Linus Quilts

At Quilt Time we have an annual Linus Day where members of the group work on a variety of gorgeous quilts for the fantastic Project Linus. I love this day - for the work we do on the day, but also for the fact that it encourages me to finish off some of the quilts I have at home which are suitable for children and young people.

I had started this blue stripe quilt last summer for a demonstration I was doing on scrap quilts. All the fabrics in the quilt were donated scraps. The piecing was really simple and quick and I had finished this last August. I had even sandwiched the quilt but never got round to the actual quilting. After sorting through some boxes in the attic at the beginning of last week I had unearthed it again and was inspired to finish it off for the Linus Day.

The finished size is 39" square. The quilting is a wide meander down the solid blue stripes and then a single wavy line down the pieced stripes.

Hopefully this will find a good home soon.

'Cos I can't do one thing at a time.

Currently working on:

• green quilt for HG
• blue scraps
• YQ projects

Just finished all the applique for the BeAttitudes quilt. Shopping next Sunday for borders etc.

Need to get on with the blocks for Linus day next week.

Scraps, scraps and more scraps

One of the main things I need to get on with is tackling the ever growing pile of scraps. I had, a while back, sorted them by colour and put them in a box by the door to the craft space. I think this was supposed to encourage me to work on them! I have, since Christmas, made a concerted effort to do a little bit on them each day. I started with the yellow bag and now have 42 squares (6 1/2 inch) ready to be sashed.



I probably should have photographed the 'before' so progress could be seen. The blue bag is next - and this currently looks a bit like this:

But before she sews...

...she needs to tidy!! I seem to have craft stuff absolutely everywhere at the moment. Lots of unfinished items, projects which need documenting and general mess. Last year's resolution was to half the UFOs. I lost track in the end but I did make good headway.

This year's resolution is to GET ON WITH IT. This relates to many different things and that's all I'm saying for now.