{"id":628,"date":"2008-11-10T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/tidying-up-my-mind\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T20:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T03:49:40","slug":"tidying-up-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/tidying-up-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidying Up My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a gossamer or chiffon dress and drifting around Manderley<\/a> kind of day. I mean that I drifted around the house from thing to project to computer to laundry not really accomplishing much as if I were a lady of leisure with servants to pick up after me.<\/p>\n

The house is kind of suffering from my drifting, but I did accomplish a couple of things. First and foremost, I finished the Basket top. It was challenging to sew together. Somehow I couldn’t wrap my mind around a sensible way to put it together. I think the sashing tripped me up a bit. It is together now and nobody will know how much unsewing I did once it is quilted and hung.<\/p>\n

It has now been named Cheerful #1: Baskets<\/span>. TFQ thought up that name and I like it. It also implies that we will make more cheerful quilts together.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I need to make the back, which TFQ suggested be made out of a spring green fabric. I probably don’t have enough of one to make it, but I will collect a few spring greens and make it up. Then I will send it up to her and she will have Angie from the Quilting Loft<\/a> quilt it. TFQ suggested it and I like the idea. I have a feeling quilt tops are going to pile up around here as my free time expands and we work through our financial issues.<\/p>\n

Although I could have gone straight to working on a WIP such as the Spiderweb or the Tarts Come to Tea<\/span>, I went, instead for a new project. The Eye Spy quilt for which TFQ, Julie and I have worked so hard cutting pieces has been on my mind lately. The offspring is probably too old now to appreciate the Eye Spy game, but I still wanted to put the quilt together, so I started.<\/p>\n

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\nMy first impression of the piecing: FUN FUN FUN!!! I sewed a triangle on to a hexagon on opposite sides of the hexagon. I wanted to make sure I knew how this thing was going together, so I sewed the airplane to the yellow umbrella drink and it was really easy to put together. I couldn’t stop piecing last night and stayed up way too late. I just hope I have enough of the red triangles. I also have no idea what to do with the edges, but I will worry about that later. Right now Girls Just Want to Have Fun!<\/p>\n

I have also been reading Ringle and Kerr’s Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop: The FunQuilts’ Guide to Understanding Color and Choosing Fabrics<\/span>. I especially got into the text yesterday morning before I got up. I think my mind was in the mood for food, because when I went to the workroom a group of fabrics waiting to be ironed caught my attention. They were fanned out in a certain appealing way and I just had to take note.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I ironed them and cut the pieces I needed. These are the pieces I need for the FOTY 2008 quilt and they are currently on my design wall where I can admire them together. The blues are not completely matchy-matchy. There is something calming and\/or restful about the color combination. I think I have good scale variations and may just have to do some project with just these fabrics. I am tempted to sew them together and keep them in a group in the FOTY quilt. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

Finishing To Do List:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Sleeve for Nosegay<\/li>\n
  2. Back for Making Cheerful Quilts #1: Baskets<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Back for Crazy Quilt Test<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Handwork, binding and sleeve on Pamela Allen House quilt (no name yet)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, I think I have tidied up my mind enough to get moving on some other issues – real issues – but I am glad that I was able to clear out these ideas. I would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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