Skagit Valley Sprint

Skagit Valley Sprint

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

What I've been up to lately













Okay, so the finished quilt on the far left was made 3 years ago for a raffle when a co-worker needed a kidney transplant. A bunch of us ladies at work got together, did some fabric shopping, had a cutting day and then people took home projects to complete at home. I put the blocks and the quilt together, a generous friend donated the batting and the backing and a friend of a friend did the quilting for a huge discount...if I recall correctly, it brought in over $3,000!
The dresden plates are in search of a wonderful background...that I don't think I have found yet...most people I have asked think the turquoise is the one, but I am not sure that I love it...maybe it just needs to grow on me a bit...we shall see.
Ah, but now I have found my stash of polka dots, which leads to a whole new ballgame...I think I like the orange or is it the green? What do you think? I am not a person who picks a quilt by the fabric line or has to have the exact same colors as in the photo, I like to play and let the fabric speak to me, sometimes it seems like the fabric and I aren't on speaking terms...

And the hexagons are a portable quilt I started a year ago and have recently become interested again. And yet again, I am looking for just the right fabric for the next round of hexies which is a light color followed by a green, both of which I haven't picked out yet...but I love being motivated by trying to imagine what the next round will look like! Then when that's all said and done, we tackle the applique on the border...

5 comments:

  1. Love those dresden plates! It might be harder to tell in photos, but I'm kind of partial to the yellow background.

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  2. I just love these dresden plates. Very cute.

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  3. Love the dresden's and the hexagons! Two of my favourite things. :)

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  4. I love yoour dresdens and hexagons. 2 of my favorites.

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  5. Your Dresden Plates are so bright and cheery. I am working on a Dresden Plate project but mine are dark colors. My style is Prim/country, thus the dark ones.

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