DAY TWO OF WORKSHOP

 It's day two of Sherri Lynn Wood's workshop Stack-n-Cut Curves Workshop.  Irene Roderick was able to make it and showed us a great slide show of her progression of her quilt-making.  It was fantastic and informative.

Afterwards, I continued working on my project.  I wanted to make the wedges I made yesterday longer.

I wanted to extend them with solid chunks of fabric with skinny strips going through them.   This was my opportunity to use the very bright and vibrant African fabric in clover-green and orange.  Zing!

But, using it in such small strips worked very well.

I thought I might use this other African fabric in the corner, but I wasn't loving it.  So, I got out some fabrics to make more wedges to put above the bland ones.  However, I ran out of steam before I got them sewed together.  Plus I was having difficulties because I used some prints again and some of the fabrics ended upside down, which frustrated me.  I wasn't sure how to proceed, so I gave it up for the day.

LOADED THURSDAY

 I finally loaded the Blissfully quilt onto the longarm.  It just barely fits - but, it fits.

I thought I wanted to quilt it with a reddish thread, but it turns out it wanted to be quilted with a gold colored thread.

I also thought I was going to put some circles in the lines, but that didn't work out.  With the quilt completely covering the frame, it would have been very difficult to stop and disconnect the channel locks to insert a circle.  So I think I'll add them after all of the straight lines are done.  Maybe, I'll quilt them with a 'big stitch'.

STRIPS RE-DO

 I took apart a section of the Skinny Inset Strips quilt, now named Blissfully.  I wanted to tone down some of the lightest values.

It's now back together looking even better.

BOTTOM HALF

 I've been working on this Strippy quilt.  I've got most of the top half done - lots of partial seams and adjustment strips added or subtracted.

I'm now working on the bottom half.  There seems to be a few fill in pieces needed.

FIBONACCI SWIRL TOP

 I finally pieced together the last block for the Fibonacci Swirl top.  This one was 34" square.  It was a pain to handle.  But it's on there - it's far from perfect, but it's on there.  Ta da.

It is 34" by 55" and that's as big as it's going to get.  

EQUINOX TOP DONE

 Finally, after waiting three weeks for the Jade Green fabric I needed to finish this quilt top, I was able to put it all together.

Yoohoo!  I love it.

BIGGER STILL

 I worked all morning on making this 21" to add to the Fibonacci Swirl in progress:

Then I worked on my Equinox quilt (some of the fabrics finally arrived, but still waiting on more).  Waiting on that Jade Green fabric.

GETTING BIGGER

 I added the 3":

Then a 5":

Then an 8":

Then a 13":

LET'S GET SMALL

 I am inspired to make a quilt with the Fibonacci Spiral. 

Using Jenny Haynes method of making skinny inset strips should make that possible.  The challenge will be making drunkard's path blocks that are 1" square - two of them.  The rest of the blocks will get progressively bigger and easier.

I cut some parts - from linen no less - and tried making several sizes.  But not the 1" yet.

The 2" gave me a few problems, but I think I can do it.  

A 3" and a 2" finished.

I think I'm going to try the 1"ers on a paper foundation method.  

MORE BUT NOT ALL

 I made what I could from the fabrics I have, but I ran out and had to stop working on the Equinox quilt.  I'm awaiting a couple of fabric shipments.  

TOP ROW

 Here's the first row of my new project, Equinox.  I've run out of that Jade Green fabric.  I've ordered more, it's on its way - I hope.

It's not sewn together yet.  I'll be making it in columns, then sewing them all together because the rows won't line up all the way across.

Then I had a zoom meeting - the first with my new Ipad.  The microphone didn't work and no one could hear me.  I tried everything to no avail.   

MY PROJECT

 I worked on the quilting on Suspended a bit this morning, but became frustrated and quit.  I just don't see a plan.  I'm not sure how I want to quilt it.  

Instead, I began drawing a new design using Jenny Haynes technique for making skinny strips on drunkard's path blocks.  I riffed off her new pattern, Kenny and Dolly quilt,  and created something similar but different.

I started making a few blocks.  There was some unsewing and cussing involved.  I finally broke down and re-read her instructions.  That helped.  I think I'm going to need to make these skinny strips skinnier - so more unsewing (or remaking) will be involved.  I need to go order more of these fabrics.

Since it was started today, on the Spring Equinox, I'm naming it Equinox.  

It's also International Quilting Day.  I sometimes wish I had a place to display a quilt to share with the world.

SKINNY STRIP QUILT TOP

 I squared down the blocks and put together the little top made using the two Skinny Strip blocks I made from Jenny Haynes workshop.  It's about 35" by 42".

It is inviting me to do some interesting quilting on it.