Sunday, May 3, 2015

AHHH. . . Sewing! :)

Nugget shared with you the reason for my absence from the blog. . . from his perspective :) From my perspective, it was a fabulous 10 days in a really beautiful log cabin that sat on 80 acres just outside of Cortez, CO. The property was absolutely amazing.Very well maintained, clean, there wasn't one time I thought "I wish there was a . . . here." It was like coming home that first night. We will definitely be going back in the future. If you have interest in visiting that area in CO, I really recommend this place. I can't vouch for the rest of Lana's properties but I can tell you this, she is awesome to work with and the property which sits just outside of Cortez is five star! Here's her web site, this link takes you to the property at which we stayed. The other properties are in the Durango area and look equally spectacular. This vacation was last minute. . . really last minute. We were lucky that the cabin was open (this is off season) for the exact stretch of time we wanted :)

We spent 10 days doing well. . . pretty much nothing!! We went to the dog park so the pups could run out some of their energy and I visited the quilt shop there (petted fabric, looked around but did not buy one thing!). Other than that, we spent a LOT of time on the couch. :) Now, as Nugget may have eluded to, it would have been perfect if I had my sewing machine with me but alas, there was not enough room. . . We won't talk about the fact that half of the stuff my husband insisted on bringing did not get used. . . not once. . . All is good though. I had tried out a couple of different background fillers on the rose linen. I knew when I did it that there was going to be some time spent ripping. So I did spend a few days ripping out stitches. At least it is fabric :) I may or may not have spent some time doing retail fabric therapy. . . And I have been reading blogs. For some reason, I could not comment on blogs. I was not able to figure out what was going on or how to fix it. So you may not have heard from me on your blogs but I have been reading! :)

OK, what's going on in my sewing space? Because I had 10 days to dream up new projects grin I started something new . . . yes, there is a lot of quilting that needs to happen at my house but I just really needed to cut and piece! 
The fabric. Handspray bundle by RJR and Quilter's Burlap by RK in Pewter.

Another view. . . SO colorful! :)
Another angle. Because I can ;)
And the first two blocks! AHHH sewing!! :)
If anyone is looking for me over the next couple of days, I'll be sewing!! :D I came home with a list of 7 quilts that I must (read want to because I had 10 days to dream up even more to add to that long list of quilts I must make) make. . . This is going to be my version of Modern Maples as I want to put as much of that lovely Handspray fabric into the quilt as possible. Yes, it will mean less negative space gasp but I think in the end it will be a beautiful quilt. Those colors just scream autumn leaves, don't you think?

I'll be back to share progress on this one soon. I also have a LOT of happy mail coming this week. . . I'll share some of the goodness and the plans (yes, I have a plan. . . for some) for it. Until then, I'll be happily cutting (background fabric is all cut, just need to finish cutting the colors now that I have figured out the most efficient way to cut these out of fat quarters) and piecing :) I'm surprised at how quick these sew up. Oh, and the bigger block is 12.5" and the smaller one is 6.5" and in making these I have confirmed this: I love big blocks. I cannot lie :) 

OH, and come back on Wednesday when I will be participating in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!! This will be my first time participating and I am SO excited! Make sure you come back on Wednesday!

 http://www.sewmamasew.com/2015/04/giveaway-day-is-may-6-2/

Linking up with Patchwork Times for DWM and MCM over at Cooking up Quilts. If you need a bit of inspiration on a Monday morning, this is the place to go! Always so many great projects to look at!

Until next time, keep on quilting!
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16 comments:

  1. Those fabrics really do scream fall, and I love the background print - yummy! I am looking forward to hearing more about the happy mail you are going to get this week. :)

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  2. Not only are your leaves going to be beautiful but I also love that shade of gray for the background! Glad to hear you had a wonderful relaxing time!

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  3. This is going to be gorgeous with those fabrics!

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  4. Oh I love that fabric-and your quilt is going to be so colorful-love it already!!

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  5. So glad you had a wonderful time! Those fabrics are perfect fabrics for leaves! I spent time working at a quilt shop Friday and Saturday. I didn't come home with more ideas, but I felt renewed and worked all day Sunday working on my t-shirt quilt.

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  6. oh I want these now. They look hand dyed and so vibrant. Save all the scraps for me! Even if they're small, heehee.
    LeeAnna
    Also enjoyed VERY much reading about nugget. Cole (our standard poodle) has a post every monday on Not AFraid of Color, come!

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  7. Your trip sounds amazing and so peaceful. I'm happy you had a nice time! I love that hand sprayed bundle - your quilt will be so pretty.

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  8. Beautiful colors!!! and 7 quilts!! What fun that will be ;-)

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  9. Your holiday sounds amazing (except maybe for the seam ripping...) I love these colours and your choice of background is setting them off well too.

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  10. A vacation spent relaxing and dreaming sounds perfect Judy! Even seam ripping would not be so terrible in a setting like that. This new quilt is going to be amazing - I love those bright colors on the grey burlap background!

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  11. Sounds like you had a wonderful time! Great fabrics....wow...so rich in color.

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  12. Beautiful fabrics. You found the perfect pattern for them. I'm looking forward to seeing your layout.

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  13. Love your plan for this gorgeous fabric - looking forward to hearing about the other 6 must makes!

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  14. Nice photos! Those colours are perfect for fall leaves - not that I want to think about fall yet, as our trees are just starting to bud here.
    I like big blocks too! Time to design quilts is so dangerous. I always end up with too many ideas and not enough time and then try to stop myself from thinking up new ones until I am finished all of them. Which never works :)

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  15. It's amazing what a break can do to fuel the passion! I am not familiar with Modern Maple. When we got home from Florida, I found, under the Christmas runner on the hall table, about 12 beautiful pressed and dried Fall leaves...downstairs on my quilting machine table was a stack of Fall colours, mostly batiks...I'd totally forgotten!! So I will be watching closely to see what you do...(do I ever do anything else with your blog? lol)

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  16. These solids are gorgeous!!! So glad you got away from it all!! It's rejuvinating!

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