STILL SPINNING and WHAT IFING!

A long time ago

I took the best class I have ever taken

with a quilter named David Walker.

He suggested

that you could make a quilt

totally from your gut

just happily moving along

completely trusting

that the quilting muse

would guide you 

in the direction the quilt wanted to go.

I thank this quilting muse

when

I have just the right amount of thread

or

the unexpected perfect fabric

or

blocks that fit together perfectly

or

any time I sit down to sew.

I am still finding joy

in making Vintage Spin quilts

from Kathy Doughty's pattern!

I was using four of my gigantic spins

and a bunch of smaller ones I was making 

with a different color palette

when I was struck by the thought...

WHAT IF I use them all together in one quilt?

(gotta love embracing the what IFs!)

This is what I have so far.

I need to make a few more blocks for the bottom row.

(Thanks to my sons who tried to help

and shame on Walter who suddenly felt like he was a bull

and my quilt was a red cape!)

My other current project

is playing 

with all the leftovers

from turning the Vintage Spin wedge circles

into squares.

I sewed the cut offs together

and then used my diamond template.

Now I have all these stars.

Hmmm...

Not sure what is going to happen.

Knowing that whatever it is

it will be OK.

Focusing on joy

trusting

embracing the what if!