Stack & Slash

Well it has been a long, but productive day. Didn't get to the machine till lunchtime, and am trying not to do the "what if I had started sewing at 10am" thing......... Here is what the Stack & Slash looks like at the moment.

What you see is 9 x 19 inch blocks, that now just need some sashing and a border. It is going to make a decent size quilt, which is pleasing. The layout is not fixed, I just threw them on the bed to take the picture. Now I have a small dilemma, to sash this or continue trimming my little square in a squares for double delight?? Will see what mood strikes me in the morning.

Night night

PS  UM........I think this is my 99th post!!!!! What to do, what to do?? Celebrate?? Maybe..............................

Double Delight

Here are some pics of my progress. I have ALMOST completed Part 1, needing to still trim up 60 of the blocks as you can see. Pictured above is the pile of waste, that I trimmed off so far. It is weird that I don't want to throw it out or that I took a picture of it?? I have been playing with it too!
I am taking a break from Double Delight tomorrow, to make a Stack & Slash. (Remember the Amy Butler Fabrics??) I will post pics during the day, the plan is to have at least the blocks finished. I have a load of washing in the machine on delay so it will be ready to hang out when I get up (so I don't fall behind) and I plan to do a quick tidy up now. I have 2 friends coming to sew also and I hope it will be a fun, productive day.

BFN

2 New Quilts

I am sure we have all heard the saying "don't go food shopping when you are hungry". Well I have a new one for you; don't read blogs, messages or visit websites about patchwork when you are in a sewing drought!!! I have been ITCHING to get on my machine. This itch has gotten stronger as I have seen pictures of and read about what others are doing. So what have I done? I am making 2 quilts now, at the moment, literally from nothing to everything at once. I had a passing thought about the UFO's that are hanging around, and then casually passed the CC over to buy this lovely bundle of Amy Butler Fabrics. I am going to make a Stack & Slash with it, and it is all Jasmines fault. LOL

The next quilt is the new mystery quilt by Bonnie of Quiltville fame called Double Delight. I have decided this will be a stash buster as I have masses of the Chelsea Boutique fabric I made the QAYG out of. Most of it purchased from Junes when she had the Lily Patches Fire Sale.  What you see below is the cutting PART 1 only. It is 120 squares and 480 triangles to make 120 little square in a square blocks. I am seriously questioning my sanity, but I have an extraordinary amount of fun doing all this cutting. I might just add this is also Jasmines fault, but if this is the type of thing she influences me to do, it really aint all that bad.
Keep you posted. Oh and I have a new car, but I cant find the pictures I took, so will take some more when I have the camera out again. And there is NO progress on the shed! (GGRRRR)

Ok, so I was a little Naughty!!

Went to visit June at Lily Patches today!! She is open for business as of Monday this week. She has done incredibly well to get this far this fast, and all without much help from her Landlord. The shop is not completely restocked yet, but I did find the lovely fabrics pictured above. I told myself I was making a purchase to help June out, but seriously......do you ever need an excuse to buy fabric. I am making a quilt, and yes it is cut and I am about to sew. So what about everything else?? It will still be there when I finish this one.