Well it's pretty obvious I need neither more fabric nor potential projects but 35% off all fabrics at a quilt store proved too difficult to resist.
I walked out with a dinosaur panel and 3 half-metre pieces of various dino print fabrics.
I didn't have the faintest idea what do do with them except that I could throw them together into a really quick quilt for Maxie since his applique car quilt wont be ready any time soon.
I knew I wanted to use the printed dino fabrics to their best advantage and not cut them up too small and the finished blocks would have to be 11" to fit around the panel.
I decided on a modified version of the block used in Lorna's 12 FQ quilt and today decided to do an alternate block - double 9 patch. These 2 blocks mixed up with various sized pieces of plain scraps from my stash should give me the look I'm after.
I'm much relieved to have decided on a pattern since this plan for a quilt has been bugging me for a few weeks (since buying the fabric). Must be a guilty conscience!!
I only have a few more fabric pieces to wash and then I can start cutting.
The next hurdle will be to excavate my sewing table from under all the debris of neglected UFO, magazines, patterns and other random finds.
I'm rather impressed at the resurrection of this blog. Admittedly it's infinitely easier to type than to quilt at the moment and I feel I'm doing something sewing related.
Failing all that, seeing the growing list of UFOs might just shame me into finishing one or two!! :-O
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