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It was sewing weekend with my quilt club Friday and Saturday so, of course, it was a great weekend!  This is the project that I am working on. I'm using every green from my green hand dyed leftovers drawer and a lot of my favorite "waste" fabrics. I like having one project dedicated to sewing weekend so that it's always ready to go and I don't have to do too much thinking to get ready. This is likely to eventually be a king size quilt and I'm contemplating a couple of different layout options. One would include sashing. I love the effect I'm getting with the waste fabrics in the windows. I have a lot more to make before I have to make any decisions. At home I'm slowly working on the floor cloths. I'm so sensitive to the Sharpie marker fumes that I can only work on then about an hour at a time and that's with a respirator. I can get 2 designs done in an hour so this is going to be a long term project. I'm totally cool with that because I love working on them and spend a lot of time thinking about how I want to do each one. I still need to add something in the centers of the 2 on the bottom row.  As a reminder there will be 2 6 foot by 2 foot rugs and one 2 x 3 foot so I've got a long way to go! In fact I'll be ordering a lot more markers today. They don't last so long when you start coloring in!
This week I'll get started quilting Mom's quilt and I will finally start the Christmas postcards. I've got the first design figured out so I'm ready to go. I also need to get photos of Kim's quilt but it's sooooo big! The idea of photographing is is kind of daunting. Maybe I can get some people to help me photo it at the quilt club meeting Tuesday night. 11/16/2020 03:08:22 pm
The windows quilt is really interesting. I see sunrises and sunsets, rain and snowy day through the panes.
Lily
11/16/2020 04:45:55 pm
I know you already started with sharpies, the smell bothers me to but not as bad as for you. Have you look into Acrylic painters? They are marker and doesn’t seem to have the strong smell. I used them for rock painting they supposedly mark on anything. 11/16/2020 04:55:01 pm
Love the colors in the quilt! Looks like it was fun to sew.
Gene Black
11/17/2020 07:54:51 am
I love the effect of the waste fabrics in the windows. It is so pretty.
Mary Anne
11/17/2020 11:43:14 am
I'm with you in the use of Sharpies....instant headache the minute I open one. They do wonderful things but how I wish they could make them unscented! You'd think when there are so many people who react adversely to them that they'd address that issue.
Becky in VA
11/17/2020 02:03:48 pm
Another look at your green windows quilt makes me think it doesn't need sashing. . . 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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