Counting...Quiter's Style

One

1 big quilt

 1 hoop a day 

Two

2 fingers without fingerprints

 2 Clover Needle Domes filled with
60 threaded needles

Three

 3 months of work so far
and probably 3more.

Four

 4 borders plus 
filling in the background with rows
of quilting.

Five

 

 5 projects waiting and wishing to be worked on.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Back Burner Update

It seems like the past week

has flown by.

I had committed myself to

only working on those stalled projects

that needed to be taken off the back burner.

I'm afraid, as always,

I tried to bite off more than I could chew.

But that doesn't mean that 

I didn't have a successful week.

I sauteed some small pieces into

2 inch four patches and pinwheels.  

and those were combined into 41-six inch blocks.

That's not all....

They were whipped together with 40 other six inch blocks

that were from an earlier

mystery quilt designed by Thimble Creek Quilts. 

I had used all scraps and "leftovers".

 There are still borders to figure out,

but I guess I'll move it back to the back burner

for just awhile longer to simmer.

It was fun to get out my kitchen aide mixer

 and mix up some new fabric combos

for the last four full size hexagons
I need for "Route 66" designed by Di Ford.

 I hung up the last

set that I just finished.

I'm getting closer.

One more tasty treat.

Look what finally popped out of the oven.
It had baked long enough.

Snow Happens

by Bird Brain Designs.

This has been my traveling "snack food" since

the start of the year.

It was ready to be done and enjoyed

with the red geraniums of summer.

There's still plenty lingering on those

crowded back burners,

but I'm feeling quite happy with

 

this week's baking.

Until Next Time-
Kyle

Indulge

Since I've been home and
been on a completely different schedule
with different activities,
it's been a challenge to stay focused.

There's so many wonderful
quilt projects and ideas I want to
try or, at least, get back to.

Maybe my approach shouldn't
be one idea at a time,
but lots, all at one time,

 just stack them up and
start sewing and enjoy the high.

But where do you begin?
What do you put at the top of the pile?

Something old,

 

like the Roseville Album Quilt


something new,

 

like all this fun new fabric
or
something I've already started

hst for a red and white ocean wave

or
new patterns that I've been thinking about.

or
better yet,
 just waiting to see what the day brings.

But whatever I do

I'll just grab life by the tail, (or head)

 swallow big,

and smile and be happy.
(Analogy graciously given by the heron in the backyard)

Until Next Time-