wonky blocks

That is all.

I have nine done. I think I need 20. Might have to do the math again since I think I first "mathed" with 9 inch blocks and I decided to go with 6 inch ones. But I like what I am seeing so far!

wonky baby quilt

My best buddy from highschool and his wife are having a baby in February. This means it is time to make a quilt for them. They decided to do a gender neutral primary colors set. I thought, ohh, this will be fun to work with. They are both into more contemporary art, so I thought it would be a good time to try my hand at a wonky log cabin quilt.

I went though some solid color combos at the shop before getting an idea. Remember inkjet printers and those silly 3 color cartridges? I decided to do that for the quilt. Magenta, yellow, and cyan with white and a black/white print.

I really like that print. It reminds me of bowling balls. The woman who cut it at the shop said someone else had bought some earlier in the day to make a baby quilt. I told her that was my plan too! I wanted a contemporary black and white print that wasn't too big and this fit the spot. I love the little yellow bits in there!

I plan to chop into this tonight and get some blocks done. First I need to decide if I want to do 6 or 9 inch blocks. Choices, choices....

star quilt along - top done!

I finished my top for the stars quilt along hosted over at happy quilting. I first posted about this little diddy back here.

Ta da! I'm quite pleased with out it turned out. My sweetie bear helped me lay all the blocks out and figure out the order they looked best in. That took a while - I decided not to sweat it more than I have to since I should be, I don't know, working on work or something. Next stop is to get this baby sandwiched and quilted. I've been debating boarders on this - what do you all think? I thought maybe it would be a different experiance for me. Heck, the wonky blocks were a new experiance for me!

The last month has been pretty busy for me - semester starting, new courses to prep and teach, 250 students, and a lot of freelance writing work (mostly writing test banks - yuck!). Work stuff and family stuff has kept me from sewing as much as I have wanted but I hope to get back into things shortly. About the time I figure I am caught up enough to get back to blogging something comes and bits my bootie. C'est la vie!

Anyways, it feels good to get this top done in time for the parade on Friday!