The main part of the day, I spent piecing a backing for Jen's Diamonds. I didn't have enough of any one, or two, or three fabrics, so I pulled as many blues/browns/cremes I could to create a pieced backing. Mostly made of 10" blocks checkerboarded, with a few strips of fabs here-n-there. At one point, I planned on taking a picture of it before loading it on the frame, but......yeah.....I kinda forgot by the time I came back down from "momma-style-cleaning" in the loft. MY GOODNESS!!! Will those girls EVER learn how to clean without "momma-style-throwing-into-a-garbage-bag" cleaning?? {{giggle}}....I'm wondering when there aren't going to be any toys LEFT up there because I've tossed all of them in a garbage bag at one time or another. Hmmmm....must be like scraps; they simply multiply over night without knowing how.
Anyway....so Jen's Diamonds is loaded on the frame and will await tomorrow or some other crunch time this week. I simply am too pooped to quilt this tonight; not even starting. Blah....
Gotta LOVE Leaders-n-Enders method! If you haven't heard of this method yet, TRULY TRULY take a few moments of your time in order to SAVE you time in the long run.
Today, while piecing the backing for Jen's quilt, I finished up RRCB Step #2 units, so my game plan tonight is to printout Step #4 and see about prepping that for L/E.I still have a backup L/E project lying around...my Buckeye Beauty - Fall Swap blocks that I'm making MORE of in order to have a nice large quilt. I have been sewing the L/E for a few months now....very leisurely....so I wanted to have an idea of how many I have in all at this point....
Sixty-seven (67) complete sets to make sixty-seven 8" blocks. So, I'm thinking.....a 7x9 layout (that's 63 total blocks for a center measuring roughly 56"x72"). Four blocks will be left over to use at corner blocks to complete the borders I'll piece together for it.
Hmmm.....guess all these twosies will be pieced for some "extra" 4-patches for some other project in the future.I'm sure this will come as NO SURPRISE to any other quilter out there.....
I have SO MANY "gonna-be-made" quilts floating around in my mind AND in my sewing room. I made up my mind that this little some-day-to-be-made-into-a-quilt fabric roll is going to be a Christmas gift for my MIL. Oh----soooooo hard to part with it, but....psht! As if I don't have enough other 'some-day-to-be-made-into-a-quilt' fabrics all over my sewing room!!!
I'll share this Random Reflections pattern with her as a possible use for the fabrics.Okay---still have some energy so I'm off to see about prepping RRCB Step #4.
Happy Saturday Evening!
3 comments:
I'm sure the girls will learn about "Momma style" cleaning eventually. As they get older, the toys get smaller. It is finally starting to get a bit better in my house.
Jen's Diamonds is HUGE. So lucky that you have the room to keep your frame set up that large. Did you pick a panto? Something large and quick I'm guessing.
We are all so guilty of having too many projects on the list. How sad would it be though, to finish up a quilt and have to search for an idea? Lucky us to have so much inspiration at our fingertips. Just point and click!
Hi,
Just wondering what frame you have? Do you like it? I have the Pfaff Grandquilter with the original inspira frame, and it is a bit difficult, at best. Thanks
Jo
Pretty soon it'll be clothes everywhere! Even boys do that when they get older! That's where I'm at now and only have one left at home.
I'm exhausted just thinking about all you get done!
I also have lots of ideas of what to make, then I pull the fabric out and soon there are piles everywhere and nothing gets done!
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