Quilty Stuff
Posted By drsao on February 28, 2010
Adventures with Leaders and Enders
I did TONS of cutting this week – I am using Bonnie’s STASH PRE-CUTTING system so I cut lots of STASH into 4 1/2, 3 1/2, 2 1/2, 2, 1 1/2 and 1 inch pieces!!! It is a good feeling to get organized and now I will be READY TO ROLL when I want to make something from Bonnie’s new LEADER AND ENDERS book! I believe that I have enough pieces cut out for 3 of the quilts in the book……Irish Chain, Hopscotch – Butterscotch, and Mad City Grandmama.
I started a quilt with some fabric that I bought at Debbie’s Yard Sale. I bought a bag of Yo Yo’s that her mom had made – and I just felt COMPELLED to make something with those Yo Yo’s that she had worked so hard on. I never knew her mom – but I wanted her Yo Yo’s to live on…..so this is what I made up…. I also used fabric from Debbie’s mom’s stash. I am going to LIVE WITH THIS FOR AWHILE and then decide, but I think I am going to make this into a quilt. Right now it tickles my Scrappy Quilt Fancy! And for all of my Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild friends – Debbie is bringing her MOTHER’S STASH to our March Guild Meeting – so bring cash and get ready to SHOP!!
Yo Yo Memories
AND….ta da…..the BEST PART of my quilting accomplishments this week is that I got my TYME TO WATER QUILT OFF MY UFO LIST…..
Yes, I really did.
No, I didn’t finish the quilt, but it is OFF MY LIST.
I have struggled with the GUILT for not finishing that quilt since 2007 when I started it. I really couldn’t understand why I didn’t finish it either until I finally realized that I didn’t really like it well enough to finish it (I have decided that I am the FOLK ART SCAPPY BONNIE HUNTER TYPE quilter – that is what makes my heart sing. ) Then recently Sheddy told me that she wasn’t inclined to finish hers either and had actually sold her TYME TO WATER QUILT.
HM……I found out that Catherine LOVED the Tyme to Water Quilt and her birthday is tomorrow – – ding ding ding……a little bell rang in my head. I AM FREE – I FEEL SO HAPPY – THE QUILT IS OFF MY UFO LIST. So, it is now on Catherine’s TO DO LIST! Hey, what are friends for? This is what the quilt would have looked like had I finished it! I am sure Catherine will do something creative with the parts of the quilt!
Tyme to Water Quilt
Here are the blocks that I had made – well one of them was not quite, but ALMOST FINISHED……and I have no idea why some of my pictures are large and some small!
Watering Can
Spring Sprinkles
Bird Bath
Bunny Pail
Busy Bee
Happy Quilting everyone!
love all the scrappy colors in your yoyo quilt. you said you didn’t knwo what to do with them byut wnated to do something – have you ever seen yoyocille by Bunny Hills?
http://www.bunnyhilldesigns.com/store/products/details/?product=yoyohome
Love from Texas! ~bonnie
As always, applause, applause, applause and whata’ dear way to utilize Debbie’s Mom’s yo-yos!!!!!!!!! Now that just goes to show you, spell check recognizes yo and yet not yo’s, tutu funny!!!!!! And I love, love, love Thyme to Water, just no guarantee it will be recognizable as the original quilt it was intended…………………….. Thank you dear friend!!!!!!!