Still Plugging Along

Well?  The name of this linky party is Wednesday Works in Progress, right?  I’ve made great progress, for I’ve gotten some projects off the pin wall and other blocks out of the box.

This is the project I removed from the wall–the pillow shams for my wonky star quilt.

And here’s what took its place.  The first version.  I had made a lot of wonky blocks in blues, and then a bunch in green/reds.  I had made these in November of 2011–so it’s been a while since I’d seen them, or even remember the idea I had.  I think it was to intersperse the green/reds inbetween the blues, but when I tried that, I hate it.  Of course, I was also watching the Inauguration and kept breaking off my concentration to wait for Mrs. Obama to appear so I could see what she was wearing to the Inaugural Ball.  Jason Wu, apparently.

I like it better with just the blues.  Now somehow I’ve got to get it together.  Probably not this week–too many interruptions.  Like going to Road to California quilt show.  Or as I like to refer to it (because the jurors who pick the quilts seem to LOVE spangles and crystals on their quilts), Road to Hollywood.  But still, it is a quilt show and there are vendors and lots of interesting people and old friends and good things to see and I’m totally jazzed about it.  Any one else headed there?

So now I’ve got 19 green/red blocks that don’t have a home.  Maybe I’ll put them on the back?  However, I already purchased some lovely blue/white variegated thread to quilt it with.  So two quilts?  I only have enough energy to do one more Christmas quilt, so these will probably go back in the box until November.

Click back over to Lee’s blog, Freshly Pieced to see more Works in Progress.