Committed. Determined. I will finish an item for this week's Project Quilting challenge.
I stumbled across Project Quilting in January and have been very inspired ... in the sewing room and in the blogging world. I am grabbing up quilting and sewing blogs as fast as I'd like to be finishing projects, especially some quilts.
On Facebook, I'm slowly coming out of my shell in a Challenge Quilt group. It's a great place to learn about contests and quilt challenges of all types. It's also a place where you can seek help when you're stuck.
And, boy am I stuck. My dear friend MS seems determined to make me hibernate this year. Trust me, I have mastered sleeping. and some other things that don't deserve mentioning.
So I have been making my way through a personal New Year's resolution of sticking a needle into something other then my skin. Inspiration came from Linda McLaughlin, who blogs at Notes from Studio B. she shares her daily sewing, like 365 patches in Indigo and Rust. I'll write about my effort. Promise.
This is the final challenge of the latest set. .The hardest part is you have one week, a mere 7 days, to go from idea to finish. The theme is posted on a Sunday and then it is go, go, go.
The easiest part for me is the project needs a name.
Making things a bit easier is that the project does not have to be a full-size quilt. The project only needs to have at least one of these three elements:
The first rule is the theme. This week we are required to include triangles.
I've thought about entering three of the projects. But .... well, there was always a but. Each time, I got a littler closer to the end.
I stumbled across Project Quilting in January and have been very inspired ... in the sewing room and in the blogging world. I am grabbing up quilting and sewing blogs as fast as I'd like to be finishing projects, especially some quilts.
On Facebook, I'm slowly coming out of my shell in a Challenge Quilt group. It's a great place to learn about contests and quilt challenges of all types. It's also a place where you can seek help when you're stuck.And, boy am I stuck. My dear friend MS seems determined to make me hibernate this year. Trust me, I have mastered sleeping. and some other things that don't deserve mentioning.
So I have been making my way through a personal New Year's resolution of sticking a needle into something other then my skin. Inspiration came from Linda McLaughlin, who blogs at Notes from Studio B. she shares her daily sewing, like 365 patches in Indigo and Rust. I'll write about my effort. Promise.
Add a deadline
But now, it is Project Quilting's turn. Deadlines seem to work for me, so let's see.This is the final challenge of the latest set. .The hardest part is you have one week, a mere 7 days, to go from idea to finish. The theme is posted on a Sunday and then it is go, go, go.
The easiest part for me is the project needs a name.
Making things a bit easier is that the project does not have to be a full-size quilt. The project only needs to have at least one of these three elements:
- Include patchwork.
- Include appliqué.
- Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
The first rule is the theme. This week we are required to include triangles.
I've thought about entering three of the projects. But .... well, there was always a but. Each time, I got a littler closer to the end.
Stash busting now
So this time, I have mapped out the big wow. Rearranged it at least 15 times in my mind. Chosen the colors. Found the fabrics in my stash.
The Big Wow now has worked its way right out the door.
It was bumped by a sunshine that will brighten each and every day. It will simplify a daily challenge.
Something smaller. Something doable in a week. Something that can be done even if MS refuses to hit the road.
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