Thursday, May 24, 2012

MAY 2012

I have a love/hate relationship with the month of May.  It has rewarded California with the most beautiful weather!  It feels like summer on a tropical island.  Of course, intense wanderlust has set in and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I have no money to hop on a plane.  Mothers' Day is in May and I miss my mom.  It's my birthday month and I love/hate getting older! 

Been working on many sewing and quilty projects but a strange thing has happened... I haven't completed some of my earlier projects.  Usually I complete a project before starting a new one, or I work on 2 projects and complete them together, but I have 3 incomplete quilts!  Trying not to over analyze my behavior but I'm a bit uncomfortable with too many works in progress (WIPs):

1. Hexie quilt to be quilted.
2. Rainy day quilt to be quilted.
3. Paper pieced star quilt to be quilted.

The common denominator is "...to be quilted."  Hmmm.  Will have to work that out, get over it, and get them done!  They are all way too beautiful to sit in boxes. 

Here is what I'm working on now:




My scrap box was overflowing so I made a few log cabin and cross blocks.  Added squares of some of my favorites and sashed them all together with some incredible Confucius fabric.  Used wool batting for the first time and I'm hand quilting it with perle cotton.  There is a lot of chaos going on but the Confucius sayings add calm and focus.  I am going to complete it so that I have a completed project for the month of May!

Enjoy the remainder of this beautiful month,
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