On my Design Floor is my PhD project: Afternoon Tea by Judy Flanagan, Quilter’s Coop, which I started in 2003/2004 in a class with Celine Perkins (Perkins Dry Goods). I had most of the 28 8-inch blocks done, and then it went into the closet. That’s never good. Things tend to not come back out of the closet.
However, back in June, Pam B and I thought it would be fun to have a PhD program in our Wednesday day group of quilters. The requirement was to find something “significant” (after all, this is for a PhD) that was approximately half done that you had abandoned. We had very good participation numbers, as it seems nearly all of us have lots of PhDs in bags or boxes in our closets. Well, then there was Luanne…who starts one project and finishes it…who had to quickly get something half done so she could play along! We like her anyway.
Wednesday is graduation day, and true to form, I’m not ready. Also true to form, I will be done by 1:00 Wednesday! So here’s a photo of my PhD quilt before going on the longarm:
It’s big, 91 x 94 and I really like the vertical setting on this quilt (picture it rotated 90 degrees — or turn your head sideways!).
I started this quilt, as I said before, in 2003. At that time, I really didn’t have any Civil War reproduction fabrics in my stash. I wayyyyy overbought fat quarters for this quilt. (The class was two block patterns per month, two different colorways of each, for a total of 4 blocks produced at home per month.) I never seemed to have enough lights, and every time I went back to the shop for another class, more fat quarters came home with me.
Because this quilt wasn’t finished, I’ve kept all the fabric I bought for this quilt in a large container, “off limits” for any other project. I have enough fabric left in that tub for at least two more quilts! This is how stashes get out of control. But on the plus side (and there’s ALWAYS a plus side when you’re talking about fabrics), these are beautiful fabrics that I still love.
Check out JudyL’s blog to see who else is answering the question, What’s on your design wall???
Well, gotta get back to work. The clock is ticking!
–Sue
If you’re lucky enough to win one, you will be delighted with the music. It’s all I played last year. I believe Kerry has a link to a sampling of some songs on her posting. Be sure to check it out.
