Having any free time on my hands gets to be dangerous after a while, discipline slips and new projects get started willy-nilly. Most of those just end up on the swatch pile or incorporated into scrappy patchwork later, but they are invaluable doodles of ideas. Ideas! I’ll show you more of these doodles later.
While cleaning up my photo folders yesterday I found a quilt made in April that I never mentioned here. Do you remember those Oakshott shot cottons I played with? They became this quilt top that is desperately in need of quilting?
Yeah. Well, there were loads of scraps and improv blocks leftover. I couldn’t just let those fabrics sit there so I improv-ed them together into a few scrappy miniquilts.
Seriously, those colors just kill me! You can kind of see the difference in the warp/weft here.
My favorite diamond quilting grid. It’s really easy to make this work on a miniquilt. But I just worry that I’ll wreck a full-sized quilt top. Grrrr.
Yeah, the middle one says gooch. You know what it ain’t.
Luckily, I have restocked with Oakshott shot cottons and so the fun never need end. But, really, it’s time to finish some things before starting more new things. Right?
Maybe.
good advice that! I must take note. I’m challenging myself to 5 finishes this summer!
Lovely work as always!
as if……but great colors and great work!
I love that quilt top. Not so in love with finishing projects tho.
The minis are fantastic, and you are as always a very inspiring user-up of scraps!
that is my motto right now. finish the projects i have already started! once i do that i can have some fun! love these so much c. the colors are so beautiful and i love the quilting also!
I love the colors of the Oakshott cottons! I will have to splurge on them when I feel justified in treating myself.
Also, don’t be afraid of the grid on a full-size quilt! Painter’s tape is your friend. :) I gave up on the walking foot guide, because it moved too much and switched to painter’s tape.
ah, they are all three like fabric jewels. Glad to see you enjoying yourself!
Seriously gorgeous!!
Love them, love that fabric. Looking at your new work (or, work you haven’t shown us yet) always makes my day.Thanks.
As a full-blown enabler, I say it’s okay to give in to those desires to make yet another Oakshott lovely. Because really, these are all incredible. I’m glad you bought more!
On the other hand, finishing things is good. Grumble, grumble. ;)
I’m definitely going to try greycat’s suggestion of painter’s tape!
marvelous quilts. you mean we’re supposed to finish things before we start new projects?
Oakshott cottons… yes, yes, yes!
I’ve got some cut pieces on my kitchen counter.
I stroke them when I cook.
I’m a lost case…
Gosh so colorful. It makes me dizzy!
Can I have one! I love the blast of happy colors.
Love these, C. I am such a sucker for bright colors.
These are all wonderful. I love those Oakshott colors and you have such a good eye for arranging them. Must get some for myself. Soon. Maybe after I finish some projects…
Your work just blows me away! Thanks for sharing.
Happiness on a fence.
Holy guacamole – these are A-MA-ZING! I’ve been away from blog reading for a bit and am just catching up. These are jaw-dropping. Such depth in those colors!
Ah this is just beautiful, such glorious colour! I just ordered the sample pack of oakshots shott cotton yesterday, very excited to see how it is up close. Super inspired by your lovely quilts here <3
The colours look amazing in your arrangement! Is the fabric soft? Or can you kinda feel the individual threads?
I love your “scrap” quilts :D