This time of the year that makes me think about what needs to be finished before I start anything else. Many quilters, including ones in my guild, are so good about setting goals for the year and then analyzing how well they accomplished these goals. One Quilty - yes, I'm talking about Laura Hartrich - has even made a quilt of how well she did on one year's goals. While I am impressed, I have no desire to even begin that sort of heavy- duty thinking! With some minor talk of moving and downsizing (no, it's not happening - yet...), I have begun to cull through books and gadgets I don't use to find new owners. This book? It's lovely. My sister got it for me before we left for Kenya. It' beautiful - it just needs a new owner!
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I came across this quilt top I started last spring. Quilty Eileen used this pattern and shared her ruler with me. It was perfect for the cake layer of fabrics I had. The gentle taupe, teal, grey, and whites appealed to me. So did this unique way of working with hexagons. It's all pin-basted and I'm doing my own machine-quilting on this. The batting is Warm and Natural, and this quilt is heavy. I can only work on it in small stretches. But I like how it's turning out and am mostly glad it will be finished soon.
Here's the same family of fabrics used in a different way. Ever since I discovered hand-quilting, I look for things I can work on in the summer. Holding a quilt to work on in the winter is heaven, especially in this house. But in the summer not so much. Here's a link to
my blog post from last January when these blocks were in process. Now? Each one is quilted and needs to be joined to the others. Currently it's in three rows. This will be 85" x 85". One of my favorite things about this quilt and the reversible process is the back. Each block is backed with a different Art Gallery fabric and batted with wool. Now, what to do with these two quilts? TBD...
And finally, another apology for all the times I have said I don't do cute. Because I do! Look at this little pink koala who eats red eucalyptus leaves. My sister was holding her sick granddaughter Eloise when I was finishing the koala baby quilt. Elo was curious if koalas could be pink or purple. So in the midst of trying to downsize my stuff and finish up UFO's (another post is coming tomorrow...), I needed her to know that yes, Koalas can be pink.
