I AM the Squirrel

This picture looks exactly the same as the previous one, but they all are finished and ready to put together. I can't face pulling out the shirts just yet, I'm not ready to make a mess with them, so it can wait a little while. It's a relief to have them complete though.

I'm busy sewing up the Scrappy Mountain Majesty blocks. They are all done and I'm ready to pick out the next set of 20 pairs of squares.

I might have laid out a few on the design wall and started sewing them all together.  I usually have 10 rows of 7.5" blocks, with 10 in each row., That makes a decent size quilt. I'll sew this lot together and label the rows, and put it aside until I have more ready.

A blogger I read recently described herself as a 'craft mad squirrel on a hamster wheel' and that resonated with me. Not because I switch from one craft to another as she does, but because I leap from one project to another with such ease. My projects aren't the squirrels, distracting me. I am the squirrel.

I saw someone making a colour wash like Terry Rowland's, so I watched her videos on YouTube. 

Oh dear. Before I knew it I'd gathered up a heap of little bits from scrap bags and finished projects and started kitting up little 3.5" squares. It's surprising how many scrapbags that I've acquired from opshops and quilt shops contain small bits of Kaffe or Tula fabrics, or bits of huge florals that don't mix well with my other fabric. I found all these without really looking, so I have no doubt that I'll manage to find enough for the 300 or so blocks for a big colourwash. But it will definitely be a long term commitment.

My garden is full of flowers, mainly geraniums or gerberas. The hard to kill type, so that they last through our summers. This one is like a snowball of double flowers, so pretty. They can be the simplest of flowers, but the doubles are stunning.