The wedding quilt for my niece Ariel and her intended Sam is hot on the front burner of my quilting life. Â It’s coming along pretty good…now…There is a whole story that goes with that and you’ll have to stay tuned to hear it…but I’ll keep you waiting a day or so before I calm down enough to write it. Â Yep..I had a case of quilter’s bad luck with that one.
Anyway on to what else I’m working on. Â You know me. Â I am never working on just one thing!
The saga of the quilting room organization lives on.  I still don’t have it organized.  I had to  just work in it as is.  It was hard but a girl has to do what a girl has to do.  Wedding quilts come first.  The room is AWFUL.  With the new cabinet I am basically ripping everything apart so each and every item in my quilting room can find a PERMANENT home.  No home…it can’t stay.  I am guessing that this will be an ongoing project.  I get so far and then have to just stop and think where I want things next.
In the meantime I am working on cutting down some gifted fabric. Â I am reorganizing how I store some of the fabric cutting down more than I previous had. Â To accomplish that monumental task I have a temporary cutting station set up at the kitchen island. Â While I visit with Hubby or wait for supper to cook I cut into strips. Â It’s slow going this way but small amounts of time is letting me accomplish lots so I am going with it. Â I’ll take progress no matter how I get it!
Hubby and I went to an auction this weekend-stay tuned for that story- so I had a bit of time to pull papers on my Pineapple Crazy blocks. Â The first few were awful but I am in a swing now and it’s not that bad.
I travel with these two containers. Â I keep the ones that need pulled paper in one container and put the paper in another.
Once we get to our destination I stack the two containers into each other with the paper container on the bottom. Â That way the papers won’t spill or fly out. Â Once I get to a garbage can I dump the contents.
I got 17 more de-papered. Â Yahoo!! Â The containers are these…
That’s what I am busy with…more on the auction, wedding quilt problems and hopefully the wedding quilt finish later this week. Â In the meantime check out Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.
Jo, those pineapple blocks amaze me every time you show them! I love how colorful they are, I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Just wondering about the Pineapple blocks, and if you have any rules for color placement. Do you have a palette of colors that you are using, or is it “Anything Goes”?
Do you sort out the colors ahead of time?
I had to giggle with I noticed what your little buckets were. I’ve got several of those myself! I’m also trying to figure out my sewing room.