A few things to show off you today.
And, just so you know, these 2 little doll dresses have been laying around, waiting to be finished, for months. MONTHS! One just needed to have the velcro sewn on. The other needed the bodice sewn and then put together with the skirt. It took me less than an hour to finish them both up...
And, yesterday, I finished the baby girl granny square quilt top!
They're piling up, ya know. The quilt tops...flimsies.
I have more than I have ever had before! Mostly because I have nowhere to lay them out to
pin baste them...not since I moved to this apartment. When I found out about the ability to
rent a longarm quilting machine (back in April), my plan was to set up a day each
month to quilt one of my flimsies.
Yeah, but then my car broke...it got fixed, but with a big repair bill. Best
laid plans and all of that, ya know.
Anyway. I am not sure what's going on with me...I seem to be a bit more motivated to work on things...to get things done these days. Kind of scarey, ya know? ~grin~
Wonder what I'll work on next? I definitely have much to choose from.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11
I had thought several times over the last year or so of doing a granny
square block quilt, but I just didn't feel I had the right fabric for it. And, I had been trying to not buy fabric. And, I had enough other things to keep busy with. So, it wasn't too difficult to talk myself out of it each time the notion struck.
But you know, sometimes too much is too much. Most of this past week, my friend, Cathy of Turtle Hill Quilter blog/Pink Petunia Cottage Dolls Facebook page fame has been showing off her granny square quilt blocks on Instagram (@clcknits). I was sorely
tempted to give in and start one of my own, but decided I had enough to keep me busy.
I've
been trying to distract myself and keep busy with other things.
For instance, I organized the 3 boxes of goodies sent me by Cathy. And, I organized the stuff I have specifically for doll clothes or doll making.
I had some fabric gathering in my scrap bin that I cut into usable scrap pieces.
I made two pillow covers...well, they're not yet pillow covers...they're just big blocks of little squares. They need to be quilted and a back made. They will eventually be 18" pillow covers for my son, Paul.
Anyway. Today, I was cutting usable pieces from
scraps sent by Cathy...looks like she had started a quilt and either
abandoned it, or had several extra pieces. Regardless, I didn't want to
use them the way they were.
And, then I saw Cathy's finished granny square quilt top. Ohhhhhh...it is beautiful! Here it is...
Then, it hit me...
The fabric I was cutting would make a perfect granny square baby girl quilt!
Oh. My. Gosh!
I couldn't believe it. What a great idea!
Don't you think?
So, by now, I have all the squares cut...and I even finished my first block!
See what I'm sayin'? A cute baby girl quilt in the making!
And, just so ya know?
I am blaming it all on Cathy.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11
