After getting a guilt trip from a very good friend of mine, I decided to start another quilt. I have until my birthday, June 27th, to get it done. That’s when I’ll be going out to visit. At first, I said “No way!” to making a quilt. I haven’t been in the mood to sew at all lately. Plus, supplies are just expensive. I did the math on the baby quilt I recently made and I had over $50 in it just in materials. Ouch. I think of all the quilts I’ve given away over the years, that’s a lot of money. I’m unemployed and pretty broke and really can’t afford to throw more money away on fabric. Then I got to thinking about it. I have a huge stash of fabric already. And J is one of my best friends. And he’s never ever asked me for anything before. Then I felt bad for saying no. So… I challenged myself to make a quilt for my friend using ONLY my stash. I won’t have to buy anything except batting. First, I had to clean up this mess.
What a mess!
Yikes! I haven’t sewn in quite a while. I had to put away all that fabric and clean off things that didn’t belong in my sewing area. Thankfully, it didn’t take that long to get straightened out. I was talking on the phone while cleaning so that helped it go much smoother. Now I can work!
Now it looks more like a work space!
I remember my friend’s couch being blue and I happen to own a TON of blue fabric. I went through a “blue period” I guess and collected more of that color than any other. I went into the closet and started dragging out bins. No, I will not share photos of the closet. It’s a cramped mess in there. I took out the two bins of blue fabrics and started pulling out pieces to press and cut. I need 20 blocks. I pulled out more than enough fabric for them. I have cut enough fabrics for about 10 blocks so far. I made a test block and Hurricane had to inspect it. She approves.
Hurricane Leila approves
This is a very simple block and my inspiration was THIS quilt. It’s very similar to the baby quilt I made, but the blocks are larger and with sashing. I think it will look great. Now I have to carve out time every day to work on it. I’m excited (and a little sad!!) to be reducing my blue fabric.
