Thursday, January 16, 2014

Sometimes I wonder...

if I have a "screw loose" or something. :) If there is one thing I do not need to do - it's sign up for a sew-along. But I couldn't resist! There are a couple of interesting things going on out there in blogland and this is the first (but probably not the last) that I have succumbed to. It's a quilt called "Goodnight Irene" and I have the button for it on my sidebar if you want to visit Terry's blog and see all the gorgeous progress so far. There are a lot of people that have signed up. Check out her sidebar and you'll see where she has a linky party for the month. This month our "assignment" was to make the first 5 blocks... so I did (and before the month was over)!

I'm using batiks, and as I said a few days ago, I like how they look but I don't care for sewing with them. However, this is coming along nicely, although I think the fabric I've chosen for my X blocks may overwhelm the batiks a bit. We'll see as it progresses.

And, I have been busy doing other quilty things too. I've got three quilts that have now been pin-basted and I've just begun the quilting on the Fractured quilt. I'm showing you a pic of the mystery quilt just to give you a tiny glimpse of what I did for the border.


Take care,

16 comments:

Vicki W said...

I think that cross fabric is going to be awesome. I hope you have enough for a border too.

Terry said...

Your blocks look great! It's so much fun to see what everyone else is making their blocks with! :0)

Jocelyn said...

This is so much fun Terri! Glad to see you hop on board. And you mystery quilt is gorgeous!!

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I love sewing with batiks! This looks like a fun quilt to make.

Michelle said...

I like your 'x' blocks. Can't wait to see it put all together.

Sheila said...

I like that cross fabric too , I think it really perks the blocks up !

Marie said...

Beautiful!

Sally said...

Yup--you and I definitely have more than a few screws loose--said lovingly. Likely it already. And want to see the Fractured.

Jo said...

Your crosses will stand out. Looking good

Maryse said...

It look very nice, I can't wait to see your progress.:)

Karen said...

You have an interesting choice for your fabrics. Your quilt will be very pretty.

Jeanna said...

Your X's fabric is so much fun! These fabrics are going to make a nice Goodnight Irene quilt.

Kim said...

Your blocks look great. Love those beautiful batiks.

Kris said...

I am really loving that background fabric and can't wait to see how it plays out.

Hilachas said...

Your "Good-night, Irene" is going to be beautiful.

Sheila said...

Beautiful fabrics. This is going to be a striking quilt. I love sewing batiks.