I flung myself to the final Rise and Shine class this morning. It was a lot of fun visiting with friends and show and tell of our tops. One gal already had her top finished and quilted but not entirely done. The wording, Quilts Have Stories, had not been added yet. Me, my top is not a top, but mostly a bunch of blocks made and pinned together and there were a few others in the same boat as I. And that is perfectly fine!
I have not yet decided if I want to finish it partly because truly I am scrappy and this is a little too organized and fussy for me. Also, I had some issues with making the blocks, such as getting my flying geese to go the right way and there are a lot of those in the top. Another part, very small, feels like I bought the fabric and pattern that I should finish it, so my decision for now is to put it away for a while and decide later. Oh well. We had a drawing for a new sewing machine, a little travel sized Janome machine that is computerized. I did not win but I am happy for the gal that did win. All in all, it was a good morning!
I am declaring for myself that the next 3 days are just to take it easy, organize my leftovers, and figure out what is next on my list. As some of you may know, I had been in a sewing slump since March and have not felt like sewing. I think I was just overwhelmed for a bit and last year I had finished 12 quilts for donation and it all just caught up with me. Now that I have no more classes to attend until next year, I feel a big weight has been lifted and now I can go back to sewing without deadlines.
It is time for lunch so I will chat more later.
It is now September 5, a couple of months since I last posted this. This past summer has been way too hot for me and not much in the way of sewing happened, but I have been purging. I have a lot of fabric, books and whatever else, and so I now have several bags that I hope to take to the guild meeting next week. I moved a lot of stuff around and downsized a lot, but there is still even more left! I am also going through patterns and deciding if I really want to make them or not. If not, then out they go. But I am also going through a stack of panels and matching them with backings and doing edge-to-edge quilting on them. Those will also go to the guild as donation kids’ quilts. I am still deciding on the quilt for next year, and I will post a preview on the 10th.
Now to sew the binding on my Potato Chip Block, I call it Picasso! Will post a picture later.
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