A Little Bit of This and That....

Here's what I've come up with so far.

My "peepers" are healing beautifully and I've been able to get in some sewing time during the last three days.  Icing every hour for the past five days really messed up my plans to get some things done over the weekend.    I have one UFO that has to be done by the end of the month, a quilt to get back to Michelle at Fat Quarters, and my class project is halfway there and needs to be done in two weeks! (or it may end up in the UFO pile!)  I have to take it easy and no bending or lifting for 8 days!  I can't stand it!  That left the longarm out, but sitting at the sewing machine was doable :)  I came up with a plan for my little houses.  I want it to be a wall hanging for the family room.

Think "Wheel of Fortune" A phrase that has something to do with houses.

I've also been busy designing a quilt made with fabric from a vintage tablecloth.  Diane and I found it at The Urban Barn in Escondido.  We both loved it and instead of fighting for it we decided to split it - literally.  It has 75 little 6" squares with bunches of strawberries and blossoms.  I searched the Internet for ideas (love the images other quilters share!) I get so inspired by the creative works by other quilters.

How, you may be asking, do you divide 75 by two?  Quilter's math prevails in this situation!  The first one finished wins the extra square!!
The race is on Diane ;)

Anyway, I found this great blog: Oh, Fransson.com.  She has a really cute tablecloth quilt that inspired me enough to dig into my Mary Engelbreit scraps to make mine! Her quilt is called Ric Rac Quilt.   Check out her blog - she has lots of great tutorials too!

So, I figure, while I'm working on the other two quilts that are halfway there....I might as well jump right in and start another one!  Its a necessity really - kind of like a mind clearing exercise.  Too many ideas crammed in my head and something is gonna give.  Either give birth to a new project that has been simmering for months,  or suffer a creative meltdown!

I have been able to do one creative thing every day.  When I was in bed icing for a few days, I drew and calculated and figured and doodled.  The result was two quilt designs and one quilting pattern for the Quilt of Valor Quilt - which must be completed tomorrow!  I'm good enough to handle a few hours on the longarm.

The Answer is:  Home Sweet Home

  

Fred says it looks like Nome Sweet Nome.  There is freezer paper on the backs of the letters and they've curled a bit, distorting the letters.  This will go in a row between my houses.  I still have to remove the paper and stitch everything in place.



I've gotten a request to make a T-Shirt Quilt.  Working on a design for that too.  Mostly brainstorming at this stage.  That might take the front of the line shortly - business first, as they say :)  Thankfully, my business is always fun!