BUCKET LIST QUILT # 1

 For the last year I have been thinking about what quilts I still really want to make. You know, those "BUCKET LIST" quilts you really want to make while you can. 

My thought process is to make that LIST. Then pull the FABRICS for each quilt. That should make it easier for me to let go of so much "extra" fabric I have no plan for and can't live long enough to use. That's the theory, anyway...

Why should I let go of fabric? Because there is just too much! My 3 closets, so full:

 

So for the next few weeks I will show you one of the quilts that has made my BUCKET LIST. In no particular order here is #1

HAWAII SUNSET 1845: Quilters Newsletter Magazine Feb/Mar 2010.

Saved this magazine for 14 years

Yardage I have on hand that works--I have many fat quarters in these colors to supplement this group

The ONE RULE I have set for myself for these BUCKET LIST QUILTS is I will BUY NO MORE FABRIC TO MAKE THEM. I will use what I have.

There is only one fabric in this quilt that requires a sizeable amount--the Navy Blue sashing. I have enough of one, it's a bit lighter than the one used in the magazine. I have enough of two other darker Navy Blues, if I am willing to use one for the body of the quilt and one for the perimeter triangles. Time will tell which I decide to use. 

This resembles Western Sun I made a couple years ago but the fabric selection is very different and the Nine Patch centers will be much faster to make than these Star blocks:

Western Sun 110" square

Do you have a Bucket List Quilt?

Let's quilt.

Barbara 

New Project on the Way

 I've been having a mental debate with myself about what quilt project to start next. It's been on my mind for months. 

Not that I don't have plenty to do. There are videos and blogs to prepare, work for the 2021 and now, 2022 Block of the Month  quilts for The Quilt Show.  That takes a lot of time. I am teaching locally again and that takes time. Next week I'll be in Houston to give a lecture and teach a workshop for the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston--love that too.

There are several quilts to quilt, a few for my guild quilt show next March. They will take time. So I have plenty to do...

But I always want to have the "next great idea" lined up. Digging around the studio the other day I remembered this project and knew this is "IT". Ever since this 2010 magazine arrived I've been planning to make this "someday". In a large plastic tub I found all these fabrics, ready to go, the magazine, AND all the paper patterns for the flying geese--printed years ago--READY  TO GO. So, this is it. 

I will pre-wash these fabrics soon. I can't start this until more of the Block of the Month stuff is done but that will be in about a month. Oh, wait, then I will be in Houston for Market and Festival, 13 days away from home, SO, maybe  this will see action in November. 

It just feels good to know what is next. Does that happen to you? Do you have a plan for the next idea or just wait to see what happens? I have several projects under construction I could go back to but the bright, new shiny thing is so much more appealing!

Let's quilt.

Barbara