I love Monday's!
The sun is shining (ocassionally) and the house is quiet and all mine!
I found out on Saturday that
1. My Mouthy Stitches Swap Mama is the one and only Hadley (Flying Blind On A Rocket Cycle). Btw, Hadley's recently finished Constellation Quilt is definitely worth a look!
2. And my swap partner is ............................ I'm not allowed to tell you of course (being a secret swap an' all!).
But I'm chuffed with who I've been assigned to make for. I've been stalking and the old coggs have been whirring. This is what I've come up with so far:
At this stage I'm just playing around with shape, structure and construction. But I'm going to push myself a bit on this one, and maybe try some new things (isn't that what swaps are all about!).
I've also started quilting my Dad's Civil War quilt.
I just couldn't bring myself to fmq squiggles and stipples all over my precious geometric blocks! So I'm going to stick with something more subtle, in keeping with the geometric nature of the design.
I'm going to try and get this quilted today, start on the binding and be finished ahead of schedule! (famous last words!).
Enjoy your Monday, it's the last one for a whole week!
Great choice on the quilting.
ReplyDeleteYou and me must be sisters, we have the same mama.
Sounds like a lovely day of quilting!! Exciting to be planning for your secret partner, and exciting to be quilting your dad's civil war quilt! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI am meant to have the house to myself on Monday's but the little fella has been pretty poorly over the weekend so he is staying at home with me today instead of going to nursery - so my crafting total reaches zero :( But I have got some ideas for my swap partner and have got some very suitable fabric on its way :)
ReplyDeleteNot feeling well today so having that Monday feeling :( Thank goodness it's the last one!!
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be so fun seeing this swap, looking good!
I have cindy... Does that mean you can't be my swap partner? :-( Your plan looks really cool so far!
ReplyDeleteI love that quilting, I hope you have fun doing it. And the pouch beginnings look great, I am still dreaming mine up in my head.
ReplyDeleteOoooh that quilting plan looks fab! Can't wait to see the whole quilt finished. I suspect you are even more keen for it to be finished than we observers are! I have the perfect plan in my head for my secret partner I'm just not convinced it's going to look quite like it in reality - steep learning curve me thinks!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day of quilting! That sounds like a great way to start your week.
ReplyDeleteyour quilting looks so perfect! I'm not playing in the Mouthy Stitches swap, but I can't wait to see what you all make :)
ReplyDeleteLove your quilting and I can't wait to see how it turns out! Enjoy the swap!
ReplyDeleteGlad it sounds like the civil war quilting is going well :-) Snap, same mama here too :-)
ReplyDeleteHey LJ you must be my little sis then! Great job on the pouch ! But this must be your forte surely - lucky partner - I know it will be great!
ReplyDeleteGood for you on the quilt - always nice to be ahead of schedule!
Tee hee!!
ReplyDeleteNice straight lines - I am a fan!!
Cool, looking forward to seeing what pouch you come up with, and that quilting is going to look fab!
ReplyDeleteI seem to have the same Mama! The plan looks really interesting, look forward to seeing more! I'll get to more planning at the weekend. Love the quilting, Hope you've had a good day with it, and remembered to take lots of breaks with lots of stretches too! :) x
ReplyDeleteInteresting pouch shape - good to see how it pans out! Hope you got the quilting finished too.
ReplyDeleteI'm liking your design. You are going to make the rest of us test our boundries!
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