Usually when something is missing around here, I don't find it until I start searching for something else. This was the case with my camera and this
One of the large reasons for my lack of blogging here is because this book was MIA. While looking for my One Block Wonder book I found it and the missing camera. The OBW book is still MIA.
So now I can get back to some blogging about the 1000 patterns. First I want to finish up the Christmas quilt I wsas posting about previously. Well
Pat is having a challenge durring the olympic to finish a UFO. Well I am in for these two.
On the left is a project I am making with charms and turnovers. On the right is the Christmas quilt mage from the jelly roll and some yardage.
So hopefully with the book and the camera now safely in my possesion, there will be some better and newer content to look at here.
Ok, so I was watching the skaters last night and thought I could compare yesterdays quilting design prep to them. With my Christmas quilt loaded and ready for quilting (one of my two Sloanie Olympics challenge) I started to map out my program. Much as the skaters prepare their programs they perform, a quilter will audition her moves like I did. I could just go with a plain meander, it would do the job, but it would lack the sparkle the judges would be looking for. So like the skaters takes cues from their music, I took cues from the fabric. Holly leaves, snow flakes, ribbon, ribbon candy and Glass Christmas balls are all a possibility. I had planned on showing you these pictures that I am sharing with you and asking for suggestions. However this morning I woke to a light fluffy Christmas kind of snow and inspiration took over. I will share those choices in a later post. So today do as I am and enjoy that second cuppa while sharing my Olympic progress with you all.
In case anyone else played hooky from the Olympics yesterday to watch the Daytona 500, I want to send my congrats out to Jamie McMurray and GER on their win. It was an exciting race when it was running, and while it was on red flags I was able to start another project using a Moda Scrap bag to share with you soon. Ok I can't get the pictures where I want them but they are all here so you will just have to look at them where they are.
