Side by side

Just wanted to see these all together.

Orange... again?

Some possible additions to the brown bag.  Something is leading me down an orange path... should I resist?  First that darn Chair.  Then the Animal House... Thorny piece...  now it seems to want to creep into the Brown Bag..
 

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I'm going on vacation for two weeks leaving TOMORROW!   Oye! Not packed!   So if I don't post for awhile or reply to questions please don't take it personally. I'll be spending two weeks in Honduras, one week in the town of Copan Ruinas where there are wonderful Mayan ruins. My Rotary club is helping to fund and build a new restroom facility for the school there. The second week I will be SCUBA diving on a tiny island off the coast, called Guanaja. 

I'm already thinking about all the great quilt-art inspiration, from the vibrant colors in the native textiles and arts, to the tropical flowers and plants, to the amazing underwater life on the coral reefs. I'm sure I'll be back with lots of fresh inspiration (and hopefully good photos!)

Brown Bag Again

Today I discovered this quilt at:  Red Pepper Quilt's Flickr stream.   I love the way the white modulates the patterns.  I have been ruminating on how to preserve the wonderful scale of the prints in my project, and I think this could work!

Housekeeping

I've been doing "housekeeping items" lately.  Don't panic, nothing like actually vacuuming or dusting.  I resorted and restacked the fabric that had been threatening to collapse into chaos, and/or fall on the floor.   On the blog I went through and attached a few tags.  Mostly so I can look back at what I did when, I wasn't imagining a great horde of readers out there saying,  "Yes, now I can finally read all the Dear Jane posts!"

Then I saw a blog I liked, and the guy (yes, guy) had numbered all the quilts he ever made.  Obsessive/compulsive that I am, I immediately went into my gallery and did the same.  Counting projects, not just quilts, I'm on 17.  Ten of which were finished in 2010.  The rest UFO's.

Brown Bag Partner

My partner in the brown bag challenge has posted the fabrics I sent, and her selections to go with them.   I'm so glad, because I forgot to photograph them before sending.   I really really love the fabrics she's added.  I'm sure it's going to be fabulous.    Here's a link:

andie johnson sews: January Bee Blocks and a Challenge