Rough four days

I started feeling a cold coming on at work on Friday. Saturday I felt awful, Sunday a little better but the coughing started, and Monday I had zero energy. When I had a moment that I felt a little better throughout the weekend, I would dig thru my stash for prints and got a few strips cut.

Here is a stack I still need to cut strips from.

I still have a lot more fabric to sort thru. I did find quite a few scraps mixed in with my yardage that was just enough to get two 3" x 42" strips out of.

Today I feel a bit better and I am not coughing as much.

More strips

I only managed to get a few more strips cut, but it is better than none! What is nice is I am using up bits and pieces and not just cutting off of yardage. I probably won't be able to tell that I have cleared out some scraps because there is a lot more!

I am going to try and get more solid strips cut and maybe get into cutting some of the prints too this weekend. I have a lot of things I would love to work on this weekend including getting those door final painted for my new cabinet.

Chris - you are a no reply, but I appreciate your comment. I am excited to find some prints to go with the solids and start getting this quilt put together. I will probably make more blocks than I need, but I will use those to make baby quilts or veteran quilt tops to send to Vicki of Colorways

Have a great weekend!

I just couldn't wait

I just had to make a block. I just couldn't wait until I got all those strips cut! LOL!!! I have been cutting two 3" wide strips of the solids and I will be doing the same of the prints. Here is my first block. It's a simple block and not challenging, but I think they will make a pretty quilt.

This is the picture that was in the book of the quilt.

Still digging for solids

I went thru the bin of solids and found some pieces that were colors I could use. I still was short on purples and I needed to find some pale colors so I went digging again in the fabric storage room. I thought for a second I may have to buy some fabric, but then I decided I am not going to do that! I am going to use what I have! After pulling solids out of every pile and bin I had, I headed to my hand dyed shelf and started digging. I did find some fabric that did not have a big variation of color meaning almost solid. I found some purples, a pale pink, and some greens. Here is the pile I have now waiting for me to press and cut.

After I get these cut into strips I will then be matching each strip up with a print. I saw this quilt in the book "Use Scraps, Sew Blocks, Make 100 Quilts" by Stuart Hillard on Glen's blog Quilts and Dogs. It is a simple 16 patch block quilt, but I loved all the colors that were used. So my next adventure will be digging thru my stash for lively prints! I have a bunch of African Dutch Wax prints and I think some of them will end up in this quilt.

Digging for more solids

I went digging in the fabric storage room for more solid fabrics. I have been not buying much fabric the last couple of years unless I need something for a project. My storage room still seems so full so it took some digging around to see if I could find more solids. I did find these. The blues, lavender, and that dark green are all vintage fabrics.

Them I had to search around for my scrap box of solids. I finally found it. I need to come up with some orange and purple fabrics. We will see!

Several finishes

I got the flannel table topper finished. It is 19" x 28"

I crocheted the edge of that baby blanket I had finished knitting a few weeks ago. The yarn was bought by the same friend as the table topper is for. The blanket was suppose to be for a baby, but that baby has long grown into an elementary aged girl. I still finished it and she can give it to someone if she wants.

For this same friend, she had asked me to dye some placemats that had stains on them.

The stains didn't go away; they absorbed the dye differently. Oh well, I tried.

I spent some time cutting fabric for my next project. This will be a quilt for my nephew and his wife. They just got married a few months ago. They didn't want a wedding, but they still need a quilt! I got started on cutting 3" wide strips of solids which I will pair with a print. I need to go digging for more solids! I need some light blue, orange, purple, and green.

All quilted

I got the mini flannel quilt/table topper quilted last evening. I was surprised it took three bobbins to quilt this 28.5 x 19.5" piece. I also have the binding cut.

I will get this finished this weekend and I would like to get the second coat of paint on the cabinet doors so I can hang them. I already had door knobs so I will screw those on. Next I can take down the shelving and get started on painting the next wall in the utility/laundry/dye studio/dressing room.

Have a great weekend!