WEEK'S PROGRESS

 The top of my "bright" quilt is finished.  I must think of another name for it -- "bright" is certainly descriptive, but not very original!!

I hope to get it basted and ready to hand quilt in the next day or so.

My grandson commented that those were some 'weird' fabrics.  My family is used to my very traditional, muted quilts.  Guess this one shocked him.  My granddaughter, who has Bohemian tastes, liked it and is laying claim to it!

(I took these photos outside, and the colors are much truer than the pictures I took for the post a couple of weeks ago -- they were horrible!)

I'm joining the following:
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I get a Whoop Whoop Friday
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday
Quilt Shop Gal for Creative Goodness Party Friday
Quilter In The Closet for TGIF Friday

OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE!

I'm going to start a new project today.  Actually, it is a take on an old project.  Back in 2005, I made this quilt for inclusion in my book, "Traditional Two Block Quilts" published by AQS.  Because of the time crunch for publication it was necessary to send this top out for machine quilting.  I've always regretted that even though it was expertly machine quilted by Judy Case.  I'm a hand quilter - to me one of the best parts of quilting.  So, I've always wanted to remake the quilt in different fabrics, and hand quilt it.

"Retro Rockets", 2005, 46"x 46" 

 I'm going to start on it today which necessitated a trip to the quilt store over the weekend.  I've always favored the reproduction fabrics, plus those with a more muted, grayed look.  Well, it's time to step into the 2015s, and try some of the brighter fabrics by designers such as Kaffe Fassett, etc.

This is what I came home with --- some fat quarters and a little yardage.  I'm going to use the blue for the background print to help ease my transition into the "bright life".

To give you an example how muted my quilt life has been -- I have 49 assorted plastic boxes of fabric scraps organized according to color.  And, only one small shoe box is marked BRIGHTS with all of the colors combined.

I'll be using these scraps to fill in with my new purchases.

I'm off to begin my new adventure "out of my comfort zone"!!

I'll be joining:
love, laugh, quilt
cooking up quilts