Looking Ahead AND What's On My Wall

 

No, no, no, I did not make this gorgeous quilt! Not yet! But I have, as of today, given in and subscribed to Jen Kingwell's Pick A Petal quilt through Intrepid Thread. It's a huge commitment, but this quilt represents precisely the kind of quilting I've been doing lately. After having pop up after pop up of this project on my Facebook feed, this morning I wrote to a friend to ask her to talk me out of subscribing. She didn't. In case you think you might want to pick petals along with me, the BOM begins in June of 2025 and continues for six months. It includes fabrics (JK's own fabrics along with some Liberty [sigh]), templates, patterns, instructions, access to videos and membership in a special FB group. Yes, it's on the pricey side. I decided to let that bother me for an hour and a half and then to let go of it. 

Be prepared, reader, to see me picking petals during the second half of the year that has just begun!

On December 1, I began Glitter and I thought it was about time I shared an update. These blocks are hand-pieced in the evenings in front of the TV (currently we're re-watching Downton Abbey). I usually cut four to six at a time. I press each morning and put the stack-in-progress back in the living room. There will be eight rows of 19 blocks each when it's finished; BTW, it will be machine-assembled. I've got the hang of the Y-seams and work for about two hours each evening. My belief is that Glitter will be finished before Pick A Petal starts. We'll see. I'm thinking that you can enlarge this photo (and the one above, too) by clicking on it if you want to see the fabrics up close.