stack-o-quilts ~

from the top down ~

Beatrix, Modern Quilts Illustrated using Sense & Sensibility fat quarter bundle
Little Leaves, Elizabeth Hartman using Tea With the Queen fat quarter bundle
Strawberry Fields aka Cabbage Patch, Material Obsession using  Phillip Jacobs cabbages
Hawaiian Postcards, Lisa Boyer using assorted Hawaiian print fabric (not the king size)
BFF, Four-Patch Frolic, fabrics purchased in Montana the weekend of my brothers wedding
Granny Squares, Blue Elephant Stitches tutorial using Amy Butler jelly roll
Modern Workshop, Oliver & S using Tea with the Queen fat quarter bundle scraps
Avalon, Material Obsession using Laura Gunn fabrics

 

One of the creative ladies in the San Diego Modern Quilt Guild posted a picture of her pile of quilts on flickr the other day. Inspired by her picture, I rummaged around my closet and there I found what I had been hiding. At first I was embarrassed, then felt a pang of guilt that I have a stack of unfinished quilts this high. I should complete these very pretty quilts that I worked so hard on. Sometimes I am not inspired to create a quilt back and decide what design to free-motion quilt to put it all together. Eventually I will, but some I think I made just to learn a new technique, some were made because of a vacation and others because of the fabric line I loved so much. So I will not be hard on myself and just leave these beauties for another day.

I am still working on the king size Hawaiian Postcard quilt that is taking up every last pin I have, a Super Secret quilt to finish, stitching up Piece by Piece this weekend and any other project that may pop up. A squirrel moment is the very thing that derails my best laid plans.

What's in your closet?

Finally ~ finished

Well sort of...just the quilt top. Now to decide the back, long-arm quilting pattern and thread color. I typically go with the 'less is more principle', an all over random pattern with white thread. Boring, I know.

What could be better, the sun is shining, a gentle breeze and 16 Laura Gunn fabrics all stitched and bordered with a soft blue painters canvas print. 

taken with a phone

taken with my camera
two kids under holding the quilt up as best they could

no wind here....

Next on the block, the Ferris Wheel quilt just waiting to be cut up. 

The perfect summer to do list :: the Ferris Wheel quilt

:: a picnic or two

:: a trip to the beach

:: great music & food 

:: gingham. 

What are you doing this summertime? What are you making or baking or backing?