Finally finished the first scrappy quilt top. This one is made up of disappearing nine-patch blocks and then I added some offset squares in the corners. Originally I was going to add a small, maybe 3/4″ border of navy blue at this point, and then another maybe 3″ gray border before getting to the binding. But now that its pieced its 58.5″ wide by 71.5″ long — a pretty large lap quilt, but not quite twin sized…

Turns out I have 6 posts in draft mode…just needing pictures. I best get on that. For now —I have a lot of fabric. I’ve shown my Drawer of Shame but that is only a small part of the stash. I have two whole other cabinets full of fabric. So, I have decided to use it all – Right Now!I cut any cotton fabric smaller than a fat quarter into charms (5×5 in) and quarter-charms (2.5×2…

I started this thing ages ago (that’s a common theme with me) but it was just languishing in my sewing drawer. When I first started the quilting on it, somehow my tension was completely off and I couldn’t fix it. At the time I was also working on my son’s blessing outfit so I knew it wasn’t just this project I was struggling with. So, I sent the machine in for a service. It came back…