I'm Quilting!

for as long as i can remember, i've been obsessed with color.  any kind of color.  in any sort of medium.  as a small child, my most prized possession was my box of crayons and i remember the day i got my first set of magic markers.  when i got older, i was obsessed with  those giant make-up palettes (i still kind of am, i just don't buy them anymore).  i hoard yarn and fiber because i can't not buy one more color.  and the real reason why i started playing around with cross stitch? those tiny, colorful skeins of embroidery thread.  so you know it was just a matter of time before i started looking at fabric.

i resisted for a long time.  sewing, unlike my other hobbies, requires a table, or two.  and a more permanent set-up.  which i don't really have.  well not really unless i'm willing to have j give me a hard time about the mess on the dining and kitchen tables (i guess that as long as i have a circular saw, a bag of cement and other masonry equipment under the kitchen table, he really can't complain too much). 

but finally i broke.  i reacquainted myself with my machine (a 25 year old singer that i've used maybe a dozen times).  i spent a small fortune at joann's on rotary cutters, rulers and mats, and i practiced first by making a few 9-patches. 

my first project is a little string quilt (see this tutorial).

my squares are done.  now i've got to do something with them. 

Comments

[Maryse]

I will!

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[Carole]

Quilting is so much fun. If you need help assembling the squares and quilting them just let me know.

[Seanna Lea]

Nice! I definitely like the tutorial. It makes a beginning quilt that is less about precision and more about having fun (and sounds like something even I would be able to do).

[Kathryn]

I just started down the same rabbit hole :-)

[pam]

yay! and you (of course) chose some really cute fabrics -- love the tiny flowers on navy.