Friday, December 30, 2011

Stolen Moments

Last week my house was full.  My family including
this new little guy.
Sanford, 5 weeks

Despite the fact that all of us were prepared to
take care of him...

I occasionally stole away to my sewing room for
a bit of fabric respite.

I have been slowly working on gathering, cutting,
and refolding fabrics for a scrappy red and white
Ocean Wave. 
This pattern is from Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com
I decided to use only reds and white fabrics
so I have been rooting in my reds
cutting 2 inch strips

matching them up with white strips

topping it off with a Thangles strip,

and sewing them into half square triangles.

I'm going to use Bonnie Hunter's idea of  "Leaders and Enders" and
stitch these units together during the year as I work on 
other projects.

Did you notice back under the picture of Bonnie's quilt the number
of half square triangles required to make the 91"x 104" quilt?
2124 stitched pieces!

I probably wont' make it that big.  I'll just have to see
how far I get.  You never know.

So even though the family was here and there were lots of meals
to make and a baby to hold and Christmas to enjoy
I stole a few moments for me.

Happy New Year, friends!
May all your new projects bring you joy.
Until Next Time-

3 comments:

  1. That baby is BEAUTIFUL ! Love the burp pads on everyone,lol.
    I have often looked at Bonnie's Ocean Wave, but land sakes over 2000 plus tiny triangles... I'm dizzy.

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  2. Happy New Year Kyle! The new year is going to prove to be different for a lot of us. Here's to stolen moments of happy stitching.

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  3. Ah, what a precious new member of the family. Love the group photo too! LOL

    I remember being with Bonnie while she made that quilt. I was amazed...still am:)

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