Showing posts with label Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Projects. Show all posts

Jun 21, 2011

Summer Quilt

One of the biggest challenges of adjusting to unemployment (at least for me) has been the need to scale back on all the "projects" I like to do. 

But the lack of things I want to do (possibly an excuse to keep from doing the things I have to do) has frankly been a little depressing. 

So after having one too many pity parties for myself, I decided to dig into my pile of scrap fabric and come up with enough to make a quilt.  I found a bunch of cute (and mostly matching) pieces-- and after one trip to the store (and $10 later), I had enough to round it out.

Here is the result:

This is the first "real" quilt I've done (a pieced once, I mean).  So far it is just the quilt top.  After we start rolling in the dough I'm going to buy the fabric for the back and take it to a long arm for the quilting.

Ahhhh, I love being totally engrossed in a project!  Letting the world go by like I have no other responsibilities is heavenly...

Now I think I've got the quilting bug.  I want to do another one!