Tuesday To-Do #7: Great-Dull-Rotary-Blades!

I never know what to title these posts most of

the time so lately I've taken to just pulling some 

phrase out of the content.   How about making it

a little seek-and-find activity?  "Find the title!"

Okay...maybe not.

Let's get on with it.

Happy Tuesday To-Do, oh quilty ones!

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motivated to-do'ers have been up to!

Texas Quilt Gal's Tuesday To Do Link-Up.

Latest products of my motivation:

1) Finish Winter Woodland top & piece backing

DONE

60x70

Except for the backing because, as it turns out, I

don't have any so, for now, I'm going to keep my eyes

on the coordinating yardage and snatch some up if

 it hits the clearance rack.

I considered using this background fabric but I have

always been a sucker for plaids and dots and so want

to save it for another background.  It's too fun to hide

away on the back, no?

2)  Choose next quilt and cut out

DONE.  TWICE.

One place I know I spend too much time is in choosing

my next quilt project.  I can spend hours researching

even when I already have a bucket list, pinterest boards

and plenty of post-its sticking out of the books on

my shelves.  It's debatable if/when that can be a waste

of time or if/when it's part of the creative process but

this time I wasn't feeling up to that process so I tried a

different tactic:

Make a simple quilt while deciding on next project.

I'm a one-quilt-a-time quilter so I don't recommend this

course of action at all it but I think it worked this time,

though I'm not super-stoked about this interim one.

One more time I turned to County Seat Quilts.  I love

their more faded version of this but I just didn't have

the fabrics to support that look.  And wow, they really

 appear brighter in this pic, too:

Hubs suggested washing the whole thing on hot.

<gasp, shudder>

Oh, my-great-dull-rotary-blades, NO!

(That was too easy, wasn't it?)

Can you imagine what that would do with all this red?

For a quilter's hub, he's pretty knowledgeable but that

one?  Nope.  Anyway, it did get me thinking that this

might be one quilt that I do pre-wash before selling, and

I'll include perhaps the entire box of Shout Colorguards!?

Snapped a better pic with it on my bed.

Obviously I still need the border to finish it off but the 

stash isn't helping me out so I had to set it aside until

I get to the LQS, or maybe even a trip to MSQC because

[Side-Thoughts Alert]

I'm kinda feeling like a trip up there would alleviate

some lack-of-winter/snow blues.  Most people get

 winter blues, I get lack-of-winter/snow issues.

Acronym:  LOWS.

(Hmm, that would've made a good post title.)

Anyway, this sure was a quick one, and I think it would

make such a great summer "porch quilt" so maybe

someday if I up my faded-reds game, I'll make another.

"Icicles" by Jessica Dayon in Season To Taste

The 24 hours it took to make that gave me the thinking

time to finally decide on the Dresden.

Next question:  Use my dark blue layer cakes?

Or maybe in the cheery Bonnie & Camille fabrics?

I went with the B&C.  I love 'em but after hoarding

for a time, I'm kinda ready to move them out.

It took me a day to get them cut out (templates! Oi!)

but the 200+ wedges (a few extras for flexibility)

flew together and are now going into "plates".  

Incidentally, I still have plenty of B&C left so

this theme may occur again soon.

3)  Continue taking steps with inventory

Not really.

But this seems like a good spot to slip in my fabric

tracking numbers.  Still buying too much but I'm

doing decently at using more than I buy.

2022 Purchased:  61.5 yds

2022 Used:  80.33 yds

2022 Net: -18.83 yds

And next week:

1) Continue on with Dresden--try to finish top

2) Think about next project

3) Continue taking steps with inventory

Happy quilting!