Swooning

I've started another quilt.  This one has brought me new skills.  I cannot believe I ever feared flying geese! They are so easy!  The blocks are large (24") and take time to prep and piece each one.  I hand selected the fabrics, they are from a few different collections.  I had a specific vision for this quilt.  It will be blacks, whites, and grays with some blues and teals.  I'm really loving my blocks so far! I finally invested in a Bloc Loc ruler, which should be in the mail today.  I have 4 more blocks prepped, and I plan on piecing them tonight and tomorrow.  The pattern has 9 blocks, but I think I will make 12, and make thicker sashing and borders so it will fit my king sized bed.  I've never been more excited about a quilt!

Follow Up and More Quilting

For the last month or so I have been working on the layer cake sampler QAL hosted by Material Girl Quilts.  I've really enjoyed making these blocks.  I'm a novice quilter and was excited by the somewhat traditional looking blocks that I paired with modern fabrics.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this is turning out.  I started the sashing last night (sorry, don't have photos of that) and this quilt is going to be HUGE!  Those are 16" blocks!  I've somehow managed to screw up my lay out in sewing the rows together.  I don't have enough space in my sewing room to have this laid out on the floor, so going between my living room and sewing room are kind of screwing me up.  It doesn't matter though, it still looks gorgeous!

Last month, I posted a sneak peak of a quilt I'd just had quilted.  I'm not a good photographer, nor do I really have the space or place to take a full pic of the quilt, so here it is all folded up:

The quilting is absolutely beautiful. I'm so pleased with this quilt.  When I was organizing my fabric this weekend, I found all the scraps from the piecing of this quilt and decided to make two throw pillows to match.  They aren't really pretty, but I used almost all my scrap to make them, and only used fabrics that are in my quilt.

On a completely different note... The new meds were tried and rejected.  I've never felt so horrible in my life.  The side effects were too bad and I was told to stop taking them immediately.  Waiting for another call with another med...  I've put a call in to my local doctor, going to have my heart checked.  I have heart disease and issues on both sides of my family.  Might as well rule something else out.  My only consolation is that we have ruled out so many things...down side is we still just don't know what is causing the localized pain.  Frustrated.  Truly frustrated. 

It's been quite a while, but....

...but there has been some knitting, and some quilting, and definitely lots of boating.

There has been knitting, but mostly for utility and friends.

There has been quilting, not as much as I'd like, but still plenty:

 There's been some crafting too:

AND...there has been lots and lots of boating...

Storage

Storage is always a good thing. Oh yeah, and organization. Not that I wasn't organized before ;)....it's just that now my organization is prettier. Handcrafted by me ;)

Thanks to those who still read my blog....

I've been a really bad blogger....and now I have more time than ever to blog. The company I was working for closed our branch and I've been without employment since mid-September. I've been trying to make ends meet with my fibery skills.

I have been knitting some the last year, but more so in the last few months. Here is some of what I've been doing since I've been absent:

I finished this Clapotis scarf (rav link) last year:

We bought a boat earlier in the year and spent all summer boating:

This is only the sleeve, but I'm nearly finished with this sweater; yarn is Madelinetosh:

I finished this scarf last month; yarn from twisted:

I've been sewing a bunch; this is a king size quilt I am working on. The top is about half finished.

The new kitten puts a twist in things; she needs to be sleeping for me to knit or spin:

Ah, spinning...I've missed you!

My handspun yarns are for sale at Starstruck Cat Design in Greenwood, IN:

So, that's pretty much what I've been doing recently....I've also been making knitting needle and crochet hook rolls and stitch markers, and of course Christmas knitting!

Pillow Talk

Okay, so I didn't work on my quilt...and here's why: I sat down after I ate a delicious cucumber, tomato, and red onion salad to work on it...and realized I didn't have the right color thread. So, I walked to the store, because they used to have a fabric/sewing section. Key phrase there is "used to." As in, not anymore. So, I had to go to the fabric store...and I came home with stuff. I happen to love stuff. And some of that stuff made these:There are only two. Each have a green side and a reddish side. I love them! And I still have two more to make!