Waylayed

Today's Block Count: 0
Other Blocks: 12 and a binding

It's been a few days, so let's see if we can figure out what's been going on. I feel like I've been in a bit of a blank zone brainwise, but I'm sure a few things got done.

 Friday night or about 1:15 Saturday morning, I finished the binding on my Vomit Quilt, which shall now take the official name of Discovered Gems. I'm super excited to have it done. It was my One Monthly Goal for March, so I can link up when the time comes. It was one of my yearly UFO goals for my guild. And it was one of the first projects I ever undertook. It was a 5" ugly fabric swap that I joined less than a year after I began quilting. So it's numbering as far as when it was actually started gets a little hazy because I started on the Christmas 9 patch quilts I did, while waiting for my squares to come back for this one.

EDIT: check out the other finishes here.

 I've been following along with #igquiltfest on Instagram, and this was for yesterday's prompt of mini quilts. This is my mini wall which is in our downstairs hallway between hub's computer room and my sewing room. It is a bright happy wall of color. Most are from swaps, and ut is amazing how each one I get from a swap, fits me perfectly.

 These are piles of books (in case you couldn't tell). There is a certain set of books that I want physical copies for (it's a Japanese Manga set, so the pictures are very important). Hubs was a little worried about the space issue, since these book shelves are really the only book space we have in the house (kids books have their own shelf up in the living room) and the were full with books in front of books, and some still hiding in the storage room because there was no room for them on these. So I decided to start going through my books and wishlisting the books that I would be ok having on my Kindle since that is the most common way for me to read. I love being able to read and knit at the same time. These piles are all the ones that have been wishlisted, and I have another half a shelf, ready to be looked up. Tomorrow, I hope to finish these up, move the other books from the storage room, and get these to my car to go to DI.

 This week I started a Block of the Month with my friend Machelle Preston. Each month she will give us the instructions and tips for the next block. She was really excited when I said I wanted to join but to use my own fabrics instead because the quilt was very pink. I'm thinking I may give it to Kyle. I still got the printed fabric packet from Machelle and will be pulling all of the colors from there. It is awesome to see how different and yet how similar the block can be. I'm especially tickled about the tree, because it came from a John Deere Fabric.

 The pattern just calked for eyes and a nose for this little bunny, but I had some fun with thread painting and even gave him a little pink bowtie.

 This is what the original block looks like. I do still need to add the top 2 corners, which will be grey grunge...but that is not a big deal.

 I also began the Long Time Gone Quilt Along this week. This is my first bowtie for the solids version. That just means 5 more to go, I'm hoping for some good progress on these tomorrow. They are simple enough, I think that there should be no problem getting them done.

I also managed 10 bonus 4-patch blocks as leaders and enders while I sewed the bunny block togther.