Loving my New Workspace

I have been in love with that Ikea Cart and Chair for a very long time and now I finally have it! Yaay! I'm really enjoying my new workspace. Makes me so happy! 

Improv Quilt Just Gets Bigger!

I think I'm moving out of my bright phase so I'm trying to use up all the bright fabric I have! :)
I'm quite enjoying improv. It's addictive. 

Whirl Mini Quilt

Made this for the TMQG Not Really President's Challenge.
We each picked up a magazine from the stack that the presidents brought in and tore off page 25.
Our challenge was to make a mini quilt inspired by the page.

I don't have the page any more but it has a lot of browns and blues and I don't normally work with those colours. Then I realized that Carolyn Friedlander's Doe would fit the bill. Also included the yellow fabric from her Botanics line.

So I decided to make my Whirl Quilt block in a mini. I designed this one as a paper piecing pattern since each flying geese block would be 3" X 1.5" and I have trouble keeping those geese straight with a 6" block!

The mini quilt is a 12" square.
I didn't quite finish it before the deadline and didn't make it to that meeting so it was never entered into the challenge. But I now have a little table topper in my living room. :)

Sketching Quilting Stitches

I need to get quilting!
Right now this is how I'm planning to quilt Prince Charming. 
Will use white for the negative spaces and I might match the colors for the coral and lime.

I did the sketch in Inkscape with my Wacom Intuos. It's a great way to figure the quilting out! Of course you won't get the actual scale but the design can be easily worked out.

London Calling

Judy brought these back for me from Spring Market earlier this year.
They're gorgeous aren't they?

This is London Calling from Robert Kaufman

Think I'll make a Plus Quilt with these. :)