Walking Lightly

 The Notting Hill quilt is moving along at a fast pace due to the large amount of background.  However with all that background space the process may slow down once it's on the quilt frame.  White space = quilt it to death, right?  Only time will tell since I really don't have a quilting plan, I'm still in the quilt stare phase of the process.

Feather quilting makes my little ole heart go pitter pat but I'm trying to get out of the quilting comfort zone.  Should I go a little more artistic?  This would mean I would need to much more marking of the quilt design before loading the quilt on the frame.  Maybe a pantograph?  I've never used a panto on a quilt so that too might take a long time since I would need to learn a whole new way of quilting.

More quilt staring is needed before I take this girl off the wall.

Staring at the quilt made my brain feel like it's on a hamster wheel.  I need a break to let my mind reset and find inspiration on it's own.  I've found over the years my best ideas come when doing mundane tasks or sleeping.  This is a good time to get outside, soak up some some sun while walking and training my girl Khaleesi.  

Today is the first day of being barefoot in the grass after YEARS of never being outside without shoes.  The grass feels so good on my feet but its the things hiding in the grass that are of concern.  You know rocks, thorns and BUGS!  My feet are not used to being without shoes.  So I tread lightly and become quite vocal with each step.  OOh!  Ouch!  Ugg!  How did I ever run on a gravel driveway as a child.  This is going to be a long process of toughening up the feet.

When I look up at my girl she has this look on her face as if to say "What's the big deal? I go barefoot everyday.  Why are you making those weird sounds?"  

Humans are strange.

Did you know I'm an April Fool's baby?  Yep that's right.  My birthday day is April 1.  So I decided to have a my biggest sale of the year to celebrate my birthday.  

40% OFF  

No joke!  This is a great time to stock up.  I may have other sales throughout the year but none this large. 

Click here to go to my online shop.

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Notting Hill ~ Riley Blake ~ Amy Smart

 I've been a little quiet on social media in the last couple of weeks.  There's just not enough hours in the day to get everything done.  So social media takes a backseat, especially blogging.  Instagram and Facebook are a quicker option so I post there more often but still not everyday.  You can find links to both in the sidebar of my blog.  I'm pretty sure you don't need an account on either to look at them but don't hold me to that.  Let me know if it won't let you see them without an account.  I might be able to tweak some settings.  

So what have I been up to? Spring cleaning, dog training and playing with pretty fabric!  When I first saw the Notting Hill fabric by Amy Smart I knew it was a must have bundle.  Amy's fabrics play well in my color pallet of bright and happy.  Just look at these gorgeous prints.  The large florals are OOOH-LA-LA!

The quilt pattern I will use for this bundle was designed a few years ago I just needed the right line of fabric. Now to find the right background fabric.  Normally plain ole white is my go to but I thought I'd live a little outside my comfort zone and choose a low volume print.  The powers that be were not happy with my choice.  But I'm not going to let them keep me from my plan.  Two things happened....

#1..There was a burn in the fabric.  

#2...I under calculated how much I would need and I could not find more of the red dot print.

In my stash is a full bolt of plain ole white but I really wanted to use a low volume Riley Blake.   So I went to my favorite online shop, Stitches and Giggles 4 U.  I can always find what I need at this shop and the shipping is fast.  

While I waited for the fabric to arrive I made a couple of test blocks from my scraps.

Then I starched and cut out my blocks so I would be ready when the fabric arrived.  During this time I also cleaned out my quilting tools drawer.  In this drawer I found a set of churn dash block pattern labels I made years ago.  How fun! I had forgotten I made these, might as well put them to use.

Oh my goodness how cute are these blocks?  Florals and plaid....SOOO YUMMY!

Amy knows what I love.

I would love a bolt of each of the large florals....Gorgeous!

It didn't take long to put my quilt top together when working with such pretty fabrics.  I'll be showing a few more sneak peaks over the next couple of weeks while I wait for the patterns to arrive from the printers.

Did you know I'm an April Fool's baby?  Yep that's right.  My birthday day is April 1.  So I decided to have a my biggest sale of the year to celebrate my birthday.  

40% OFF  

No joke!  This is a great time to stock up.  I may have other sales throughout the year but none this large. 

Click here to go to my online shop.

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