confessions of a quilting addict

[tielan]

*coughs*

Um, so...I just bought $350USD worth of quilting fabric off Ebay.

It was cheap! (as in fat quarter bundles for $25 instead of $40) And even the postage is pretty manageable.

A lot of batiks in this mix. So there'll be a lot of batik quilts coming out from it. (It's okay, I like batiks...)

So, because of the massive influx of material...I'm challenging myself to make 12 quilts in 2011 - bedspread-sized, not just lap quilts! Whether I can do it? Another matter entirely!

1. Scrappy Mountain Madness - harvest fabrics
2. Diced nine-patch - R Kaufman Imperial collection
3. Diamonds (from nine-patch book) - batik FQs
4. wonky stripes - batik strips
5. Magic Squares - use yardages (broken dishes/spinner block - find a strip-piecing way to make spinner block)
6. Sudoku quilt - scraps
7. scrappy stars - scraps
8. bow ties - scraps&squares
9. cathedral windows (stack a new deck) - batik FQs
10. string quilt (scraps)
11. Old Maid's Puzzle
12. arkansas crossroads

I think that some of them (*cough*OldMaid'sPuzzleArkansasCrossroads*cough*) should probably be made in bits and pieces along the way, and stored in their own personal storage box. 'Cos they're gonna get tricksy to do, I think.

I really have to work out how to make Half-Square Triangle Blocks that are neat and precise and fit together nicely. Or maybe I need to sew slower. I do tend to be in a hurry when quilting...

Also, I have some lovely Christmas fabric, and I think I'm going to try to make pieced table-runners for Mum and the aunts for Christmas. Not much time, but I don't think (hah) it'll be too complicated...

(famous last words)

*wonders if she's going to sleep between now and New Year*

*doubts it*

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

Sounds like a lot of fun!

[tielan]

My instant response to your comment? "Sounds like a lot of work!" :D

[beatrice_otter]

Yeah, but there's work and then there's work

[meri]

12 quilts? That's a great challenge for a year. I can't even imagine. I'm hoping to make one lap quilt this year. Just one. But then my main craft is sewing, not specifically quilting, so one quilt out of many other projects (I hope!) is actually pretty good.