Repetition Class

Despite my early enthousiasm and all my good intentions, even taking the project on holiday with me, I have decided to give up.

There just isn't enough time or brain power to go around here these days and I have three quilts on a deadline as it is. I will disassemble what I have done so far and put the hearts away for another project / use. Thankfully I didn't do a lot of cutting yet so that I can re-assign the fabric to new projects that will surely be upcoming.

To re-cap, these were my goals for the next few months as posted in July:
- PIF
- Coasters
- in progress: Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter
- fabric selected and lay-out decided: 2 "quilts in a day" for new babies plus a Big Zig quilt, based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern for yet another baby

Not too pleased

with my progress and the whole thing in general: my piece for the repetition class is not shaping up as well as it should.

This is partially due to the fact that while on holiday, the only quilt-related thing I did was shopping. And giving away my latest work. But I already posted about that.

So this is it:





Essentially I've tried to use different paper cut outs for different shapes, then decided to just cut free hand, then changed my mind again and had my kids cut or draw a shape for me to cut.

I've also gone back to one of my earlier posts (here) for inspiration. And I think I will continue dragging my feet here ...

Repeated Hearts

Still sticking with my heart idea, I have been browsing the web somewhat and found another good idea and pattern.

Now this one might be a challenge given the size of my swatches, but we shall see ...

Repetition won

and will be treated to a holiday: I am taking 50 Kaffe 4 inch squares and some Makover pink spray fabric plus beads and a relative wide travel selection of yarns. I am currently planning on doing a lot of appliquéing but we shall see what happens.

What to take on holiday?

I have been pondering this very existential question for weeks now. It's a toss-up between my crocheting and material for my Repetition class. Notice how neither are on the list of up-coming projects?

Currently I'm thinking my Repetition project might be more suitable for traveling because I would not have to take so much stuff in terms of volume and weight.

All a girl needs

to feel like a princess is a massive pile of quilts!!!

This was taken from my elder daughters stationary. I wouldn't mind sitting on that many quilts, especially because that meant that I had realised quite a few of my ideas. In the meantime, I'll just continue planning.

I have to say though that despite enrolling in Tonya's summer class - with the best of my intentions - I have not done squat for it. I might take some material on holiday to work on it ... or I might take my crocheting.

Upcoming projects:

PIF

Coasters

Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter

2 quilts in a day for new babies

a Big Zig quilt, based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern for yet another baby

Just accepted into "Repetition" class

I am very excited to have been accepted into Tonya's repetition class. I've just introduced myself and if you like, you can follow my progress
here. This link will also go into my nav column.

Just enrolled

in the Summer of 2008 class focussing on repetition - something I do very well, repeating myself. Ask my husband, he'll agree.

My posts for this class have a label and link on the right.