ITCHING TO SEW AND SEW

I'm still working on this quilt

that I am going to use for a future class.

In the beginning of the process, my youngest son

was bothered 

by the proportion of the sail boat to the fishes.

He said the fishes looked like whales

and he suggested the boat might be a toy sail boat in a fountain.

That got me thinking...

and playing...

with a hint

of a "real" size sail boat on the far right...

I am really enjoying the process of this one!

I am inspired by Jan Mullen's patterns.

I LOVE her! 

I think she was one of the many
pre-improv ladies.

Another pre-improv lady was

my first quilter crush  

Mary Lou Weidman!

http://www.marylouquiltdesigns.com/

I was a beginner quilter

desperately seeking

a fun way to quilt

when I discovered her book

Everyday Angels in Extraordinary Quilts.

Ahhhhhhhhh!

(I was so nervous/excited 

in my first class with her 

that I got hives!)

I sent this card to Mary Lou.

It's her birthday!

For the outside border

I used all the slivers 

that get cut off when I slice a 1/2 yard into fat quarters!

If I get a choice in what I get to do...

I sew!

Some days I am a substitute teacher

longing for time to sew...

SO...

I started working one day a week at a fabulous quilt shop

called Calico Creations.

I know what you are thinking...

it could be dangerous 

to be surrounded by all that luscious fabric...

Well....

it wasn't...

for the first five days...

and then...

POW!

A very cute and funny customer 

came in and bought some of this

and I thought, 

"hmmm....

I want  need some of that too!"

Then I ruminated on these two

that I had been eyeing...

wanting...

needing...

And then...

I just had to have this pattern!

Not my usual choice, 

but maybe it's time

to try a pattern with lots of parts

and take my time?!

Here's some from my stash...

and some more from the Calico Creations...

and more stash...

and more from Calico Creations!!

I made my first block today!

I am having some issues,

but I've emailed the designer

and I show you how

the next blocks go.

So exciting to be inspired 

and itching to sew and sew and sew!