It seemed like a natural fit to pull a blue UFO out of the trunk and finish it in January and I am ALMOST finished. I don't know what it is about this quilt, but Grace Hopper (one of my cats) LOVED it and whenever I pulled it out to work on it, she would fly across the room, jump up on my work table, spread out and claim it as her own. Here, she is helping me mark the plume quilting design on the borders . . . and loudly protesting because I kept rotating it to mark the borders with her on the quilt.
You can see the whole quilt in my Flickr photostream here. FYI, the quilting is now complete and I plan to bind it this weekend. It's not clear if it will hang on a wall or become Grace's personal kitty quilt.
My blue scraps mug rug is being put to good use in my boring beige office. It fits perfectly next to my keyboard.
Yes, that is a very oversized cup and saucer--I found it in a thrift show and thought it would be great for soup . . . or a big cup of coffee with a girl scout cookie.
I liked the idea of working on color-coordinated UFOs and after I bind the blue quilt, I will choose a red one to work on this month.
In the meantime, I was excited to start work on some red projects . . . probably because I've been having so much fun with strings that I decided to start there. I dipped into my big ziplock bag-o-strings and pulled out anything red.
It doesn't look like many strings, does it? But it was enough to make two pairs of string blocks, large and small.
I have a couple project design ideas in mind for these (more later). It feels good to have made a start on the red challenge and I haven't even yet used any fabric from my red scrap bin.
You can see what others are doing with their red scraps by following the links on today's Scrap Happy Saturday blog post.
9 comments:
Your red string blocks look good, red is such a vibrant colour. I am curious to see what you will make of all the different blocks.
KATRIN W.
Think Grace has already claimed the quilt, lol.
Love your string blocks and look forward to seeing what you do with them.
That is one fun red bin...how many fabulous quilts could be made from those fabrics?!?
Love the photo of Grace claiming the quilt!
Kitty looks as though she's saying 'MINE'!! LOL... I'm looking forward to seeing what you make with your red strings.. you have some very pretty reds in there ;)
So glad your cat appreciates your quilting. Those red blocks are so bright and happy. Can't wait to see what comes from the rest of those scraps.
Your string blocks are vibrant and wonderful!
Grace Hopped is a doll! My cats do things like that too. I wish my red bin was so full!!
50's? I didn't even look at the thermometer today. I don't want to know. Love the bowl/cup.
Your blue mug rug looks great on your desk and I love that over sized mug you have! Look forward to seeing what you do with your red string blocks
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