Thank you all so much for your suggestions on whether or not I should go for both the blues and browns in my next Raise the Roof quilt project, or just stick with one color or the other. Overwhelmingly, you said use both. So I will! I haven't started cutting it out yet–figured I needed to finish something first! I did vow to do that. Didn't I?
I have been following the Hour A Day Rule this week, but have managed to fit in more like two or three hours of sewing a day. At least one hour has to be spent on my Celebrity Stunt Sewing Project, and whatever time is left is all mine!
I have been making two Flowers For Clara blocks every day. Gosh, it is so satisfying to see them start to stack up. Those guys are going to be done before I know it.
The October Schnibbles project is just so darn cute I had to jump right into it. My choice of fabric is Blessings by Brannock and Patk. Someone very cool gave me a layer cake of this fabric group, so I just pulled the lights, reds, greens and blacks out of it for my Cindy Lou Who Schnibble. I omitted the blues and the browns. (Maybe I should see if they go with my Raise the Roof fabrics? lol) Wherever you see gold in the quilt pictured on the pattern, I will be using black. I should get a nice strong design that way. The fabric yardage is now available for sale, so I will be ordering some of the large black floral for my border.
Did any of you go to A Quilting Life or Pink Pincushion to look at the September Schnibbles that people made using the pattern Winter White? Could you believe how creative folks are? I was blown away. I just loved how a couple of people divided the four large solid blocks and made hour glass blocks instead of leaving them large. If you haven't had a look at what everyone did for September, please go check it out! And, go to Thelma's blog to see what she did with Gobble Gobble (the collection I ruined in my first attempt). For those of you who enjoy using panels, you will flip over what she did. Thelma is new to blogging, and I highly recommend that you go visit her. Please wish her well, she is the nicest person. Her projects are beautiful and her talent considerable. And if nothing else, you must see her Halloween socks.
10 responses to “Weekly Progress Report”
Wow, thanks so much for the high praise! Here I am, drinking my morning coffee, getting my morning Nicole fix, and WHAT, did I just read my name on this blog!! Yikes, I’m glad I didn’t know this was coming, I would have spent all night trying to improve my blog!
Your Cindy Lou Who is going to be a stunner!
Thanks so much Nicole for your continued support!
Wow, thanks so much for the high praise! Here I am, drinking my morning coffee, getting my morning Nicole fix, and WHAT, did I just read my name on this blog!! Yikes, I’m glad I didn’t know this was coming, I would have spent all night trying to improve my blog!
Your Cindy Lou Who is going to be a stunner!
Thanks so much Nicole for your continued support!
Thelma does EVERYTHING with the same class and style, including friendship…. I consider myself lucky to know her personally!
Thelma does EVERYTHING with the same class and style, including friendship…. I consider myself lucky to know her personally!
I have had my eye on Blessings… it will be fun to see how yours turns out! I had a first go-round with Cindy Lou Who in Crazy Eight. Didn’t like it a bit! So I started over. Thelma’s quilt was amazing wasn’t it! I agree, everyone should stop by and visit her blog!
I have had my eye on Blessings… it will be fun to see how yours turns out! I had a first go-round with Cindy Lou Who in Crazy Eight. Didn’t like it a bit! So I started over. Thelma’s quilt was amazing wasn’t it! I agree, everyone should stop by and visit her blog!
I love your Clara blocks! That’s going to be such an heirloom. And the Blessings fabric is beautiful.
I love your Clara blocks! That’s going to be such an heirloom. And the Blessings fabric is beautiful.
I just picked up my Cindy Lou Schnibble pattern while I was down in Utah and I can’t wait to start on it. I love this pattern. I haven’t decided on a fabric line yet, but after seeing some beautiful scrappy Winter Whites on the September Parade, I’m thinking of ditching the charm packs and going through my scraps instead.
I just picked up my Cindy Lou Schnibble pattern while I was down in Utah and I can’t wait to start on it. I love this pattern. I haven’t decided on a fabric line yet, but after seeing some beautiful scrappy Winter Whites on the September Parade, I’m thinking of ditching the charm packs and going through my scraps instead.