In an effort to distract myself...

I'm trying to get back into a UFO. Not the batik one, another one (I have so many, your head would spin, but maybe not...I think most of us are in the same boat -- or spaceship, to keep the metaphor going).

I really, really want to start a jelly roll project, but am trying, just this weekend, a more self-disciplined approach. We'll see how long that lasts.

This one's a zig-zag top. I'd been wanting to use some 1930's prints, which are pretty uncharacteristic for me, but they're just so darn sweet! Saw these little packets of fat eighths (again, at the International Quilt Show -- I bought so shamefully much I was having a hard time lifting my backpack), and they were too cute to pass up.


Took 'em to the beach house Memorial Day weekend (yes, I take my sewing machine on vacation with me...sometimes) and cranked out a ton of half-square triangles, then got distracted by something else when I returned home. Figured I'd get back to them before they lose all hope, and try to work myself out of my funk at the same time.

I am also thinking of attempting a Gershwin Memorial Quilt á la Ruth McDowell or Cynthia England, but I have to find the right picture to work with. And lots of practice. It's a technique I've been meaning to attack for a long time, but never had the right inspiration...until now.

Once again, I project digress (see how easily I do that? It's scary!). Will try to get back to the zig-zag at hand -- I was surprised to find that Simona's mother is pregnant again with another little girl, due in November! So maybe I can finish this before the baby arrives this time!

Wish me luck!