A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I've made peace with my WIP box. This week, I've had this overwhelming need to finish things. I'm not sure if it's just a mood, or if I've actually reached project overwhelm. Or if it's just the natural result of having a few (seven!) long term quilting projects on the go, and I'm not ticking any boxes with any of them.
Whenever I feel like this, I head for my WIP Box and try and find something that I can finish quickly, something that's been hanging over my head and I want crossed off the list. I dabbled in a bit of quilting, I made half a drawstring quilt. I even got my Clambake quilt ready to go. But none of it was scratching my itch.
Then I found these dress scraps that I'd put through my Accuquilt with my Value Die (4.5" squares, 2.5" squares, 2.5" triangles). Dress scraps are still my most prolific scrap, and my most hard to use. Funny shapes, and several in the one print. One day last year in an effort to control them, I'd grabbed all my 'pretty' leftovers, cut them, and then moved on, because, while I like all these prints, putting them all together like this is not my area of comfort.
But for some reason, yesterday, in every spare little moment, I kept coming back to these. Kept piecing, pressing, piecing, pressing, not at all caring that these weren't my usual colours, nor that it was on my WIP list at all! And finally, at about midnight last night, I had a little quilt top.
It makes me wonder if in all the block making, and tutorial writing, and pattern planning, and photo taking that's happening here at the moment, that I just needed to make something. Just because.
Linking up to Fabric Tuesday and WIP Wednesday
Hi Jodi! This looks really sweet! I love little scraps and these colours. x Teje
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! You're such a clever cookie Jodi :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love making "just because" too. It looks lovely. Very pretty :-)
ReplyDeleteOh this is so pretty :-) And you are right - sometimes we just need to sew and create without too much thought!
ReplyDeleteA very cheerful quilt! I can see how you kept going back to it! And it is always nice to finish a WIP!
ReplyDeleteI'm like that too, sometimes you need to create, with unusual colours, without a reason, usually something small too. I think it makes you feel like you have achieved something when you have big WIPs to do.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fresh and summery looking quilt -l ove the fabrics.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous little quilt. For me quilting and sewing is all about the process and not so much the finished product of a quilt. Your description of sewing, pressing and repeating is very soothing to me. Although I do love a finish, I really love the making part!
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