Diamonds can be a quilters' best friend !

I mentioned to another quilt maker the other day that I was prone to depression.  In retrospect, that's not really true.  You see, when the blues start touching my spirit, then we head over to the scrap bins and within minutes the oppressive and depressive feelings are gone. 

 

 

In there stead were diamonds - about 60 foundation paper pieced from scraps and strings completed over the past several days.  Oh, yes, I have a plan for every one. 










And, if that's not enough to cure the blues, the scrap bins were further downsized with these pouches now ready to donate to Bayou Creations booth, NELA Quilt Show, 2018. 

 
 

 

Sewing away the blues.......I'm feeling giddy!





 

What's going on?

Shhhhh.....I'm thinking!

About how I can put all of this Lonni Rossi created fabric into a minimalist-style quilt.

Well, perhaps not too minimalist.  Perhaps one that is rockin' hot, out of the box minimal. 

It was a few months ago that I was invited to attend the Red River Quilt Guild auction, garage sale and dinner party where I ran into a bag filled with all this fab fabric for only $10. You bet I grabbed it and very quickly put my money in the collection box.  Now that I've been looking at it, fondling just a bit, looking at it even more, it's time to do some serious thinking about how to put it into a modern, minimal, rockin' hot, out of the box, off the top, quilt. 

Shhhhhh.....I'm still thinking.









 

Just another typical morning ~

Whether there are clouds in morning sky or stars are in the night sky....there is always sunshine in my place.

I've made several decisions this morning to make my day even brighter.  Right off, I

• Registered for a Bookbinding Buttonhole Stitch Journal Class being taught by Bari Zaki
• Ordered Bring Me Flowers...a quilt pattern booklet by Jen Kingwell Designs
• Pre-ordered the newest line of Marcia Derse fabric:  Treasure Hunt

And earlier in the week, one improvisational style quilt top came off  the design wall and is now ready to be quilted.  It's folded so you get only snippets as a tease. 

 

What's on the design wall?  In my zeal to use up scraps in the pile, I decided that a rag quilt made with whatever size scraps were there would work just fine for me.  Now, I'm second guessing my exuberance while sewing all those mis-matched size blocks together.  What should have been a couple of hours from start to quilt finish is now languishing in its third day.  Oh, well! 

It's October 5 and the Down The Rabbit Hole border of the month is well on it's way. One tulip almost finished. Another tulip and  four big leaping rabbits to go.   Yea!

Fabric shopping yesterday found four nice pieces of combed cotton batiste in my sewing room at the end of the day.   Yes, batiste in a quilt works beautifully.  (she says)



wheat, white, corn and blue

How diverse are these activities?  Smiling, as the sun continues to shine ~