During this period I have been doing some quilting and knitting as well as dyeing both fabric and yarn - I'll probably write about those in future postings. For quite some time my quilting mojo just up and left me, but during an enforced cleaning and voluntary reorganisation of my sewing area I seem to have found it again. Since then I have finished a baby quilt (always good for some instant gratification), made another 2 baby quilt tops and sandwiched them - a shout out to the Tuesday QBs where I was able to use big tables and extra hands made short work of the pinning, and I have also got my teeth back into a commissioned quilt.
Ah, yes, the commission, this has taught me a lot over the last year and a bit.
1) when possible work with colours that spark joy in you - if they don't they may sap your mojo
2) buy more of the fabrics than you think you need for the quilt - there may be extra items like pillow shams to consider
3) don't choose directional fabric when you are making hundreds of flying geese!
All that brings me to February's One Monthly Goal. This month (which for various reasons means the next 7 days) I aim to turn these:
into another 20 of these:
which should be sufficient to complete the main panel of this quilt. As you can see LOTS of flying geese!
I'll report in after the end of the month with my progress!
Pretty! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck on your projects.
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