Lest you think I haven't been busy,

I have.

Last week, I spent a fair amount of time taking the border off Spring Forward. I decided to do a bigger version (5 inches) of the second border detail

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as a final border, but do it in green and white only. So, I had to remove the original border, then take it apart into it's 5 inch patch portions, iron those, put them away, and then start making the new border. I only got as far as cutting the fabric for the new border, when a brainwave took over.

I was at work, writing on a sticky note that was a particularly fresh shade of spring green when I realized that that exact shade of green (which was sitting in my fabric stash) would look lovely with some vintage (70's era) cottons that I had squirreled away.

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This is just a corner of the block (as a teaser) and is the truest version of the colours in the cottons and most accurate representation of the green.

So I went home that night and immediately began cutting and sewing. The blocks went together so quickly that I finished nearly all of them the first night (I'm making 64 8 1/2 inch sqaure blocks), I only have another 15 to make!

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That said, since then, I've taken a bit of time off sewing - we entertained three times in the last 10 days and that always makes me want to take a day or two off from everything! (a day to get ready before entertaining, a day to clean up), so I haven't gotten any farther.


Tonight's date night with BSP, so I won't get work done tonight, but I'll be sure to continue tommorrow.

I may have something new to post as soon as Sunday!

Of course, I still have to finish Spring Forward, begin quilting a UFO (in keeping with my promise to myself to finish at least one UFO every month); make the disappearing nine patch I have planned, do another version of Spring Forward in the luscisouly girly version I had originally planned (blocks are already made), and I think, cut down Spring Forward to a Queen Size rather than a king.

The more I think about it, the more I believe that my skills are not yet up to quilting a king on my ordinary sewing machine.

A fun April ahead though, whatever happens!

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2 comments:

  1. Wow, you have been busy. Can't wait to see everything!

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