What happened?

I had am uplifting and inspiring post ready to go and when I pushed PUBLISH the computer and internet ate it.

So here is a less than inspiring post with some great pictures.

I was personally inspired to rust some fabric by (click here)Carol of Quilted Fabric Art......I always want to say Quilted Fiber Art because I think of her as a great fiber artist.

So I pulled the first one out of the vinegar package last night.

Here is the second one I did.  You can see the sawblade I used for the overall color and I poked nails through the fabric.  I think the sawblade sort of overwhelmed the whole piece, but I am not complaining AT ALL!!!!!
 

The rust always thins a bit with the stopping process then the wash with Dawn process.  And then it lightens as it dries.  So you can begin to really see the nail marks on the wet piece I have hung out to dry.  

Suzette of Swooze's Quilts And Tall Tales (yes, she is actually one of the few women taller than me!)  inspired, or rather GUILTED me into finishing some of the 20 quilts I had in the To Be Quilted pile before I strated any new ones.  So here is the tribute I am paying to her, a quilting finish.  

This is from oh, 10 years at least.  The doilies are from Frank's mother, she was a prolific doily maker.  And this quilt will go to our Nephew Shannon's daughter.  His father Gene was Frank's brother who died when he was 49.  

She needs a bit of her Great Grandmother's stuff.  This will be exciting for her to have.

Fabric From the Fabric Sale

OK, I remembered that you hadn't seen the fabulous $3 a yard fabric that arrived on Wednesday.  (So today my computer is not typing F's.)



I plan on using this as a background to some pieces that come from leftover parts and nuts. 










This marvelous grouping just looked like a baby quilt!  I am thinking if I choose the right pattern, Carrie might even like it........eh.....probably not.










I saw this as the background for an art quilt.  It looks like a print I would have liked to have made already made!  Win/win.  It is quite a large print, that tree block is 3 1/2 inches square.







 I couldn't resist the  chevrons.  they will be a fall back if Carrie hates the first quilt!  LOL. 









So after I got those photographed, I decided to put together some backs.  Here is a big back for my Modern Louisiana Traveling Quilt.  The quilt is a collaborative effort between 3 Louisiana guilds.  there were 12 of us and each one had an opportunity to add a block on every quilt.  I will have to dig up the whole of them for those who were not with me then.




The big problem with this backing is that light color fabric is b backwards and I had to rip and replace.


aughhhhhh!






And I put a pink backing together for this one.  Frank's mother crocheted a million o these doilies.  When she died we found two closets full o them.  I brought a few home and made quilts for her sister Aunt Emma, her daughter Patsy and her daughter Stacy.  I sold some on the internet and gave some away at the various guilds.   This quilt will go to Kaitlin to have something of her great grandmother's. 



I also put the Kimono quilt on the long arm and started running some lines.  (LOL, sounds like a drug, huh?  LOL, well it could be!)

Avoiding sewing bindings......yea, buddy.

Found my word for this year!

Discouragement........

 I have been quilting forever. Frank has been in the oil and gas industry for 40 years this year and I started quilting after we got married when he was in the Air Force. I made my very very first quilt for my mother and I have no idea what happened to it.

So I have a lot of stuff. And I mean a lot of stuff.

I spent the day yesterday pulling more stuff out of the corner of my room. You would think my room is  Donald Trump HUGE or at least the corners should take up most of the room. But unfortunately it was just a small corner piled high. I think I am down to no more quilts in the corner. (Cross your fingers)

But if you look at the sidebar  I have added a tremendous amount of work.

I do have a quilt that I would like to make for Frank for his birthday in April. But now I feel guilty about starting a new quilt!

All that pressure to get that stuff done is the one good reason not to clean out the corner of my room.

Carol noted I feel compelled to finish the unfinished.  I do!  I was told not to waste things so i am trying to finish these and maybe gift them to people I think deserve one.  

Use a whiney voice here:  I just can't throw them ooouuuut!

I  completed 22 or 23 quilts last year so I'm going to have to start and work pretty hard to get that much done so I can clear out some of those backlog.  I think this will also reduce a lot of my stash when I try to find backs for all of these things in the waiting line. And bindings for them as well.

So I guess as I go along this year my goal will be to to reduce two big things. First the backlog of quilts number and the number on my scale.

I think I have truly found my word for this year ----- REDUCTION!