Just Luck

It's usually a gamble where my purchased fabrics end up. They either end up in my stash or - if it's lucky - it ends up intertwined within the soft borders of a handmade quilt that will be used and loved (and love some more) for years to come. Quite a difference. It's a fine line. It's also just luck-of-the-draw. And such is a metaphor for my own life. I like to think my choices, efforts, and hard work have gotten me here - doing this work I love love, living within the soft borders of this beautiful place, raising my little family. But in my gut, I know it's just luck. Damn good luck.

Here are a few of the lucky ones:

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 Custom Request Sailboat Quilt :: sold

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Soft Pink Nine Patch Dolly Quilt :: available here

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Vintage Floral Dolly Quilt --and --Vintage Floral Chevron Quilt :: both sold

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Scottie Quilt ::  Gifted

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Custom Request 1980s Quilt :: sold

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Bella Terra Quilt :: available here

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Coastline Quilt :: sold

Straw to gold. Happy Quilting!

In This Moment...

...In this moment I am...

...Overjoyed this quilt turned out so well and the reviews are in, it's a hit!

...Beginning a new quilt that will be a Southern Vintage theme, it's going to be a beauty

 ...Excited to see what design pattern this quilt will become, still undecided yet so many options

...Encouraging my kids to sew by starting simple and using what they love

(... my son prefers to hit the ground running using a good old sewing needle)

(...my daughter loves her markers. This is her first quilt design, simple squares, a good choice!)

...Jazzed to be gardening and watching the garden grow

...Looking forward to summer when school will be out, leading to all sorts of fun activities

...bring on the hose!

A Radical Finish

 Are your guilty of saying "Rad?" I am. Are you guilty of waking up really early to play Atari till your thumbs ache? I am. Are you guilty of wishing you were a "Jedi?" Oh yes, I am.  There's no guilt here tho, we are all in awe of the 1980s in some way, even if we ask, "Did I really wear that?"  This is a custom order request for a quilt in a Plus-Plus pattern using 5 inch blocks. When the smoke cleared, this quilt had a final measurement of 103 x 85...which isn't as impressive as saying 8.5 feet x 7 feet. It was even too big to photograph from end to end. But, it. is. COOL. The fabrics used include Timeless Treasures Atari, Pac Man, and cassette tapes, Camelot Cottons Death Star schematics, Eugene Textiles Star Wars character images, and (the solid gray) Kona Ash. 

I chose to do free motion quilting in a circuit-board pattern, for a few reasons. I notice that free-motion quilting gives a unifying effect to quilt designs and, since this quilt has a lot of large gray spaces, I thought the wonky squares and rectangles would tie it all together. The quilting also gives the gray blocks a unique pattern (and texture) all their own. And lastly, the circuit board pattern conjures a Tron, PC motherboard feel, which sticks with the techie theme.

The back is accented with Lizzy House Constellations and Michael Miller Boys Toys digital watches.

The machine binding is lime/neon green that has a subtle criss-cross pattern.

  I feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to make this quilt, which has set my creative soul alight!

Linking up to Finish It Up Fridays, and excited to see all of the other Radical finishes.