My plan this week was to work on the six baby quilts for the Blanket Ministry at Church so I can fulfill my commitment for this year. My goal is to finish all of them by the middle of November but I rather finish them sooner or later so I can work on some other projects that are still waiting to be finished. But, wouldn't you know it, I got distracted from working on the baby quilts because Linda, one of my best quilt peeps and who does wonderful wool work, gifted me with some wool squares she personally felted herself. While putting them away in my wool stash cupboard, I came across two wool projects, neither of them on my project list; the one on the top (Wool Circles) was started last Winter and the one on the bottom (Cat Pillow) was a kit purchased several years ago from Country Threads before they closed. Both of these project were waiting for the wool pieces to be appliquéd and since both of these projects were perfect for the season right now, I decided to put aside the baby quilts to work on them and they're both in the flimsy stage now. The only problem I have with working with wool is that it's something I don't like to do during the summer when the weather is hot. The heat this Summer has crept into the first weeks of October which shortened the time to work with wool for Fall projects. And I've never been one to make Fall projects during the Winter or Spring either but maybe that's something I need to rethink because, for me, the time for Fall makings is very short.
I happened to read Kat and Cat Quilts/Covered in Love blog and saw she was having a Susannah in the Fall Block Drive
(you can read about it here) so the Wool project was interrupted. I knew I had to participate in this block drive since these blocks are made with Fall colors and are 12" finished which were right up my alley since I already had some of the 3" HST and squares in my scrap stash from past projects. These blocks were made with several of Sandy Gervais' Fall fabric lines which are some of my favorite prints and I had to make more than just one. Kat has already received some blocks and is making a quilt with a really neat on point layout
(you can read about it here).
I'm participating in Busy Hands Quilt's Splash of Color QAL and we're now in Step 3--cutting the fabric
(you can read about it here). My quilt is going to be made up of 6" Tessellating Pinwheel blocks and thankfully I was able to die-cut the patches. I've never made a quilt with this pattern so I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
My Granddaughter Micah Rose loves black and white patterns and colors so you know who is going to be receiving the Splash of Color Quilt. A Granddaughter of a quilter can never have enough quilts especially when she already loves fabric.
