Underwater Quilting
Do you ever have so many quilt projects going on at one time that you can’t seem to focus on any ONE of them because you’re thinking about your ever-growing list of other projects that need attention, too? I found myself in that exact situation this past weekend – *needing* to work on one project but thinking about all of the other projects I have lying around in my sewing room. I could NOT focus. I did not meet my weekend goals of at least completing a big project so I could work on the other projects. I occasionally feel like I’m drowning in quilt projects – in a good way, with my scuba gear on 🙂
Perhaps you’d like to peek in my sewing room at the projects:
This is the project I need to finish ASAP – a two-sided t-shirt quilt.
This box is chock full of shirts & sweatshirts for my next t-shirt quilt.
Two of my children are getting confirmed this month, so these are their stoles that need pressing and embellishing.
This is the cut-out fabric for a tote bag exchange that is not required to be finished until March 2014 but it’s such a fun & quick pattern that I want to make it now!
This is the cut-out fabric for another tote bag, except this one is for me and my iPad.
This is one of two Quilted Lovies in progress.
And here we have the retro fabric to bind an antique quilt for a cousin – just waiting for me to get to it.
And without sharing the photos, I also have a lap quilt and a baby quilt that need the binding attached so I can send them on their way to their intended recipients.
Whew, just listing all of these quilt projects out makes me tired…and it certainly hasn’t gained me any more motivation to work on them. Guess I’ll keep plugging away until that oft-hiding quilt mojo returns!
How many projects to YOU have going on at one time?
I’m so far underwater on my projects, that I may never reach the surface. But it’s nice to know that I’m not alone.
I’m intrigued by the confirmation stoles – hope you show a picture of how you embellish them. I have only seen this type of thing for graduations. A nice way of honoring them though.
Sara – the stoles are felt. I will press them so the creases are gone. I have two different special (to our family) tartan fabrics for the two stoles that I will use. For the last one I did, I put a cross on one end of the stole and a musical note (that daughter was in band and music is her God-given talent) on the other side. I used some fusible web and pressed her embellishments to the tails of her stole…then used a blanket stitch to further affix them. Finally, we added some beaded fringe to the very bottom of the stoles to give it enough weight so it would hang well. I’ll definitely share the other two stoles here, once I get all of the parts together so you (and others) can see what I’ve done.