Could it be called Modern?

I'm editing and linking up this older post to 

The topic for the week is 

old EQ (Electric Quilt) Designs and Equilateral Triangle posts.  

Another UFO down!  Yeah!   I'm really lovin knocking out these forgotten quilts.  The feeling of finishing is much better than that feeling of starting.  Does that mean I'm cured of piling up UFO's?  Only time will tell.  Every year is started with the good intentions of bettering ourselves and starting down the road to a better way.  But in the end most of us revert to whats comfortable.  

 They say the road to recovery is being able to admit you have a problem.  Problem #1  I love the adrenaline rush of a new project.

 Problem #2  When mistakes are made I want to give up and burn the quilt.  Oh yes I've an anger issue!  I'll admit  a couple quilts have been cut into little pieces(again) and and put in the fire pit.  It felt good to let go of issues that were beyond my quilting abilities.  

Of course this quilt wasn't without issues.  Fullness in the center, but with a fluffy poly batting and a little extra SITD quilting it's barely noticeable.  And then you have the operator error issues and picking stitches out because I was pushing myself to get a finish by last Friday.  After regrouping, calming myself, and picking a ton of stitches she was off the frame Saturday Evening and bound on Sunday.  

  One of the most important things that I've learned as a quilter is that we see every mistake because we made them.  Others need to search to find them, hopefully!  So we might as well just leave them and be happy that THEY need to search.  

All in all I'm very pleased with the finished quilt.  Its a bit more modern than my usual quilting, don't you think?  It'll be a nice addition to the Studio wall.  I'm struggling with the name for her, for now I'm going to call her Parasol Parade. 

~Lea Anne~

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Time changes everything

In the last couple of weeks I've been whipping up some fast cute projects.  Some have been UFOs and some new.  When I found this UFO the plan was for another quicky.  Put a simple border on it, quilt with quick straight lines and have a      TA-DA moment within a day.  Well TA-DA!  It's not finished!  

 Being that it's only a 52 inch square it shouldn't take too long even with all the quilting.  

Funny how time changes things. This started out as a bed size idea.  It still could be I guess...a baby bed.  Hey a bed is a bed, size doesn't matter.  Really I think this will be the first quilt to be hung on the wall behind my quilting frame.  

Cross your fingers and toes for a Friday finish.

I'm linking up with Kelly over at My Quilt Infatuation.  There's some really cute link this week.  I found a cute little chicken pin cushion, mugrug, and a book cover tutorial just to name a few.  

~Lea Anne~

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