That sums up everything I did yesterday. It was time to get all the cat scraps off the cutting table and make some veterans quilt "kits".
I decided to make this one a little less scrappy and pulled only the cool colors. I even found a blue for the binding. Kit #1 done! Then I wanted to do something different with the third Blockade set. I found this fabric (also by Paula Nadestern from an older collection). It's the fabric that I used for the background of my Pleiades quilt. I had exactly enough for the blocks and binding. See that little scrap on the right? That's all that was left from this piece of fabric. Clearly I'm living right! Kit #2 done. Next up were the 2.5" squares. I'll do a simple double 4-patch. The dotty fabric is from a project that I had planned a long time ago and eventually lost interest. I cut the binding from the dots also. I have TONS black. It's Paula's Marbella black and it's one of the best black fabrics that I've ever seen. I stocked up when it came out. This is basically how it's going to look and I'm happy enough with it. I have a lot more 2.5" squares so if I like this maybe I'll make another....or not. I'll deal with that later. Kit #3 done. While I had everything out I figured I might as well deal with this. I did a very simple design in EQ and adjusted it so that I wouldn't have to cut any more of the pinwheel pieces out. The background is the purple version of the same fabric that I used in kit #2. I have at least 3 yards of this fabric left. Kit #4 is done! I still have lots more 2.5" squares, a stack of 3.5" squares and scraps for crumb blocks but at this point I'm sick of cutting things out and I have a total of 8 veterans quilt kits cut out so I put all that away for later. I'm sure I'll find it in 5 years and wonder what I was thinking keeping all those bits and pieces! While I was chatting on the phone with Mom I got a quarter of the blocks in kit 1 put together.
I'm really at a stand still on other quilt projects at the moment. There isn't anything that I'm particularly inspired to do. I want to focus on longarm quilting as soon as the mosaic wall (which is in next to the longarm) stops off gassing. I think I'll focus on longarm quilting for the next few weeks and piece these quilts during my break times. Maybe I'll come up with an idea for a new quilt in the mean time. For now I'm just glad to have a reasonably clean cutting table.
patty
4/29/2020 05:34:24 pm
That is great getting all that fabric cut and sorted into kits. I know that was hard work!
Peg S.
4/29/2020 06:38:35 pm
Wow! I feel like a bit of a slacker, with only one veterans quilt kit ready to go. But I love the Blockade quilt and might do that with some of my precut squares. Thanks for the inspiration! 4/30/2020 08:34:48 am
I must have missed the post where you got the mosaic grouted. Congrats! (I will go back and look for it.)
Karen from Michigan
4/30/2020 09:27:44 am
I also missed the mosaic grouting message so going back to look for it. I love following the variety of fabrics and projects you work on.
Lace Flower
4/30/2020 10:04:33 am
Wow those are great looking kits. I'm kinda casting about for the next project too and while I'm doing that am quilting QoV as well. Girding myself for groceries this morning, it isn't fun any more!
Mary Anne
5/1/2020 04:13:08 pm
Phew. I'm tired just reading about all the cutting you've done! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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