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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

design wall monday

A lot has happened since my last post but I have been very lax in taking pictures so I have nothing to show for it :( Before I started this blog I used to take a lot of pictures...

This was my design wall yesterday...the project is from http://blog.maryquilts.com/ and called twisted 9-patch. I think I've decided to make it into a table runner so that I can use the flowered fabric as the backing as there isn't enuf for borders. I purchased that fabric when I took the bustrip to Toronto last fall. I didn't re-read Mary's instructions before cutting so I did the 9-patches with 2" strips instead of 2.5" strips. I've wasted a lot of the green fabric cutting the squares down to what I feel looks ok. That'll teach me, huh?!
This next picture is my whole design wall...the other parts are a little more long term, some are even stagnant. I've started hanging table runner tops by that wooden pants hanger, prevents needing to re-iron them later.
This is CasaGrande after the last storm we had a week or so ago. We've probably only had 3 "big" storms this year and it always seems to be warm and melt shortly after the storm. This week is a fine example - it's currently 55 degrees so you know the yard is now half covered in dirty snow and half mush from the melt-off. I really hate this time of the year for that exact reason but it sure was nice to sit outside in the sunshine during lunch today!

Ooh, and one more for the road...

Monday, January 11, 2010

Design Floor Monday

I finally had the center blocks ready to assemble Bonnie's Carolina Christmas mystery quilt this weekend so I spread them out on the living room floor Saturday to play with the arrangement. My CC is red, white, blue and gold so I'm calling it "Carolina Christmas in July" and you'll see that I decided to do my own arrangement.
I didn't have all the blocks sewn together so I left them on the floor overnight...you know where this is going, right??!!

I interrogated the usual suspects Sunday morning but no one was talking...

Oh well, time to work on the pieced borders...