If you've been following my blog you know I've had a hard time letting go of Cacophony, but I finally did it. Well, sort of ... I gave it to my son. In all honesty, I had offered it to him before and he just "mommed" me. But, last weekend as I changed his sheets, I noticed he was still using his down comforter. As the weather is getting significantly warmer ... I tossed the down comforter down the laundry chute and put Cacophony on his bed. He came in to check it out ... and darned if there wasn't a hint of a smile as he ran his hand over Cacophony on his bed. Will tends to return unwanted gifts. You'll find presents out in the hall, in the room of the person who gave it to him. Cacophony is still on his bed! I guess that means it is home.
My annual island quilting weekend is coming up
Every year for the last five years a group of us have gotten together for a long weekend to create a flimsy. We have a year to make 12 squares each using a color scheme picked by the recipient of the flimsy. This year, instead of picking a color scheme, the recipient asked for "frames" in batiks and brights. I was not looking forward to creating the squares ... a bit mystified as to how to go about it, I procrastinated until mid-May.
Once I got going, I found that I was really enjoying it. I am scouring the internet looking for patterns to use. Two sources on the internet that I use often are Quilter's Cache (quilterscache.com) and Jinny Beyer Studio (jinnybeyer.com). When I don't have time to sit down and put a square together, I find myself going between my stash and sewing room putting together fabric for possible squares. The first square is from "Vintage Quilt Revival" (http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/). The second square is from Quilter's Cache.
The third square is from Jinny Beyer Studio. This one was a challenge for me. I tried following the sparse instructions on the website and ended up ripping out the seams. The instructions were to sew all four dark blue triangles to the center and then sew the cream triangles in. Never having done "Y" seams, I gave it a try. Did not work out well. Instead, I sewed dark blue triangles to opposite sides of the center, sewed two cream, dark blue, cream panels and attached each to the center. It was much easier and I only had to work around a bit of a "curve" to ease the fabric together. I'm pretty pleased with my fix. I'll try to get more squares up later, am hesitant to put them all up at once ... rather time consuming and I'd also like to get better pics.
Once I got going, I found that I was really enjoying it. I am scouring the internet looking for patterns to use. Two sources on the internet that I use often are Quilter's Cache (quilterscache.com) and Jinny Beyer Studio (jinnybeyer.com). When I don't have time to sit down and put a square together, I find myself going between my stash and sewing room putting together fabric for possible squares. The first square is from "Vintage Quilt Revival" (http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/). The second square is from Quilter's Cache. 
