Thirteen Days and Counting

Thirteen days without a sewing machine.  I had no idea it would take this long to fix!  Three of those days we were out of town, so really I've only been without a machine for 10 days.  Still, that's a long time for me.  I've watched the Smart Phone Sew Along pass me by:  8 blocks behind now.  I've decided I can't participate in the Twilter's Hashtag block exchange because then I'll be even further behind on other projects.  All I can say is my machine better be COMPLETELY fixed when I get it back. 

I've been cutting up scraps, cross stitching, and  (gasp!) cleaning my house.  We've taken a load of junk to Goodwill, moved furniture around upstairs, set up a guest room, polished the hardwood floors,  and started on setting up an office downstairs.  I've dusted the shutters, something I only do a few times a year. I've even applied for a part time job!  I'm glad the cutting instructions for the next Scrapitude quilt came out this week, so I still have some cutting to do.

http://scrapitudequilts.com/here-we-go-its-time-to-cut-the-scraps/

If you are being overrun with scraps, I encourage you to try one of Charlotte's mysteries.  They aren't as involved as Bonnie Hunter's but the patterns are just as pretty. This is Scrapitude, made mostly in batiks:

 

This is Scrap In a Box:

 

Charlotte's patterns are what some call 'full on scrappy', not the controlled scrap palate that Bonnie Hunter usually uses in her mysteries.  Charlotte's method teaches you to look at the difference in value, not necessarily color.  Both of these quilts were made with a lot of old, weird and ugly fabric, but I'm pleased with how they turned out.