Well - piecing, but that's getting there, right??? I've always been a fan of Bonnie Hunter's quiltville.com and often go there just to see what's new and feel inspired. Course I've always been a fan of scrap quilts, and I'd say "Yep, someday". Well, some months ago Bonnie started a mystery quilt and a chat group to go with it. I found it just as most of the group was finishing up their first mystery. It was fun to read the chatter and see the different pics that people posted of the same pattern, using their own scraps and colors. The second mystery started a couple of months ago, and I found myself rootling thru fabrics thinking if I DID do this mystery I could use..... pretty soon I found myself cutting strips, piecing strips, cutting those into units, sewing those...... you get the idea!
Well, I'm still lagging behind the group but not actually by too much. It's amazing what can happen with just 10 minutes here and half an hour there! My sewing room and living room are a disaster, but I'm getting in some me time doing something I love, and I'm seeing progress.
Unfortunately for my quilting, my DS and his wife and 2 little ones are coming to stay on Thurs, so I have to pick up my mess. I'm hoping to get things done in a way that I can just pull it back out once they are gone again.
This will probably end up being another top that sits and waits for quilting, as I can't see a space in the near future where I will be able to layer and quilt. Queen size quilts take up some space around your machine as you work! I know I could send it out to be quilted. I have a good friend with a longarm, - but I don't feel that the quilts are really mine when someone else quilts them. My own little quirk, I know.
It's so nice to be able to report in that I'm quilting!!!!
Marilyn in Alberta, Canada