Sew! Sew like the wind!

July 9, 2010 at 5:06 pm · Filed under Fabric, Great Quilt Patterns, Quilts

Just. Keep. Moving. That has been the theme of the week. Now, we did not get as hot as the places in the East, but it would have been darn easy to shut the doors and windows and turn off the lights and irons to try to stay cool. Instead, I drank gallons of iced coffee and ate a quart of ice cream. Sustenance, you know.  And tried to keep sewing. There were some lulls. I still say the best thing that ever happened in the sewing room was the addition of Netflix Watch Instantly. I’m just like the kid — turn some sort of video entertainment on a screen somewhere and I’m hooked.

Joan recently asked what was up with my cross/plus blocks. Er, um…yes, about those. OK, I had let them sit steep for a while. And then I finished the thing off today. Well, the top anyway.

I still have scads of squares and strips left, but I figured that 60″ x 80″ was big enough for my purposes. Whatever those may be. OK, that’s as big as I’d care to shove through my machine when it comes time to quilt.

But, I also started and finished this…I’m not sure what to call it but it is also 60″ x 80″ — the measurement of the week:

Rowan Quads? In recent viewings of the lovely Spa fabric collection by Rosemarie Lavin, I spied the great Spa Quads pattern by the Blue Underground Studios gals.  Did I mention it’s a free pattern? Did I mention that we love Blue Underground Studios? Whenever I see one of their patterns made up, I say, gee, I need to get that pattern. Sometimes I find that I already own said pattern. Let’s just say the archivist is on vacation and the card catalog is out of date. Agreed.

ANYWAY, lovely, lovely pattern. Fast! Large and in charge. When I started gathering fabrics, I seemed to be leaning toward the non-florals. Do you know how hard that is? Not to throw in a single floral? It was very hard for me.  But those stripes, dots and PENCILS kept me very happy.

I also toyed with this:

Gads, see the wrinkles? The SSSQ quilt-along ends on July 31. I just haven’t hit on how I want to finish this. It seemed to look quite at home as a center medallion on top of the Rowan/Spa Quads quilt top above. Hmm. More steeping required. May not get done in time.

On the other hand, the mailbox was quite busy this week. Strange how that happens when DH is away. Force fields, time travel, space-time continuum, gravity. I don’t know what it is. Oh well.

JUST LOOK AT THESE KAFFE OMBRES:

I want to eat them up! Oh dear. I ordered them with the Roseville Album in mind (perfect trees, don’t you think?) But I really think that there is a gorgeous border or background there too. I think I’ll just stick them up on the wall for now so I can look at them.

Also with the Roseville Album in mind:

::sigh:: ::swoon:: If you’re looking for the red scales for that house in the upper center large block, check with Jackie. Although, my red scales may not go for the house — I may go with pencils instead. We shall see and that’s the fun of the project, no?!

Hope you have a good weekend — stay cool or warm, accordingly. Make some butterfly blocks. Don’t forget, the City Quilts blog tour starts Monday!

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