I think I just posted blog post number two! Partly for practice going to try #3 now :)
oooo..... don't tell hubby aka "Hat" I secretly am lusting after this... this week i bought some fabrics that will go great with current quilt which i am not even remotely close to finishing... but i absolutely love the pattern above and it is already on my bucket list. its called "Third Weekend In October". The quilt im working on contains the same colors that are in this one, and i actually really do need more fabrics to finish it, so my recent shopping spree can be mostly justified. b u t... yes there are one or two (OK maybe 7!) fabric cuts that made their way into my bag that have nothing to do with current project but will be sooo perfect for background and creek parts of Third Weekend In October. While i was inside fabric store going crazy his dear self was outside organizing his fishing poles and bait and i don't even know what... i really just close my ears when he starts telling me about leeches and bee moths and... ugh.... i am careful when i get into his truck so i don't get a hook stabbed into me. but he was very patient. LOVE YOU HAT!!!
oh wow... and here is the quilt photo i found online that resolved my diamonds vs hexies struggle... this photo is my inspiration. its actually my cell phone lock-screen wallpaper. its the basic pattern of the quilt im making. its very old, and the current owner found it in a dumpster. i love the creamy turquoisey green background... and the scrappy ness~... and the greens, golds n browns. but i don't like blues in general, or pinks here, or orangey reds so substituting rich autumn reds.
heres the "map" i drew of quilt im making. finished size is appx 4'x5'... good for snuggle up on couch with, but not bed sized. i would never finish anything if that big.
ok so last time I (first time I ever) blogged here was to I think somewhat successfully created a Google account and then created a blog... and I have mostly forgotten how to do what little I learned then. but meantime I have gotten some things done that, were I proficient at blogging would have resulted in several read-worthy blog posts which were so thought out in my head, complete with photos I took but which you still don't see here because I have to figure out again how to get them out of my phone and onto this page. bleahhhh.
I really like and appreciate Jessica at Life Under Quilts BlogSpot and her Monday Morning Star Count. even though I haven't maybe linked up yet (must learn how!) I really enjoy seeing other peoples progress and the things they are making and how their week went.... for anyone who ever reads this I just want you to know: if your weekly progress report boils down to "the only progress I made was to thread a needle" its actually those blogs that encourage me the most! I hate threading needles. it slows down my actual "progress". I need to look at it AS progress, right?
I didn't get much done this week as far as quilt progress.... I might have stitched one star within the past 7 days, might have been 8 or 9 days ago though. I did re glaze a window, potted up some plants, some other stuff... but my biggest "quilt progress" stuff I know I did in the last 7 days is 1) photograph the progress I've made on this quilt so far and 2) visit a quilt shop nearby and purchase some more fabrics (1/8 yard each of 20 or so fabrics, yes they love me)... START to check said new purchases for color fastness and then wash, iron and starch same fabrics (oh no I am not even done with that) ....and 3) attempt blog post #2.
so... now im going to attempt to upload a photo or two. we will see how that goes and if I can actually DO it I will write about what is going on... again wish me luck! thank youuuu!
thank you for your crossed fingers! this is the exact photo on my beloved iphone that I was hoping to be able to locate while it is plugged into computer!!! I took this several days ago. these are the stars I have completed in past few months. each star has one connecting diamond between it and next star, so average 3 light turquoise background diamonds for each full star. as I baste stars I also baste 3 background diamonds... so I don't have to baste 8 zillion background diamonds all at once later! I stitch one or two background diamonds to each star and toss the remaining background ones into the box at left side of pic.
this.. my first (only? hope not!) EPP quilt colors are autumn shades of yellow, red, brown and green. those colors are listed in order by favorites. the first few stars I stitched were a mix of all those... then I decided to work thru all the colors I had of one group starting with least fave. so right now is yellow/gold/beige. and I am nearly done with them! next? reds. then browns. last but fave is beloved greens in all their glorious shades... mossy to emerald.
