weekend results (#3 off the list!)

Sunday I put the binding and label on my first ufo finish for 2008. I continue to play with my free motion quilting- some of it looks pretty good, some of it not so much! I came across a free motion pre-flight check list here and appreciated the reminders on it. I also printed off some free motion design ideas-the inspiration from looking at them works for me-I prefer to not mark and try and follow any pattern-rather I go with the flow, so to speak. When you are quilting on a regular sewing machine (DSM) you can't see a huge amount of your quilting area so trying to follow any pattern can be challenging. Sunday afternoon I worked on bringing some order to the chaos in the messy corner in here. I made some visible progress and came across 3 fabrics that worked together I had culled from the donation bags we get for our charity group. Time to do something with them. See? I am sewing some of this mess up! I was able to cut strips and do some sewing -I am making another disappearing nine patch top. Once the top is together (last night I got it to the nine patch block stage) I will put up a photo. I can tell you right now the fabric is going to be the quilting inspiration-when you see it, you will know right away what I mean. We are meeting this Sunday and I put aside a few donated tops that need more added to them to be large enough for the size we aim for. One is fabric I absolutely do not have any of in my house-30's reproduction. Someone else may and they can have the fun of playing with it. If not, Linda, expect it to come your way! Another top was all applique- I am sending that to another quilter that does charity work-this just won't work for the children we stitch for. I think there is one more top in there that also can be handed off to someone else. Really, I don't need to hog all the fun of playing with these donated tops!
I have many containers of strips and scraps in here. I also unearthed a stack of foundation squares I cut for a fall retreat and managed to sew one strip on each square before it was buried back in a basket. It's hard to say what I will tackle next, but, I sure have plenty right here to chose from! And, I have Alice's Valentine quilt waiting to be quilted too. February is right around the corner...in fact Friday it will be here. Oh my. My cold has been annoying but I am not allowing it to slow me down too much. I hear those nine patch blocks calling to be cut up-off I go-there is time before going to work this morning to get that part done. You all have a great day and thanks for stopping on by.