It’s been warm here in the Pacific Northwest over the last few weeks. Some days made it into the 100’s even. Luckily we don’t get any real humidity here, so it can be tolerable – but just barely.
I think the heat affects my motivation in a big way. It makes me swell up and get tired, so I just want to sleep all the time. Plus, this is our busy time of year for work, so I haven’t done much sewing lately – except for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild Block of the Month project. It’s been really fun so far! I just finished #7 of 9. Only 2 blocks left, so I get to practice my patience while I wait for the next two patterns to be released.
I posted on IG and FB yesterday and got a lot of great feedback on my color choices. I’m thrilled because I’m trying to use up my stash, and didn’t allow myself to buy anything new for this quilt. Since it finishes at 76″ x 76″ – there is a lot of fabric to pull. I had a vague idea of how much I needed for the background squares, and I knew I wanted a night sky… so I pulled all my dark blues – which wasn’t much. I had to amend with greys and light blues, and the mixing of these seemingly un-matching colors really makes it sparkle!
Making Quilt Patterns
Another thing I’m working on right now is making patterns for all my hexie quilts. The Dragon and Squid were done in the past. But I’m re-vamping them to match the newer patterns for the Jellyfish, Hummingbird, and that little placemat. I’m almost done, and when I am, I think I’m going to try to do a give-away. I’ve never done one of those before, but I think it would be fun, and I’d love to share my work that way!
If that’s all from stash, I am super impressed! It looks amazing already.
It is! I have used up almost all my blues and oranges for this one – still have some white, grey, and yellows in my stash. It’s feels really good to use it!