I'm Back... Hopefully back for a while this time!

After a very long, undesired, break from Quilting, the reasons for which I will not go into detail right now... Just suffice it to say, we are finally "In Contract" on our home!  It's been 15 months, but we are finally about to sell the house! 

So, last night I finally sat at my sewing machine and started a new project...  I have plenty of old projects to finish, but I NEEDED to do something NEW.  I am sure I am the only person who goes through this, but I digress.

I am going to keep this post short and sweet and just share some photos of my adventures last night. 

FQs.  Some Pressed.  Some Ready to be Pressed.

 

Cut into 3.5 inch Squares

My Stack O Blacks

My Stack O Whites

Good Old Fashion Chain Piecing

The pile of Finished Squares for Step One.

Snipping and Sorting... I love my Ghinger Curved Scissors!

So, any guesses on what I am making?

Until Next Time (Guaranteed to not be as long this time...)
Paul

What to do with this Bargello...

About 6 months ago I had an inkling to do a bargello type quilt.  I found a jelly roll of black, gray and whites on sale and I figured I might as well use it to try out the bargello style.  While I like the look of Bargello, I don't particularly care for it in black and white prints.

So here is what I wound up with. 

The two halves...End to End

One Half... The other is a mirror image, so if I stacked them
I would wind up with an "eye" in the vertical center, but horizontally
to the left... Why didn't I take a photo of that option!?

When I was done with it, I folded it and stuck it in a drawer.  That was quite some time ago.  I pulled it out the other night and just looked at for a while and now I have to get it out of my drawer...  I am torn with what to do with it though.  I thought about stacking the two halves and making a baby quilt out of it (I figure with a few bright colors on the back it would make a good baby quilt and Black and White and Primary colors are supposed to be good for a baby's developing vision.)  But then I think it would look good as a large tote bag, which I could use to carry show and tell items to and from Quilt Guild Meetings  I don't know, but I have decided I have to do something with it and get it out of my WIP drawer.

Any ideas would be very welcomed...

Until Next Time,
Paul