Scrap Happy
With the snowstorm on Tuesday, we had a change of pace for a few days with snow keeping us indoors. My view out of my kitchen window has changed a bit, and our front door has a whole new look, droopy poinsettia and all! Today the sun is shining and the snow is beautiful.
Over the weekend I decided to have some fun and do some quilting that stretched me a bit. So I got out my scrap pieces and just started to sew. No pattern, no rules, nothing. Just sew. Because I’m so geared to be matchy-matchy, I actually made myself close my eyes and grab a piece of fabric from my stash to use. That was my only rule — that I had to use the piece I picked out. It was an interesting exercise. There were a few times when I really wanted a different piece! Once I had been stitching for a bit, I started to wonder what I was going to do with this block that was emerging. An idea popped into my head, so I went with it. That idea led to another.
So far I have ended up with this. I’m trying not to be too critical of my work and just let it be. It’s a work-in-progress until I get more inspiration. Honestly though, I haven’t had so much fun in my quilt cave in a long time!
All that creative flow, however, led to a creative mess in my quilt cave, so I had no choice but to do some cleaning. I have a teensy (10 x 10) quilt cave, so it gets easily overwhelmed when I hop from one project to another. It became an even bigger mess as I cleaned, but in the end I had done some rearranging and tossing. It is a much happier space now. I have room to work!
Last week I joined this fun challenge through Prairie Moon Quilts. I’m a little late into it, so I’m starting with the coloring challenge. I’ve enjoyed this as a change from my appliqué projects in the evening. Here’s the two pages I’ve finished so far.
I thought the coloring page with the heart and its saying was appropriate for Valentine’s Day just around the corner. There are days when my words don’t land as softly as I would like in the hearts of my family members, so this is a good reminder for me. The other coloring page is a nod to my Swedish heritage. I have Dala horses of each these colors. It was a fun page to color.
What projects are you working on? Leave a comment and let me know what you are up to. Whatever it is, I hope you are thoroughly enjoying it.
Keep that needle threaded!
Wendy
6 Comments
Shelly Pagliai
I love the coloring page with the horses! How fun! And your improv block is fabulous!
piecefulwendy
Well, thanks! It was a good week in my quilt cave. Hope you have a wonderful week of quilting. I’m pondering the next creativity challenge. This one will stretch me a bit.
norma
Your scrap quilt looks interesting.
I’m also working on a scrap quilt – in between minding the 10 week old Labrador. I think this is going to take a while…
piecefulwendy
Thanks — it’s an ongoing project. I have some ideas percolating. Hope your scrap quilt gets some attention when/if the lab naps. 😉
knitnkwilt
I don’t do random well at all, but improv is fun. I like your leaning tree and the piece to the right especially in your current scrap project.
piecefulwendy
Thank you. It was fun to do. I’m looking forward to adding to it at some point.