I have been so busy and would like to promise that I will be better at blogging, but I wouldn't dare promise that.
This first quilt was the BOM for my Gone to Pieces guild for last year. When I started it, I didn't realize that it was going to become a quilt, but I felt committed to finishing it, so I did. It is the Blue Pear Block of the Month by Minick and Simpson. I decided to make the pears green for some odd reason! It definitely isn't perfect, but here it is. I just now noticed that I put the rectangle of small squares on the lower left in the wrong place. It is supposed to be on top of the star block. I also put in pinwheels instead of circles in the lower middle. When I started the BOMs I didn't realize that it was going to make into a quilt and I used some background fabric that wouldn't be enough for a whole quilt, so it has 2 different backgrounds. I'm not sure what I will do with it - probably donate it,
I just finished a pillow that I had wanted to make ever since we got a new couch 1 1/2 years ago. It was fun and easy to make.
And finally, I just finished a cat quilt that I will put up for sale in my Etsy shop. This is my favorite quilt to make because it's fun! I enjoy picking out 48 different fabrics and they are easy to put together. I don't know how many I have made, but quite a few and have sold them all.
I will be posting soon with pictures from the Oregon Quilt Festival that I attended two weeks ago.
I have a confession to make. I started selling things at craft show to use up my fabric - I now have more fabric than ever and people are giving me the reproduction fabrics that they don't want any more. Also, I decided to not do so many craft shows so I will have more time to work on family tree and history, which is fine, but I haven't made much progress on that. I keep getting more ideas of items I want to sew. I think I am addicted! At time's I think it is keeping me sane, but what if it is doing the opposite?
Thanks for visiting and Happy St. Patrick's Day!
You don't need to promise you will post more often, just knowing you're okay is good enough for me. Happy to hear from you again. Regardless of what the BOM said you were supposed to do, I think you did an awesome job! Love the little couch pillow. DH doesn't like couch pillow so there's none at my place. :^( Love the cat quilt especially the bottom left one. It looks like it has a tiara or something.
ReplyDeleteSo your friends give you their leftover fabrics. Tell me about it. Lol. Enjoy! ;^)
Well green pears make a lot more sense to me than blue ones. Pears are green before they are yellow, but when are they ever blue? LOL
ReplyDeleteYour pillow and cat quilt are both really cute. There are a lot of cat lovers in the world, so I can see how that quilt would be popular!
The sampler quilt is fun and if you hadn't told me all that was wrong, I wouldn't have known. But I also understand the frustration of knowing it is wrong! The kitty quilt is adorable and the pillow is perfect for your couch. I, too, seem to be accumulating more fabric than I want lately... I need to learn to say no!
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