Tuesday, January 1, 2019
new year, new quilt, new PIF
got all my 2019 calendars up....this is susan branch's yearly offering. she is a wonderfully talented watercolorist who lives on martha's vineyard and california (a new england transplant). warning, be careful when you visit her website for you will be tempted beyond your credit limit...LOL!
and just before 2019 arrived, finished my postage stamp quilt! have yet to trim all the ties but it's done and on the bed, waiting for its inaugural sleep. a great feeling it is to finish a long-term project, meaning years i hauled around those small pieces, always cutting up more for this day. and now i don't have to cut up any more that size...win/win!
and with the new year comes a new opportunity to pay it forward. you remember lori of humble quilts? she posted a photo on her blog of a quilt shop owner who is collecting house-theme blocks to make into quilts for fire victims. lori offered these directions for a quick block, 10" finished, that won't take a bit of your time today while you make plans for the year ahead!
this uses 2.5" strips and i'll "see" if can rustle any up....do you think? this was karma indeed as my plan for the RSC was to hack away at this overflowing bin of 2.5" strips.....
hoping to reduce these with planned projects and whittle this pile down significantly....now that the postage stamp is done, turning my attention to finishing up the red/cheddar donation quilt that needs to be out of here before the month is over. quilters, to your machines!
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I, too, love the artistic talents of Susan Branch! Yes, I believe that you might have enough 2.5" strips to finish a block or two! ;) The postage stamp quilt is WONDERFUL-- you know, "they" say that a dream under a newly finished quilt comes true! Here's hoping that this new year is full of dreams coming true for you, my friend! Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteI do love Susan Branch's work. Maybe I'd be safer not going to her website. :)
ReplyDeleteThe postage stamp quilt is gorgeous, Grace. I can imagine you will sleep well under that beauty!
I had just copied those instructions from Lori's blog today. Tomorrow is a rare day at home, and maybe if I hurry and get a lot of the Christmas decor put away I can sew up a few houses.
Happy New Year to you!
I think your postage stamp quilt is a sensation. I'm putting it at Number 2 on my Favourite Quilts Made by Grace list. Number 1, of course, is the orange Hawaiian number.
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Sydney, Australia