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?

Beatrix top ~

 

 

finished ~ next Piece by Piece using the same fabrics

Beatrix ~

Beatrix final layout

Modern Quilts Illustrated issue #1

I have had this fat quarter set in my closet for two Christmas' .(I am mustering up confidence to free-motion quilt the now gigantic Hawaiian Postcards quilt.) So I measured and cut. I chose Rowan shot cotton for the pink stripes and an RJR light pink for the background. I have three columns sewn together. Four more to go. 

I have enough leftover from the fat quarter set to make another quilt top from Modern Quilts Illustrated issue #4 called  Piece by Piece. My idea was to make one the top and the other the back but I think they should be separate quilts. Perhaps in the same room on different beds? We will see.

On a separate note, I only recognize one of the fabrics in this set. It is the brown one second row from bottom, 4th from the right. Amy Butler? A funny thing happens when we girls from the guild get together at a fabric store or a quilt show. We play name that designer. I am not very good being a new comer to quilting. But we laugh at how nerdy we can be.

If you know the names or designers let me know ~

works in progress ~

 

What a mess!
This is what happens in my house when I have multiple projects going at once. Fun!