Work(?) in Progress In October

Can't believe it's October already.  Time sure flies fast when you're having fun.  Not much going on right now except I am working playing with fabric and sewing machines.  Again I can't stay away from curve piecing.  What can I say, I just love it.  Here are some of the pieces that I'm playing with.  I placed them on the design wall without much thought at this point.  Just to see how they're reacting to one another and where I'm going.  I removed the one that didn't play well with the others.  LOL

 

At the same time, I'm planning how I will make the T-shirt quilt.  I've decided on the block size, background color, and all that before I do any cutting.  Thank you everyone for many great ideas and inspirations on the topic.   You all are so awesome and wonderful.  I feel I can move along with confidence now, but I'm going at a slower pace.  I'm being extra careful because it's a memory quilt for my niece.  I'm going to mix flying geese blocks with the T-shirt blocks.  Do you know that I've never made a flying geese block?  It's been something that I wanted to try and now is the time.  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great day!

Margo

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

What's Happening in My Studio

 The baby quilt is done and ready to be gifted.  Here is the picture.

 

I spent one day making a fabric basket as a gift for my friend's sister whom we visited in Idaho.  We had so much fun staying at her cabin near a lake, so sorry I forgot the name.   She and her husband took us on a boat ride around the lake.  We spotted so many bald eagles there.  Here are the basket pictures.

 

I used a 'Colorful Patchwork Bags and Baskets' pattern from SewCanShe.com by Caroline Fairbanks-Critchfield that I saw on Craftsy.

 

Before I end this post, I want to show you some of the pictures from our trip.

 

A sunset view on a lake

 

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed week.

Margo

 

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

A New Project: A T-Shirt Quilt

This will be my first T-shirt quilt ever and I'm excited to have a new discovery and fun experiment.  

These t-shirts belong to my late brother in-law.  My niece gave some to me to make them into a quilt.

I've done some research online on the topic of T-shirt quilts.  There are some unique and striking quilts out there.  I'm not quite sure which direction I will go.  We'll see.

I need to get more supplies, such as fusible interfacing material, etc.  I did get some fleece material that I think would be good for backing. For the batting, I'm not sure which one to use or I may go in a totally different direction.  I might use flannel in the middle layer.  I imagine with flannel, it will be more fluid and softer than a batting material.  Decisions, decisions..... 

Do any of you have any input?  Have you made a T-shirt quilt before?  I would appreciate any suggestions and comments you have.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!!

Margo

 

 

 

 

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty