I have EQ7 and need to get all my quilting software installed and working again (haven't gotten there yet). But I did find my UFO spreadsheet and got it updated with what I found when I went through things.
I'm in the process of working on a couple of UFO's mainly because I have training camps that I sit and wait for 2 hrs every week for my sons sports interest and I need something to do. So I've been trying to put together carry along hand work that I can have and applique' or hand piecing is a good way to do it. I did a hexagon quilt for my mom before she passed so I really don't want to repeat that just yet. I have thought about working on a Baby Jane or Quilted Diamonds and I think I'm going to do Quilted Diamonds it was something that always appealed to me.
Lillebet's Garden is what I'm working on. I started this when Beth was doing it as a BOM on her blog. I have all the blocks pieced and almost all the cutting work done (final border and binding not done) I have all the applique' flowers cut need to address the stems and leaves yet. Started to work on assembling the sashing and setting strips and in my rush to see progress sewed with too heavy a quarter inch seam. Soooo I will be ripping here shortly and redoing that. My plan is to work on sewing things together while home and then working on the applique' while waiting until I get to the point where I can do both or finish this bugger. The other UFO is Sue Garman's "And To All a Goodnight" its a Christmas Quilt that is suppose to be for my brother. I got the base done with the pieced blocks the part I stopped at was .........drumroll please......... the applique' top. I think I have this problem with applique'. Actually to be honest it isn't so much a problem as it is like that first High Dive. I love it and love it in combination with piecing my brain goes absolutely haywired at the possibilities when blended together it just unleashes and unlocks so much creativity in my brain that I get overwhelmed. It's a skill I'm not proficient at so while I love it and the possibilities I keep going to the edge and looking down and then gulping a lot and backing up and then back to the edge and looking down you get the idea. Well time to just take the plunge and get it over with. I have 4 UFO's with this pieced applique concept and I just need to get off the high dive which is what this restart is all about.
