The Return of Sister's Choice

This project is jinxed! 

Was going to use orphan blocks in a table runner.  Then I decided to make a baby quilt.

It won't lay flat.  Drat!
And I've fallen out of love with my border fabric.  Double Drat!
I have another fabric I love, but only a fat quarter.   Triple Drat!  LOL

I'm typing this post from an airport as I wait for a delayed flight.  They say quilters are required to purchase fabric in every state they visit.  Perhaps I'll find the perfect fabric in Colorado!  :)

Scrap Quilts - Three Done, More to Come!

Did a little quilting over the 4-day weekend.  I had just enough teddy bear fabric to cut the four large and three small squares.  I'd been dying to use this fabric for the longest time...so I just had to design a quilt around it.  This is a scrap quilt.  I get tremendous satisfaction from taking what looks like a whole lot of nothing, and turning it into something that's not only useful, but pleasing to the eye. 

This pink and purple jeans quilt is sister to the pink and white one pictured below.  Can you tell I had a lot of squares sitting around?  They were just waiting to be turned into a cuddly quilt for some little person to cuddle up in.  The fun in making a jeans quilt is that you can include pockets.  As I sew, I enjoy picturing what sort of treasures I might tuck into those pockets. 

These two quilts will be going to baby cousins.  They sure have a nice grandma to buy the pink and white quilt at a craft fair, and to pre-order a second one for the other grand-baby! 

If you can't tell, I'm on a mission to use up scraps!  I don't want to move or store them when I sell my house next year. 

And speaking of scraps, have you seen THIS?

 

Wow, huh?  These blocks were made by Candace at Double Nickel Quilts.  Such wonderful use of color!  The blocks were made for the Hurricane Sandy Quilt Block Drive.  See here for everything you need to know to participate:

 

http://doublenickelquilts.blogspot.com/2012/11/hurricane-sandy-quilt-block-drive.html

I can't wait to get started! :)

Version 1 or 2?

Version 1?

Or Version 2?

Moving and Liquidation Sales

 

One two-day, two-household garage sale, and one 5-hour, poorly advertised craft fair later, I've put money into savings for home repairs and improvements and have even been paid in full to make a second rag-edge recycled jeans baby quilt for a woman with two baby grand-daughters.  I had most of the supplies on hand, so I came home, took a power nap, and started cutting and stitching right away.  Here's what I accomplished last night - even in my rather burned out state.

Here's the down side!  27 bags and boxes in the middle of my living room.  Most are garage sale items, some are quilts and crafts.  Some of this will be sold on Craig's List.  Some will be donated to assorted charities.  But it needs to be sorted.  Someone dear to me took sick as we were tearing down the garage sale, so others chipped in to pack things up so I could take him to the ER.  All turned out well, thankfully!  But as a result, the sorting and sifting I intended to do before bringing anything inside didn't happen as planned.  At least I can now do it in my warm, dry living room at my leisure.  HA - who am I kidding?  I don't remember what leisure is - LOL!

So all of this has been going on as I prepare to sell my home.  Had an inspection done, painters are prepping to paint the outside - though the job goes slower when they can only work in the warmer part of the day.  And I have three other weather dependent jobs to complete in short order.  I continue to have respiratory troubles, so I commisssioned my sons to do my garden tear out and final yard clean up.

So call me crazy, but I'm considering doing another one-day craft fair in a couple weeks.  Being a Holiday Craft Fair, I'm debating if I can still sell non-fall/winter items?  This fair runs 7 hours instead of 5, and is VERY well advertized. I'm told the fee is only $60.00.  I've e-mailed the man in charge, to determine if there's still room for another vendor and what one gets for $60.00.  Though I'm tired, I could use the greenbacks for home repairs and improvements, and I SURE would like to make some boxes dissappear!  :)