For me, life is particularly busy lately and quilting and blogging have had to kind of take a back seat. Work is busy. My kids are high on the priority list. I spend a lot of time cooking, because I have to. Gluten free and dairy free is hard to find in fast food restaurants or even in prepared or partially prepared foods at the grocery store. I'm not complaining. We're eating a lot more fresh foods without preservatives. And I've enjoyed exploring new tastes and finding ways to eat delicious food that doesn't disagree with my body. I've become a curry addict. It is awesome.
Right now, the sewing project that occupies my limited time is a signature quilt for a very special lady in my neighborhood who is turning 100 in September. I've been thinking of this quilt since she turned 99 last September. I bought fabric clear back in March. And I've been working on blocks since mid-May. Each set of four blocks takes about an hour, give-or-take, depending on how interesting/how much attention the TV show I'm watching/listening to requires. About an hour a day is all I have for sewing and what seemed like slow progress has turned into this beautiful stack of 52 blocks.
Since I didn't post as I went you get all the blocks in one giant, picture heavy post. A lot of the prints came from the 30's Playtime line by Chloe's Closet for Moda. This is one of them.
Loved this print! It came in several colors and it was hard not to get them all.
This is how I left things when I finished working that particular evening. The next morning, it looked like a perfectly staged photo op, so I took it.
Moving on to the reds.
See comment on pink block in same print above.
This is another print that I had a hard time not buying in every color. I love those pretty roses!
Orange is such an underrated color.
This one is a Lori Holt print.
Each set of four blocks takes a little less than half of a fat quarter. I'm definitely going to use this print in a fall quilt.
I love yellow. It is so sunny and bright. This is another print that came in several different colors, but I only got it in yellow.
This sweet print might just be my favorite, but I can't say for sure.
The rose print also came in yellow. I didn't get more than two colors of any print, but it was tempting.
This, I think, was my least favorite print. But once I cut it and put it together, I like it. A lot.
All put together, those 52 blocks make 13 of the 25 flowers for the quilt {layout}. I'm more than half-way to 100 signature blocks! That is pretty exciting! The half-way point is sort of the barrier to me; it is where the mundane becomes exciting again because what I have left is less than what I've already accomplished.
After I put together the collage, I started in on the green fabrics. If you ask me my favorite color, I would probably say blue. Or maybe red. But secretly, I think that green is my real favorite color. And now I have 56 of 100 blocks done.
