My daughter is doing such a great job of blogging that I feel like I need to get busy so I am not an epic failure. It is hard for me to believe that she has been gone for a month already. It is very exciting that she selected textiles for one of her course subjects. Maybe she will become a quilter some day after all!
I worked a little last weekend on borders (that was one of my goals for this month). I have 2 borders attached to my log cabin quilt. I am still deciding on a final border. I am leaning toward the top border which is navy with a tan star design. I also like the brown on the top right. I love this log cabin setting with the stars. I think it was worth the effort to finish the stars in the border (even thought it seemed like it took forever). This quilt is on my UFO list, so I am happy to have the first 2 borders on it. At one brief moment I thought about a pieced border. I decided there was enough going on in this quilt without adding a pieced border.
I have been hoarding my Denyse Schmidt fabrics from Joann's for several years. I have made a few things with them, but I still have quite a collection. I decided I would cut 10" off each print so that it would be easier to actually use them in a project. Now I am on the hunt for the perfect projects. When I last counted, I had over 90 prints. My sister inquired as to what more than 90 DS fabrics looked like. Here they all are stacked up.
They look a lot more impressive when they are all spread out!!! I divided them into 2 piles - Warm and Cool (a trick Ellen taught me long ago). I think they look pretty amazing like this. I have far more cool than warm. I have used this trick to balance the color when arranging blocks.
If anyone has the dots in the lower left in the orange color, I am sure we can work out a trade.
2 comments:
I find your Denyse Schmidt stash very inspiring. Looking forward to seeing your project, but jealous you found so much orange.
I have always loved log cabin blocks in that layout. So pretty as is your stash... can't wait to see what you make. Glad to hear that your DD is doing well!
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