What Kind Are You?

I'm still working on the flying geese. I had to wait a few days to get the background fabric and it just showed up last Wednesday . I spent some time cutting a yard and a half into 2 1/2" squares. Now to sew them all. When it's all said and done I'll have 336 flying geese. I'll let you know once I have the geese done if I think they're still cool. Maybe I am asking for it doing them this small. We will see.

What kind of quilter are you? What colors do you gravitate to?

I'm a traditionalist with a twist. I don't like to do things that I have seen done a hundred times before. Most of the time I come up with my own patterns. I know this may sound bad, but I like to look at a pattern and make it my own by changing a few things. I very rarely buy a pattern. Am I cheating people out of money by not buying their pattern? Maybe, but why spend money on something that I can just look at and know how to make. Yes, they have taken the time to come up with the yardages for me, but I don't want it that size or change it in such a way that the pattern does not end up working for me. You might say I want it just like that, but different. I have always done things a little different than everyone else. I march to the beat of my own drum. Everyone could be going "one, two, three, four" and I'm going "three, one, two, four". Some call it being a little off in the head or taking a ride on the short bus.

Most of the time I'm a medium to dark kind of person. Love the medium to darker colors. There are a a few times that I get on a bright kick. You know everyone needs to think out side of their comfort zone sometimes. I'm also a very matchy match person. I like to match colors closely to other and make everything blend in. They blend in so much that they are sometimes blah. They just don't have that pop factor. This is where my BH and quilt shop owner come into play. I pick out fabric and they tell me yes or throw it out. Sometime I swear they take sides with one another and team up on me. If I'm hem hawing about a fabric choice one of the two will take the others side just to get me to pick a fabric and get the hell out of the store. Don't you find you can spend hours at the quilt shop? Once the quilt is done I step back and look at the fabric choice and sometime say damn they were right with their fabric choice. It would just not have looked right with what I had chosen . I wish I had their gift of color!

I did order some more fabric for another project. I know, I know I have not finished the last few hundred quilts I have started. Here are just a few I have in the works. Does it still count as a project if I've only bought the fabric for it? I'm not even going to count the tops that I have waiting to be quilted.

I'm going to use up an old jelly roll that I have laying around collecting dust and needed to add just a little more fabric. It's Basic Grey/Urban Couture and I ordered a charm pack of this line and a Moda brown solid. You might have seen this pattern on other blogs. Right now I can't remember where I saw it. I did like it and wanted to make my own. Might change it up a bit more before it's done.

I did get an E-mail from Amber and she said she would have my quilts at my parents house sometime after 4 today. she has been under the weather and had the flu. I'll keep you posted.

Update: Just got a text message from Amber and she now needs to drop the quilts off tomorrow or Tuesday afternoon.

Recycling?

Just checking in for a few minutes to let you know how things are going here in my part of this small world.

As you can see from the picture I've been busy making some flying geese. They will be 2 x 4 once they're done. I'm using just one jelly roll, background fabric and sashing (the rust color fabric). I'll be making Dutchman Puzzle quilt blocks. I run out of the brown background fabric, and who knew that it would take a little over two yards for all these little geese. I was unable to find any at my local quilt shop so I had to order off the net. :-(

I'm using the Dandelion Girl from Fig Tree Quilts from Moda. It seems to me that Moda is recycling their prints. Take a look at the new line Mill House from Fig Tree, then Dandelion Girl, and you will see some of the same prints in a different color. Not sure that I like this idea. Can they not come up with something new for us? Are we out of ideas or is it an "if it's not broke don't fix it" type of thing? Don't get me wrong, I love Moda and what they are doing, but I like to see new fabric lines, not old ones dug up and reprinted in new colors. Am I wrong on this?

Notice the rose red and brown damask-like prints. Same fabric, different line. My local fabric store is moving away from buying Moda because of them recycling prints. She wants new and fresh and I don't blame her one bit.

Giveaway!!!!

Missouri Star Quilt Co are hosting a Jelly Roll Week, they are posting ideas and videos all week on great ways to use your Jelly Rolls. Not only are they inspiring us all, but they are having a Giveaway too! Yes, you too could be in with a chance to win a Jelly Roll, So get over there and have a look.

Flying Dandelion Girl

This is my 99th post, woot!!!

In my last post I said I was going to make a fun wall hanging, but I have yet to start that. Instead I have taken an old jelly roll from Fig Tree Quilts called Dandelion Girl and am making 2x4 flying geese with it.

What will I do with these geese once there done? I think this is the 64 thousand dollar question. I do have a few idea's, but I would like to see what you might come up with. I'm open for new idea's here. Post a comment and let me know. Here is what I have come up with:

Keep in mind that I would like to use only the flying geese and not have to add other blocks or fabrics. Bottom line is I only want to use the jelly roll and the background fabric. Sashing and a border are o.k. Post a comment and you might just see your suggestion in a blog post.

Nothing New

It's been quiet here on the home front. Not a lot going on. Work, work, work, but you did not come here to hear about that.

I've not started anything new yet and I've not even worked on the projects I have started. What have I been doing you ask? That's a good question. I don't even really know myself. Facebook is taking up some of my time. That darn Mafia Wars and Farmville. I need some black sheep if you're playing farmville.

There is a new project that I want to start, but have not yet. I think it would be quick and easy, it's from Jacquie from Tallgrass Prairie Studio.

It's a quilted tree skirt, but I think I'm going to make mine into a wall hanging with two of each block and use my left over fabric from Merry and Bright by Sandy Gervais for Moda.

pictures from Tallgrass Prairie Studio.