Long-Term Project Means A Fortnight... Right?

Oh hey. Remember in my last post when I said my Moda Modern Building Blocks quilt was going to be a long-term project?

Yeah? Well. I finished. Tada. I really suck at doing things at a normal pace. But I enjoyed myself, so that's what counts, right?

Look at all the pretty colours :) I used fabrics from my stash, and just slightly justified its enormity. I only had to purchase a couple of fabrics, so I'll call this a win!

This one is one of my favourites. This 6" beast was a pain in my you-know-what to sew, but it's just so pretty. Look at it, all smarmy in its annoying cuteness. Don't look at any of my points... After a while, I didn't really care anymore!

This one is one of my other favourites. It's 18" and wasn't as painful to put together as the tiny ones. I love how the colours came out on this one.

Ahhhh a sea of colours :) I can't wait to roll around on it once it's all quilted heehee!

In an effort to prove that I'm completely insane, I actually made this bigger. The original quilt is 84" by 96", and I thought the 84" was just a bit too small for our bed. I sleep beside a quilt stealer person (I won't mention names... ahem) so the bigger the quilt, the less chance I have of getting frostbite.

I made seven more 12" blocks and four more 6" blocks. My sanity is definitely on permanent vacation :) But honestly, after you make 48 blocks, what's another eleven?? I also moved stuff around since I wasn't keeping to the layout anyhow.

Bottom line is, I thoroughly enjoyed myself with this bout of selfish sewing. I was going through a rough patch over the Christmas season (I won't go into it but suffice to say, I'm perfectly fine!) and this happy, colourful quilt helped cheer me up. Also the fact that it lays flat cheers me up so very, very much! I was petrified that with all the stupid little pieces it would be all wavy and horrifying. PHEW! :)

All ready for quilting... Don't know when I'll get around to sending it out but you'll know when it's done... Mostly because you'll hear my squealing from wherever you are lol! :)

Sewing Therapy

I finally finished all my Christmas orders (hallelujah!) and I'm getting over a bug, so while I recover, I thought I'd give myself a bit of happy and start my Moda Building Blocks! This took way longer than I thought but I enjoyed every moment of it!

It's the very first block of the lot, and it's 36"! Mahoosive! Add borders and that's a baby quilt, right there! LOL!

I have to admit that a lot of the time was spent trying to figure out what fabrics to use, then realising I didn't have enough of whatever, then having to change my game plan. Because the block's so large, you need quite a fair amount of the points and background. I started a chart of how much fabric is required for each block... just in case I make this quilt again in the future. Crazier things have happened :)

The block came out exactly as I'd hoped and the correct size. You always fear things go wonky when you piece a block like that! I do, anyway.

So that's one down and many more to go. It's hopefully going to be my long-term project of the new year.

Now how to store a 36" block...