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Just because I want to

March 8, 2010 in Piecing, Quilt-Along | 6 comments

[This post brought to you by the magic of scheduled posting, as I am not doing any sewing at all while I'm in Florida this week...]

I have fallen into the trap that so many quilters do: I am forever working on quilts for someone else.  New babies, family members who need a special gift, a commissioned quilt for a friend, and not to mention the bee blocks.  All of the quilts that I have swimming around in my head that I simply want to do seem to get pushed to the back of the to-do list.  I’m trying to integrate some of those designs and colors and ideas into the “have-to” quilts.  And, of course, I only “have to” make them because I’ve said so. I do enjoy making them, otherwise I wouldn’t do it at all.

But there’s something refreshing about making something simply because I want to.  There is no intended recipient, no deadline.  I showed these blocks to my husband, and when he asked “so what are these for?”, I was pleased to reply “for fun!”

Pinwheels - 1:8

I’m making these along with the P.S. I Quilt Pinwheel Sampler Quilt-Along. What can I say? I can’t resist a good quilt-along.

I’m going with mostly stash fabrics (though I admit to buying a few more to add to said stash).  I’m using raspberry/fuchsia, orange, pink, and aqua, with gray (Kona Ash) as the background color.  So far, two weeks completed, I’m loving it.

Pinwheels - 2:8

Hopefully this will turn out as nice in reality as it looks in my head.

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Girly Zig-Zag

November 21, 2009 in Finished Objects | 5 comments

Well, I’ll say one thing in favor of making the same quilt several times over: it gets faster every time.  Or, at least, that’s the case with Amanda Jean‘s no-triangle zig-zag.

Pink & Purple Zig-Zag

I cut, pieced, and assembled the entire top during our retreat on that delightful little Featherweight.  It was only too funny doing it in the presence of the person who wrote the tutorial.  She could scarcely believe that I was able to put it together so fast, and without laying out the whole thing.  I assure you, the first time I made it, I had every piece laid out on my guest bed, and put it together one seam at a time.  I was terrified to move it, as I was sure I’d lose my place or put it together wrong.  The second time, I set out the rows carefully and did them one at a time, but didn’t have to lay it all out at once.  This time, I chain-pieced the whole thing.  It was a little ridiculous.

Pink & Purple Zig-Zag

Anyways, it was a commissioned quilt made for my friend’s mother, as a gift for a new baby.  She requested pinks, lavenders, and creams (the cream fabric in between each row is actually a subtle print, not a solid, which gives it a warmer look close-up).  The back, on specific request from the purchaser, is a small pink print. (Hard to see, photos were taken quickly and in less-than-ideal light.)

As with anything I’ve done multiple times, I’m now ready to put the pattern aside for a while.  But it really is a great one, so I imagine I may come back to it again someday.

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