Saturday, March 2, 2013

Quilting Process: Part 1

I love reading others' blogs for inspiration, fabric, color, etc.  But I am amazing at what some people can produce in such a short time.  As much as I love to create, there are a few things that stand in the way:

Budget (oh how I wish I had more!)
Munchkins (3 to be precise)
Reading (I'm currently entangled in Stephanie Meyer's The Host, which is interesting given that I DO NOT like Twilight.)
The House (I loathe cleaning bathrooms -- but it must be done!)
Friends
Church

Maybe that's it.
Anyway.  My sister-in-law is having a baby boy in May and I'm making her a quilt.  I love making baby quilts primarily because I can see the results faster.  But I thought it might (might) be interesting to document just how long this process will take.  So here's a wrap up of the beginning.

January -- I purchased some awesome Architextures by Carolyn Friedlander for the quilt because it spoke my name.  And my sister-in-law's.  And then I promptly went into quilter's block on what to do with it.
February -- my HUSBAND (who is amazing) finds a quilt online he likes and I think my sister-in-law would like it too.  But it does entail more fabric (oh darn).  So maybe I'll use Architextures on the back?
I finish cutting 162 triangles and last night finished sewing them all into squares.

So here's where I stand currently -- a fantastic banner of colorful squares waiting to be pressed open and trimmed (which I debated just hanging in the darling boy's room for a while).

In other words I need to find time and a great movie!
 

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