Change of Plans : :

I used my quilting ruler to cut one triangle from each Meadow print, setting them aside, waiting for my chance to begin my new quilt. I wanted to sew just one row together before committing fully to my design plan. Then yesterday, as I finished up a few etsy orders while enjoying my daffodils, I changed my mind!





The warm, sunny yellow and bright orange flowers were too convincing, and so out went any Meadow blues darker than a clear Summer sky and in came cantaloupes & peachy creams, mint & pale aqua, more sunshine yellow & tangerine, grassy greens, and bright teals.



This bundle feels so much like Summer to me. Those shiny, carefree days I'm so ready for! An easy quilt as you go of bright stripes in varying widths of these pretty fabrics. Simple and fun!



My plan, to take my Herringbone quilt tutorial and rather than add each fabric on the diagonal, I'll be adding each strip straight, one after the other just like a patchwork stacked coin quilt. I printed out AGF's Rustic Autumn quilt pattern quite sometime ago, loving both the diagonal direction and the orange! I plan to keep it close by for a little extra inspiration!



And how about you, what are you working on these days?

♥  Maureen

Today : :

Yesterday, and again today, it's much too dark for morning photos. After another busy weekend with only sewing time for etsy order making, our table looked just as it did last Monday, full of finished birthday crowns waiting to be wrapped up and shipped out!



In between finishing a few more orders throughout the day yesterday, I made my quilt binding eagerly anticipating the return of my Rapture quilt! I chose Art Gallery Fabrics' Squared Elements in Noir and made a huge spool of it, certain I'll be wanting to use this print again sooner than later on another quilt!







I took lots of pretty photos of the daffodils Kevin bought for me on Sunday. Daffodils are so very special to me. I share on that in this post written exactly four years ago today. It was so hard for me to write then and is so hard for me to believe it's been this long.







Today, I think I'll move these daffodils from the kitchen island to my sewing room to keep me company while I begin work on my Meadow quilt and to remind me that even dark days are such a gift.

♥  Maureen