Scattered - Another Form of Progress

The big roll of batting has arrived . . . 

As soon as I use the last of the current roll

this one will be loaded onto the storage bar

underneath my drafting/cutting table.

For now it makes me happy waiting in the corner.

I've been going to make these journal covers

since early spring . . . 

The best part is that all seven are now D-O-N-E.

Two went to younger son,

two will be Christmas gifts,

and the other three are mine.

(there's a permanent link in my sidebar

to Wanda's journal cover tutorial)

The second half of Yuletide's blocks

have been taken down off the design wall.

20 wide x 24 long is a LOT of  small blocks,

hence all those pins now back in their pin cushions.

I put a major effort into combining the many short 

lengths of segments for Dumpster Diving 10 - Do Tell

into two continuous lengths so I could sub-cut and 

assess how many slabs I could make.

Turns out I have more than enough of the aqua

and I need enough for only two more slabs in pink.

Each slab's strips are in one quart size bag

ready and waiting to be stitched together.

Then the real fun can begin.

With the design wall empty it was time

to create the scrappy back for Jingle Bells.

I used the leftover Yuletide squares bordered with

leftover binding strips for the vertical insert.

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that

really added up to quite a bit of progress.

I'm finding that smaller short term goals

are working better for me right now,

despite the fact that I'm also gathering ideas

and envisioning fabric pulls for a wide variety

of future quilts that may or may not be made.

Keeps both sides of my brain happy 

which is no small feat these days.

Quiltdivajulie

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“The pains you feel are messengers.  Listen to them”

Rumi