second thoughts

remember this?  the beige that looks gray, is called gray by the manufacturer but in person is really beige?

remember the retailer agreed to take it back?  had every intention of returning it, but frugality dictated otherwise.   it's a "name brand" fabric, very good quality, was on sale at $5 per yard plus shipping so originally cost $20.  it would have been probably another $5 at least to return it, so $25 would have been spent for zip.  decided to keep it and semi-planned another project for its use.  so washed and dried and went into the stash pile.   fast forward a couple of months.  out of curiosity decided to audition a small piece for my "midnight at the oasis" quilt and here is the result...

this is just the tiny center 6" square but the kaffe fabrics completely take over the gray cum beige and the entire issue is a complete non-issue.  wish i could put everything else aside and play with this, but not possible.  this weekend's quilty list includes labeling and mailing doll quilt for swap, finishing up a small UFO, putting together a QOV flimsy for the guild service project, quilting on the donation quilt, some civil war blocks....think that's enough?   plus cooking-dishes-laundry and squeezing in some personal care--yeah, i think that's gonna use up the 48 hours and then some.  *** my rehab plan for next week is getting ramped up a bit so a couple of naps might be needed...hard to believe i've hit the halfway point.  it's been an exhilarating/exhausting/challenging task so far and it just might be the cardio man won't recognize the new me!

in memoriam....

more skirmishes...

and 2 more victories....am really enjoying this project way more than when it was first started. 

this time around have even been thinking of how to set all these blocks.  the book shows them with sashing but that makes it a very large quilt....still have time to mull over.   the other big positive is that all these fabrics are from my very own stash.  even though each block uses a small amount, lots of fabrics are getting used that haven't seen the light of day since they were added.  ***  another busy day so no time to waste....hoping warm weather arrives soon!

civil war (sewing) continues...

and, in fact, has lasted way longer than the actual war did...eeeeekk!  happy to say there were four skirmishes saturday with four victories!

for this block, the diagram shows the color as purple, but the photograph of the block shows a purple background with white circles, which completely changes the color.  and my photograph completely washes out the tan fabric used next to the purple triangles.  

whoops, this last one needs a couple of clockwise turns to match the photo.  have to say am enjoying this project a lot; half the fun is choosing the fabrics and then the construction is always something of a challenge.   it was another summer-like day but that's it for now.  think it's safe to say our snow is gone for the foreseeable future.  ***  up early and already quilting on my little doll quilt swap that should be ready to mail by midweek.  it's another jam-packed week with no significant downtime--meaning whole days--until next saturday....daylight approaches so better get movin!