Low Volume Quilt Top Finished

OI took a break from blogging for a month and got a lot of sewing, quilting and organizing done. I guess it just proves that I either have time to blog or time to sew. I'm not much of a multi-tasker. Or maybe blogging just wasn't one of the many tasks I tackled this month.

I have a lot of projects to blog about and so I will try to do quite a bit of writing in the next few days and have the posts scheduled for three or four a week until I get caught up.

My low volume quilt top is one thing I finished. The more I worked on it, the more I loved this quilt. So, it's now next in line to be quilted and that makes me happy! I can't wait to get it finished and use it. It 60X80-the perfect snuggle size! 

                                   

I have a light blue fabric for the backing and a cute fabric that is printed on the diagonal for the binding. It's going to make it look like I cut bias binding. I love that look-but I don't have the patience to make it. So, a fabric printed that way is a win~win! 

I'm spending my days with my three oldest granddaughters for the next two weeks until school starts, (their mama started a new full time job today) so I'm not sure how much of an opportunity I will have to get this sandwiched and ready to quilt. But, if I have a few hours on Sunday afternoon, I'll be right on it! The excitement is building.....

Happy Quilting! 

Low Volume Quilt

I was inspired by this gorgeous low volume quilt on Crazy Mom Quilts blog to make one for myself. I love the light, cool, summer-like feel of it. I went through my scraps and began to separate out fabric that I thought might work. I didn't have nearly enough, so I went shopping! That was the fun part.

I have been cutting and cutting and cutting for the last few days. Yesterday I put my strips up on the design wall. Then I moved them around. And around. And around. I thought I had them all where I wanted them. But last night I changed my mind again and added some new fabrics and took out others. 

Finally, at 2:00am, I decided that this was my "final" design. I'm sure I will tweak it some as I begin to sew. I'm not so sure about this quilt at all. I'm used to scrappy, but this one seems to go beyond scrappy to "too busy!"  Time will tell. I'm going to start sewing on it today. 

Happy stitching.

Oh, What A Mess!

I keep my quilt room pretty neat and tidy most of the time. I just can't work in clutter-it goes against my type-A personality. I can have two projects, at most, on my cutting table at one time. If I have three projects going, one of them has to sit elsewhere if I'm not working on it at that very minute. 

The same goes for my sewing surface. I have my sewing machine in a cabinet (in the center of the room) and the tables for my sit-down long arm back up to it. It makes for a large wide open surface for sewing or quilting large fabrics. I have to keep this area cleaned off too, because I don't like anything in the way when I'm stitching. 

A place for everything and everything in its place. 

Oh, but I failed miserably recently. My room was a total disaster last week! I have discovered a new-to-me blog and found a quilt on the site that has inspired me to step outside my Civil War reproduction fabric comfort zone. I want to make a "low volume" scrappy quilt. So, I needed to dump out my scrap bags, which contain darling fabrics from my daughter, Melissa, and look for treasure. As I was digging, I began sorting by color and pretty soon my room looked like this!

It took me three evenings to make that mess! But I found a nice stash of low volume fabrics for my new project. The next day I hit my favorite quilt shop and added 22 more fabrics to it. Today I ordered a few more online. I should be ready to start this new project in about a week. 

This week is dedicated to finishing my granddaughter's baby quilt before she starts preschool! She's 6 months old already and it's not finished. Shame on this Grammy!