Plodding along - but getting results!

I just couldn't resist laying these blocks out on the floor before I put them away.  Didn't take the time to randomize the layout, but it's starting to look like a real quilt!  It won't be so exactly checkerboard once the white-centered squares are added in.  But it's BIG.  Can I really quilt this on my home machine?  I think if I just do straight lines, I can...

I finished the next group of 15 blocks last night, bringing the total to 60.  My partner has finished her top and back and sent it out - to Everett, ironically - to be quilted.  But it's not a race!  I hope I get done by April, though.

When can I quit my day job?

I'm SO unmotivated to get to work, or to do work.  Especially when there are stacks of fabric calling my name.  Last night I worked on putting a new binding on the Cloister piece so that I can get it into the Sacred Threads show, which is due on Monday.   And now that we're having grandkids Friday night and at least half the day on Saturday, my weekend is not looking good.

I did manage to finish 15 blocks last night, bringing the total completed to 46.  There are 15 more at the halfway point.

I really want to start creating patterns to sell on Etsy.  I have bought 2-3 patterns at shows and on  line, and there really isn't much to them.  With the ability to draw everything out in Autocad it should be a no-brainer.  The main obstacle is that I need to actually MAKE the quilts so I know that it works, and so that I can show a photograph of what I'm selling.  Which means, making my own designs, not copying other ideas.

Wow

Are these not breathtakingly beautiful?

Stolen Moments

I think that is what I will name the quilt, because that's how I'm getting it done.  I rush to get dressed and showered so I can put in 20 minutes before work, I zip home during my lunch hour, after working on the rental and eating dinner at 8:30 pm I run a pile through the sewing machine, then take the pin cushion to bed to pin the next group.   THAT could be dangerous!

Anyway,  the next group of blocks is the prints with white borders.  29 of them.  This is a bit short, but I'm waiting until I do the layout to see what I need to add to balance the colors.  So I am almost half done with this group, I'm doing the short side first, and have about 4-5 more to do before I start pinning long sides.  Might get this done at lunch if I'm lucky.

Tonight I have to wash drapes at the laundromat before I can come home and sew.

More

I now have 31 blocks done.  This is all of the two-color blocks, including 12 with solid centers,  and 19 with solid borders.  I like most of them, there are 3-4 that should probably be changed or redone.  I'll plod through the remaining 68 half-white blocks, and see if I can just replace them, or if they need to be redone.

I made a quick stop at the quilt shop to see if the bird blocks were up.  Lee showed me how they look, but she's still working on the final assembly, a very cool tulle over blue fabric sky. It is going to be great!  I love it.  Glad to be a part of it, hope we can take some pictures when it's all done.