Tuesday, May 23, 2006

post-quilting letdown?


Okay, first let me mention that the Nearly Insane is done -- got it back from the quilter 10 days ago, and put the binding & label on last weekend. I love the quilting that Denise Fabel did, just a loose swirly freeform design. Here's a picture of one detail, although I'm not sure if the quilting will really show up:


So anyway, Evelyn sent an email & in it asked if I missed working on it now that it's done. And I realized that I DO. Not so much that I miss the particular quilt, but that I miss having this one Big Project sort of in the background behind all the other quilty stuff I work on. And I've been thinking a lot of about what sort of Big Project I want to do next.

I bought a couple of complex patterns from BeColourful and one of those might do the trick -- have you seen them? http://home.casema.nl/becolourful
One is in Dutch, so I get the thrill of trying to translate it along with the quilting itself! I believe it's the designer's sister who handles the correspondence, and she was terrific to deal with.

Here's one more picture (why not) of a little wall-hanging top I did recently as a Cyberquilters weekend project -- it's called Hidden Wells.

More later!

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June goals

  • assemble Martinique runners
  • UFO challenge for June - assemble purple and black diamonds (dreading this...)
  • keep working on scrap therapy...
  • binding on Antipodes I quilt
  • one BOM and one birthday block
  • UFO challenge for May - black & orange (nearly done with the quilting!)
  • rainbow challenge for June: purple

2012 UFO Challenge

  • 12) black and purple diamonds - assemble - June
  • 11) black & batik blocks - assemble
  • 10) Junior Executive -- April
  • 9) leaf RR blocks - assemble
  • 8) stocking blocks - March - GIVEN AWAY
  • 7) color blocks
  • 6) tic tac toe #2
  • 5) mola quilt - January - DONE
  • 4) Friday block party #1 - assemble
  • 3) black/multi birthday blocks - assemble
  • 2) black/white/orange top - May
  • 1) village quilt - February - DONE

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

  • November --
  • October --
  • September --
  • August --
  • July --
  • June -- purple
  • May -- yellow... I guess I skipped this one, too!
  • April -- neutrals... think I'm going to skip this month
  • March - pink (one knot block and one 36" top)
  • February - green (one knot block and one 36x45" top)
  • January - red (one knot block and one 36" top)

Knitting works in progress

  • Through The Loops mystery shawl knit-along, in Lisa Souza Sock! Marino
  • socks -- everyone outta the pool!
  • tilia sweater from red Silky Wool - back is neary done
  • red Matisse socks -- one done
  • snake
  • bulky turquoise "Vite" scarf -- about half done
  • purple stripe cardigan
  • wool sweater with patchwork yoke (all the knitting and the patchwork blocks are done... Now I just need to put it all together!

Top of my List

  • rhino
  • crazy hearts kit
  • Canyon Dance quilt
  • Free Spirit pattern by Barb's Elegant Designs

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  • see my whole list at Goodreads.com!

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