It is a beautiful sunny day here, but still extremely cold. The wind chill makes it about -28 Celsius, so I prefer to view the day from this angle...
I am working on making 96 HST, and good progress has been made.
With the method the pattern designer has used you start with a light and dark 5 inch square, mark your sewing line, sew and cut. You then have one HST for the quilt and 2 triangle pieces you can use to make smaller HST for another project.
These are some of the smaller "left over" pieces and am sewing together as I go and will some kind of wall hanging or lap quilt with. One pattern- two quilts- gotta like that. All the HST will be sewn together today, and I think I will plan what to do with the leftover HST right away and keep the momentum going and finish them both together.
This year I am making both kids a new quilt for their beds as the original quilts I made them are at least 10 years old....Dana has picked her pattern and colours. Neil is not a guy who cares much about colour, design or anything like that so I can just pick for him...
For Dana I am making the cover quilt called Crackling Palms, and enlarging it for her bed. The black will be the background, and and the pinks will be the whirling palms. I am using some scraps and some new fabric for this. No time frame for this, just sometime in 2011.
Have a wonderful week, and enjoy every moment!
7 comments:
What better way to spend a cold winter day. Dana's quilt will be very pretty. I like the colors you chose.
Great way to spend a winter day! I took a much needed nap, then did a bit of mending for my daughter. Now I can get back to the important things...quilting!
My kind of day when it is cold out...Gorgeous pattern and fabric for Dana...
Keep warm!
Two quilts at once...love it! Those red, golds and browns are beautiful. Your daughter's quilt will be stunning.
Brrrr! You're right, you've got a great view right there! You can see the beauty of the white outside, while staying nice and warm, quilting, what could be better? Your home looks wonderful, by the way!
I follow many quilter's blogs, and enjoy looking at their creations.... I have yet to do one, myself... I've taken one "class" at JoAnn's Fabric Stores, and made a few blocks, but that's as far as I've gotten.
You have a good week, too, and I'll be sure to stop by again!
Wow, you are making progress! And they are so pretty too!
Oh Sunshine - I miss it! So glad you got some. Such pretty HST's and lots of them! Can't wait to see the quilts you make for the kiddos!
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