Yesterday, I sewed up a storm, making the sections of the first block for a quilt for my Dear Daughter-in-law (DDIL)... Lots of applique and some piecing as well... It looks a little chaotic and disjointed, but several of the pieced blocks are actually parts of a larger motif that will all come together in the finished quilt. (google 'Dear Daughter quilt pattern')... it is a busy, chaotic quilt, but it does have some rhyme and reason to the design.
This morning I wound some selvages that I've cut off recently... Here is a picture of all my collected selvages. Seven balls of them so far - I DO use them but not often enough obviously.
Here's an example of what I actually do with them when I use them:
Here's a picture of the bear paw quilt I made on my Mediterranean cruise...
And finally, the reveal of the mystery quilt I did on the Mediterranean cruise. The designer said I could reveal the quilt after the first of November. I emailed her a week ago (well into November) asking if it was okay now and never heard back from her. I'm hoping silence means consent... and if not, it's easier sometimes to get forgiveness than permission. I am happy with it... I love those pops of turquoise in the sashing! The turquoise in the cornerstones was actually my own design (the quilt pattern called for white squares in the corners. I wanted to pull the pop of color out into the borders.
Currently content that I am caught up on my block of the month projects. However I'm not feeling really inspired to start anything new. I've got lots of kits I could delve into, and I've seen so much eye candy lately in the quilt world, but nothing has inspired me enough to begin a new project. And I'm really okay with that - I've got SO many UFOs. We'll see how things develop from here.
Love your quilts. The bag from selveges looks great.
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