“Stream of Consciousness” –Completed!!

A project I started sometime last year, maybe December, has actually been mostly done for a while now.  However I got tired of looking at it, didn’t like the way the binding looked on one of them, etc. so I sort of abandoned the whole series for months.  Until today!!  I happened upon the stack of three hiding under other abandoned projects on my fabric shelves.

I really love the way they look together!  The middle one is different because my choice in quilting lines didn’t exactly turn out the way I had hoped, more on that here.

However, like much in the creative process, that “mistake” ended up defining the three in a way.  It helped shape my decision for how to quilt the other two blocks.  This one is my favorite of the three.

This one seems to be the most popular among friends and family.

I love how we are all drawn in by different things.  Looking back now that I’ve had some time away from the project, I realize how much I love creating smaller pieces like this.

I still haven’t figured out how I would like to hang/display these.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I was thinking of  some really modern metal hardware with a super tight, small wire in between.  My DH thinks they will be too heavy for the wire though!?  Perhaps a traditional wall hanging sleeve is best?

I’ll have to do a bit of investigating on hanging options.   I am excited to see them hung i mean see them sell!  I have decided to list them in my Etsy shop.  Please feel free to check out the listing.

Thanks for visiting today.

stream of consciousness

This was a color combination I was really into a while back and started having some fun with.

This is a REALLY bad picture of the result of continuing with this idea and color combo. I wasn’t sure where to go with these, but knew they were not going to become a quilt.  They went into the “pondering pile”.  A place where many projects go and are never seen or heard from again…

You know how an idea hits you like lightening and you just “get it”?  Well that recently happened with these pieces.  I just had to get them out again and see what i could do.  I added some more white sashing and started quilting.  The pieces were so random that I decided first on random quilt lines.

I hated it at first and realized the only way to save it was to fill it in with 1/4 inch lines throughout.  Needless to say, that is still a work in progress.  This piece feels so chaotic that the other two felt like they needed some organization.

So this is what came from that……..  I really like it!

Here is the third and final piece.  My favorite I think.

One of them is bound and waiting for the hanging sleeve and the rest are right behind.  I’m not in love with this binding and am in search of a better method; a less visible one.  Anyone know of one?  This is new to me.

I’m excited to see them finished and hung.