I've started a new quilt! Yay!
I seem to be dragging my feet...
but needed some new inspiration. Funny how it seems a bit naughty to start something new before finishing the last- but I'm breaking out and living dangerously these days!!
This a going to be a wonky cross quilt in the style of this by Rossie and this by Carla of LollyQuiltz. I have been collecting some text prints with this in mind and have put together a few other colours to supplement. Unintentionally this seems to be shaping up to be a similar palette to Carla and Rossie's quilts. I'm thinking that I may want to add depth to this with a dark tealy emerald in the tones of the Castle Peeps one at the top of the lower photo, but I'll just see how it shapes up as I make the blocks.
I've also started on a paper piecing project. Just a trial block to start with, perhaps a cushion, just to see if I like it enough to commit to a whole quilt.
Don't worry-I will iron them before I attempt the paper piecing! Below is my techy way of working out which fabric goes where!
What are you working on? Do you feel like a rebel starting something new while you still have something unfinished?
I really love those wonky cross blocks and yours are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteYour fabric is so pretty! The tealy emerald is a great mixer (I have found over many years that rich blue/green shades are great for pulling together other fabrics)... and to answer your question, I absolutely always have multiple projects going!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of the fabrics you have pulled for your displacement activity quilt! As a terrible non-finisher I do feel very guilty if I move on to the next thing before finishing the first. Sometimes you just get creatively stuck, though, and it just clogs up the works - best to take a break and move on for a bit. (Also, I really admire the bloggers who manage to spread out their finishes and WIPs - although one shouldn't worry about this it does make for an interesting blog:-)
ReplyDeletethose wonky crosses are fab. I am in a big pash with paper piecing at the moment so am looking forward to seeing your block done.
ReplyDeleteLove your fabric choices. Yes, I do feel naughty starting something new when I've not finished something else, I try not to do it too much though.
ReplyDeleteI like your system of working out what goes where on your paper pattern. I used coloured pencils - some of my paper patterns look like badly done, complex colour by number pictures!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful projects and beautiful fabrics. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your text collection. My UFO buckets are out of control and I"m bringing a dozen projects to the retreat this weekend hoping to knock some off and feel less guilty about the new projects.
ReplyDeleteI'm a newbie but have already discovered the guilt of starting something new without having something else finished! I get to a creative rut and don't know what to do next, but then I have an idea for something else and its like an itch that I have to scratch (start) before I move on (or move back). I love your text fabric selection, they're going to look amazing in the wonky quilt!
ReplyDeleteI have to change it up sometimes, too, to keep my interest going. Unfortunately, I get way behind in my quilting because tops are so much fun to create and go faster than the hand quilting. Your crosses are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVery nice blog!!I like your creations!!
ReplyDeleteKisses!!Sophie from Greece!!!
LOVE the wonky cross quilt. And you have such a lovely collection of prints to work with.
ReplyDeleteOh, I often work on different projects at the same time but they are often in different states. So I can cut some fabric while the kids are playing and I can sew on another project when they are sleeping. It works for me (when there are no deadlines...) And as for linking up to different parties with the same post - I guess as slow bloggers we can take the liberty to do it, can't we :o)
ReplyDeletelove the fabrics
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