The air was cold. The sky was gray. The leaves are starting to turn. But inside it was cozy and warm and the house was full of the scent of freshly baked rum cake and the sounds of snoring pups and purring cats.
A sweet new friend came over with a loaf of homemade pumpkin bread for a day of sewing.....
We talked and ate....and talked and ate.....
And we even managed to get a bit of sewing done in between all of the talking and eating!
And I finally dove into a quilt pattern that I've been hanging onto and dreaming about and drooling over for eight long years - Vintage Valentine.
I happily retrieved my carefully selected pile of fabrics that were tucked away in a box. And this isn't just any pile of fabric.......this pile includes those fabrics that you hang onto forever and never cut into because you just love them tooooo much! But I'm being brave and throwing caution to the wind and using them in this quilt. I think I'll love them even more once they're in a beautiful quilt.
And no - the hexie quilt isn't done yet! You know that I'm easily distracted! But since I don't have any other applique projects going on I felt justified in starting this new project. I feel you need to have at least one project from each of the "Craft Food Groups" going on at once - applique, hexies, pieced quilt, embroidery, cross stitch, doll houses, hand quilting, hand tying.....I know I'm forgetting a bunch......which ones am I forgetting??? But that just means I'm obligated to start projects in all of those categories to have a well rounded "Craft Diet," right?! If this theory is wrong, I don't want to be right!
Happy Sewing,
Jenny
2 comments:
Those fabrics are going to be gorgeous with that pattern! I can't wait to see it!
Your quilt will be so beautiful!!
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