Guilt quilts - those quilts you have started, made a fair bit of progress and then just put to one side because something different and metaphorically shinier grabbed your attention. I am pretty sure I am not the only one with this type of project "resting" patiently until that little nagging voice says "you really should finish X (and maybe Y) before starting anything else".
2022 has seen me get a couple of guilt quilts finished and not being weighed down by them is lovely. I have finished some newer projects too which gives me a feeling of moving forward, not just catching up. Now at the top of the list is a quilt started back in 2018, that has been delayed both by me, due to inertia, and the recipient as life threw some spanners in the works there. However it has come out of its storage box, I have assessed the stock of fabrics for it, twiddled away on EQ8 refining the design a little, remeasured the stock of fabrics and now I am ready to work on it again.
Currently it is a stack of blocks that need trimming to an even size and then having sashing cut to suit, after that setting triangles and borders are required, nothing desperately complicated but it all has to be done....
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| 41 blocks ready to trim |
My One Monthly Goal for September is to reach flimsy stage so that the recipient can check it for size before we commit to the quilting.
August also saw my version of Blueberry Hill reach completion, the last binding stitches went in on Monday 28th and then it had to wait a day or two for a good drying day before it went through the washing machine.
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| Blueberry Hill |
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| Concentric circle quilting |
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| Backing is Strawberry Thief by William Morris |
I have never heard them called "guilt quilts", but it seems appropriate! LOL That's a lot of blocks to put together. You can do it.
ReplyDelete"Guilt quilts" is my own term for them, and gives them a different feeling of priority than simply UFOs or WIPs of which I also have plenty, but those don't have planned destinations in quite the same way. I now have all the sashing and cornerstone pieces cut and have started to sew them together with the blocks.
DeleteI love your Guilt Quilt term. That’s exactly what my OMG is. A wedding gift that is going on 4 months late. Good luck with yours.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will make great progress on yours now you ahve declared it as your OMG, I do find that spurs me on most months. Thank you for your support on my OMG too :)
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