It's been a really nice week so far. What started out to be an inconvenience - getting up at 7:00 AM to pick up my little brother and take him to his internship at the hospital - is beginning to be a blessing.
For one, I'm starting to get in the habit of getting up earlier, which is something I've been trying to achieve for a long time, but had difficulty doing unless I was forced.
Two, I've had much more time to sew!
- My Innocent Crush String Quilt is coming along nicely! I've got 36 out of 48 blocks completed, and I feel like that's a pretty big achievement. Only 12 more! I -did- have to order some more fat quarters of the line because the strings of fabric I'd cut out were nearly all "cool" colors and I wanted to have some more "warm" tones added. But I should have extra, which is good!
- I took some of my scraps and make a little ticker-tape quilt for myself to play around with the zig-zag function on my machine. It's so bright; I love it! Just needs binding.
- Also ordered a little bit of the AMH Innocent Crush Home Dec weight to play around with. Maybe for a cushion or something - who knows?
-Finished another block for my "Prince Charming" Log Cabin. I'm loving the way the colors are playing together and how quick the blocks are. Three down, 22 to go!
- Basted some more hexagons and pieced some more together. At last count, I had 2431 free-floating hexagons - not bad at all, I'd say, considering that I have approximately 700 pieced together. Definitely a "long-term" project!
I've got some goals for the holidays. One is to save money so that I'm not completely broke by the time Christmas DOES roll around.
The second is to piece and complete for quilts for gifts. A lofty goal, right? But only two are a "large" size, the third and fourth are medium-sized, and the quilting on these will be more on the "minimal" side, and done by hand so that I don't have to phenagle things with my machine. Also, most of the blocks on these are large, easy blocks I can complete quickly, but will still look nice.
Quilt 1 - A "Greek Cross" quilt for my boss, in the "Poseidon" Kona colorway, with white cotton background and back and seafoam binding. With this one, I want to mimic the feel of the Minoan art that my boss has in his home - if you haven't seen it, look it up. It's beautiful and light and very different from other Greek art I've seen.
Quilt 2 - Another "Greek Cross" for my other boss, in the "My Blue Heaven" colorway. My goal is to mimic the color and feel of Santorini with this quilt, with rich blues and stark white to emit the feel of the ocean and the beautiful buildings.
Quilt 3 - A fairytale quilt for my youngest niece, who is very much at the age where such things are appreciated. I've got some prints already picked out and I can't wait for Anna Maria Horner's needleworks to come out, because I may very well be using them on this project.
Quilt 4 - A patchwork quilt for a dear friend who's always been there for me. This one is going to be a little bigger than a lap size, maybe 60x60, and I'm looking for some fabric - namely Disney's Goofy - to make an cameo appearance somewhere in there, since he's her favorite. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of pattern to use on this one, but I'm thinking simple squares might do the trick.
So there's my goals. I'm starting on the first quilt - the poseidon quilt - tonight, cutting out fabrics to start it with and organizing them while watching "It". Tomorrow it's off to Hobby Lobby or Joann's to search for Goofy, and pick up some white cotton Kona - I think I'm going to need it!
Quilt 5 - A "Swiss Cross" quilt,
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