Clearing the decks...

Yesterday was a clean-up day. I tried to get some little projects done that were just messing up my workspace so I could get back to some of the more important things on my ever-growing project list. Like my crazy quilt blocks. I've almost forgotten what I was doing with them!

I got both of these little doll quilts quilted and, while trying to find the right size batting got all my batting scraps organized. Woo-woo!

I stippled the one on the left so much that the one on the right hardly got any. I think I just need more practice, that stippling got really tiny and if you turn it over, it kind of looks like I was drunk when I did it. Given it was before breakfast and way too early to be imbibing, I'm blaming it on Free Motion Anxiety and my Cafe Americano.

These piles have been cut and waiting patiently for a few weeks -- it's a wonder they didn't get tossed around by my manic kitty. He's had other things to keep his attention, namely the bunny on the front lawn and a UTI. But that's a story for another day...

I got them all sewn up yesterday afternoon. I figured this would be a good traveling project to take to the beach house this weekend (no cutting, no measuring, just sewing row upon row of square-in-a-square blocks). These pictures, unfortunately, don't do them justice (they're Sue Zipkin's "Winter Joy" by Clothworks), these colors look terrible here -- that's not red (it's more of a mulberry), and the cream is actually white. I really need to work on my ability to shoot with incandescent lighting.

I have also been tweaking my jelly roll pattern to reflect the great feedback I've gotten so far. If you haven't heard from me, your comments to my last post came up as "no reply," so if you didn't have a blog where I could contact you, I had no other means. If you'd still like the pattern, send me a gmail.

Back to a day of crazy quiltin'!