A small diversion

As you can see, the quilt has shrunk in the frame. I have been doing other things and weekends are taken up with family.

I did get a bit diverted. Red Heart yarn sends me some "push" advertising via email and just last week they mentioned making items for charities. Preemie hats came to mind and when I was at Zellers (Canada's department store chain) I saw this fun yarn and it just inspired me. I also saw the gorgeous little hats on Ulla's blog. She is a much better knitter than I am but I did manage to knit up this little hat. There are so many free patterns out there once one searches for preemie knitted hats. Lots of crocheted ones too. My goal is to make a whole lot and donate them to some small town/city hospital. Big city hospitals always get more than they need or want and some are even picky as to what they will accept (no pom pom, no acrylic or no wool, etc.) I wish they would put something on their web sites so that we can donate to the place that will accept them. Humane Society web sites quite often have a page dedicated to their wish list so why not have one for hospitals?

And lastly, I did buy some new fabric. Zellers is close to Fabricland and I had seen some of that fabric with the words on it about a week prior only it was in beige and I thought it would make a nice addition to my stash. Well, the beige was not to be found but there was this gray on white so I bought some of it and then I spotted these two white and black fabrics that I figured could be put to good use in a future project. The middle one would make a nice little shirt for Luc too so I picked up a bit extra. It's wrinkled because it is cotton and I already washed it.

I am, once again, linking up with the Needle and Thread Network.

A slight change

Last year, I made a Potato Chip quilt. Kay Koeper Sorensen at Quilts Plus Color had a tutorial for her version that she named Sunrise-Sunset. So, I set about to make my version from her tutorial.

I was always bothered about the lack of yellow in the middle and I didn't like the two long strips  (actually there are 3) of green strips with only a bit of yellow on either end. So, I took out the stitching from the middle and flipped one half of the quilt.

This is the result. Not much of a difference but at least there is some yellow in the middle now. I could probably do more to change it up but I won't. This is all I wanted to do. It's a big lap size quilt and will be going on the frame next. The backing is sewn but first I have to...

staple some fabric onto these boards. I took the fabric off to wash it. One is done but there is an issue with the staples. They won't lie flat so I need to get the hammer out  to smash them flat. I also have to find some fabric for the two boards that are missing them. I have to go through the stash to find something that is a bit heavier or at least has a tighter weave. There is no need to mark the quilt since I will just be stitching in the ditch along either all the strips or every other row. I will see how it goes once it's on the frame. The quilt measures 57" by 64" and will just be bound once it's finished. There will be no border at all.

Go take a look at Kay's version and if you want even more inspiration, go to her list on the right side of her blog where you will find "Labels" and click on Potato Chip Quilt. At the moment there are 21 posts with a lot of different variations.

I’m linking up to Works In Progress Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network. Go have a look at what other Canadians are up to this week.

Diversion Part 2

 A fellow blogger, Kay, had a tutorial for what she called a Potato Chip quilt. It was an interesting concept and so I decided to try it out. As stated in my previous post, it needed 38 strips but I got carried away and cut 39. The interesting part about the whole process is that you don't know how it's going to end up looking.

I started sewing these strips together last night and now it's all done and ironed. It measures 57" X 64". 

Out of my head and now, on to other things.

Diversion

Every once in a while one takes a detour. I should be working on something else but I had already cut 10 pieces which were in a see-through plastic bag. I started out just wanting to add one or two strips. That led to a few more strips and before I knew it, I had to cut the amount required - 38 strips - but I got carried away and there are 39 different fabrics here - not counting the accent.

This is a pile of 2 1/2 inch lengths of fabrics. Mainly blue, green and purple with the yellow as an accent. When it's all put together, I'll post a photo of it.