Maureen Cracknell Handmade: QAYG-ing : :

This morning while snapping photos of this week's quilt work it was a sad sight out the front door. I love Winter more than most, but I'm so ready for warmer days!

Back inside I'm feeling extra grateful for the two very different, very colorful quilt as you go projects that are keeping me busy this week, in between my Etsy order makings! This first one I shared the beginnings of a couple weeks back. It's a new qayg pattern I designed for Pat Bravo's latest collection for Art Gallery Fabrics, Etno, paired with several of their new Prisma Elements. Such a happy combo! I'm taking my time with this one, reminding myself to take photos of each step along the way for a future tutorial. So I'm happy to report that after a long strip piecing session this past Saturday, I've finished up the remaining twenty-eight Etno patchwork rectangles needed for each qayg block! The rest should come together super quick!

This second quilt as you go began just yesterday in the late morning, when I cut a few long, narrow strips from each of my Wild & Free prints and this gorgeous stack of Indie, Wanderer, and new Pure Element solids!

Unlike my Etno quilt that's been slow-going, this one is under a tight deadline! After an all day speed quilting, diamond strings qayg assembly line, followed by last night's quilt top assembly session, I managed to make this quilt top from start to finish all in one day! I hope to have it completely finished & photographed by Monday for a last minute local quilt raffle!