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I HAVE A FINISH!! - Happy Garden (king sized)

Doesn't happen often, but feels oh so good when it does.  You can see King's Happy Garden is all done now!

 

--A LITTLE SHOPPING--

I finally committed to a bigger cutting mat.  The little blue one (just about fits a fat quarter) is that one I have used all this time.  It's a great brand and I had no complaints other than it was on the smallish side. 

So, I decided it was time to graduate and went for the biggest one my sewing table would accomodate.  I don't remember the size of it the top of my head, but it's huge!  Where was this when I was trying to cut fabric for my king size?  Can't wait to slice into a huge piece of fabric!

I also took advantage of a moving sale that In Color Order was having.  Have you seen her selection of vintage sheets?  I couldn't figure out what I wanted exactly, so I decided to get one of her Grab bags of Vintage Sheets.  This is 10 fat quarters!!  So exciting!!

I was also excited to open a box from Canton Village Quilt Works!

I got 1/4 yards of (from left to right) Disco Flower - Hot Pink, Saturday - Brown, Zig Zag Stripe - Lavender, Lollies - Peach, Delhi Blooms - Grass.  The last one on the very right is Bellflower - Orange and I got a bit more of that one *love*

I also splurged on a Kona Cotton Denim Fat Quarter Bundle... which is the starting point for a quilt for Mr. Happy.  Can you believe after all this time I still haven't make a special quilt for him?  Time to fix that. 

And he put a request in that he gets it by October (before it gets really cold), so front and center this one goes. 

So much for this being a Christmas gift. 

--GETTING ORGANIZED--

All that shopping made me realize that it was time to get things back into an organized fashion.  So, Sammy and I set out to seperate fabrics by size, color, and make sure they were neat and folded. 

It took a lot of time to do it all, but I had my trusty helper at my side who stayed awake... for most of it.

The results... make me want to dive into this drawer all the time.  I had no idea that I had large scraps of all the colors of the rainbow.  Pretty cool, right?  I still need to snap a picture of my larger fabric pieces... yes, I did the mini-bolt thing.

--NEW PROJECTS--

Simple Blue-Gray {still needs a proper name}

Ok... enough of shopping and organizing.  I am one of those that needs to have busy hands.  And so, I started the mister's quilt last night.

Am I the only one that finds it hard to open one of these pre-cut bundle things?  It's just so pretty.

Ok, one more look for good measure and then I tore into it!

I ironed all the fat quarters and then set out to start cutting.  Just loving the blue-gray combo!

And, I'm not quite ready to show you my plan yet, but here is a distant hint. 

Yes, these are the scraps from cutting a few pieces.  I warned you the hint was distant.

 --STALLED--

X Marks the Spot

As soon as I get the batting, then this will get sandwiched, quilted, and binding.

{Insert Name Here}: Bottled Rainbows {ticker tape quilt-along}

I am looking froward to getting back to this one, but decided I needed a finish, so this one was put aside. 

Crewel Spring Flowers

Nada -- poor pretty flowers.

Katie Fiber Art

No action here.

You Can Sew-a-thon!!

You haven't heard of it??... check it out here or read about our first project (Strawberry Pincushion).

This Week's Work in Progress (WiP) Stats:

Last WiP Wednesday Total: 6
New Projects: 1 (added the blue-gray quilt for Mr. Happy)

Finished Projects: 1 (King's Happy Garden)
Total WiP's: 6 (strangely still the same as last time)

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan