Oh - Hello there! I've missed you! I bet you've been keeping busy and so have I!
Mr Jenkins
With THIS
And THIS:
Helping them tie the knot
Daddy!
And, of course, THIS There's also been sewing and travel and work and life.... But that's another story. For today, I just wanted to say "Hello!" xo sash
Anyone who follows me on Goodreads knows that I'm a bit obsessed with Young Adult fiction. Anyone who's a friend on Facebook - or IRL - knows how I feel about diversity & the richness of hearing different voices. So check out this!
Setting my goal for February I have 2 thoughts in mind.
1) Keep my hands, heart, and mind busy creating so I spend less time stressing, eating, & dithering.
2) Just keep creating - I'll get better!
Inspired by this video:
I'm going to stop worrying about designing the perfect quilt or finding the perfect fabric. I'm even trying to set aside the idea that I must make a quilt for everyone I know and that those quilts must be uniquely designed for them with lovely fabric only I would chose. Oy. It's no wonder I get STUCK and decide to fix a snack & watch quilting videos instead of sewing!! So I'm going to SEW.
My goal for February is to complete a fun, simple quilt top from this layer cake:
Won't that be adorable?
Don't stress it. Don't feel like I'm failing. Just sew and create and have fun. Then maybe the complex, creative, artistic, soul-stirring quilts will be able to bubble to the surface. If not, I'll still be creating and having fun and DOING something. So what's your February goal?? XO sash
So January hasn't been easy. January certainly hasn't been smooth. Doesn't matter. I can't control that. The reaction part though? I have some input there and that's gone...pretty well actually. I'm calling that a success.
My photography skills suck - but at least the picture's not sideways!
(purely luck)
I'm calling this a success too:
That is one completed quilt top! Ready to sandwich! I'm going to back it with minky, oversized so I can miter the corners and roll the fuzziness to the front for a faux binding.
I'm hoping to applique some little French Peasinto the blank spaces in the center pieced section. A Lovely Year of Finishes 2015 for the win!!! Here's my January goal setting post: Dithering! & Check out the other great finishes over here:ALYoF-2015
My rectangle knitting has become pretty good. Yep - I can crank out a rectangle - even one with a simple pattern - no problem. So now what? How many yarn rectangles does one person need? Well - for this project, I will need 12 of them.
Started by Crafty Rie, this is a design-your-own sew along project. I'm going for one large knitted block per month. I'll pick one yarn type and then each month chose a pattern for that block. When I'm through, we'll have a new afghan. How fun is that? I think I'll also do a quilt-as-you-go block each month. I think it would be fun to use scraps generated that month to create each block. That way I'd end up with a scrappy quilt that's also a bit of a memory quilt for the projects I did during the year. I know that I have a couple on tap that will be fun to see reflected in that way, so that will be my 2nd sampler project for the year. So it's still only January. If you wanna join in, check out www.craftyrie.com! Anyone can do one rectangle a month, right??? xoxo sash
