Maria Elkins

Category: Work in progress

  • Making progress

    Making progress

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    I worked fairly diligently today — at least several hours — and I’m making progress. I still want to work on the two lower corners. I haven’t done a very good job working those out yet, but maybe I’ll have another hour or two after dinner. I’m also considering making the edges curved rather than…

  • It’s just a piece of fabric

    It’s just a piece of fabric

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    I decided I needed to put aside procrastination and try working on something. I took out the blue quilt top I started in a Nancy Crow workshop last May. This is the same quilt top I took out on February 1. Instead of being brave back then, I played the coward and worked on the…

  • Today’s task

    Today’s task

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    I had the opportunity to sneak in a couple hours of sewing Saturday night so that I finished piecing all of the blocks. Sunday morning before church, and then again in the afternoon, I finished cutting the 6-1/2″ alternate blocks. In the evening our church gathered to watch “The Big Game,” so I set up…

  • Just one hour

    Just one hour

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    This weekend is a very busy one for our church, and since sweet hubby is the pastor, that means I am very involved, too. Today, I had just one hour of free time between two of those activities. Normally, I bemoan the fact that I don’t have all day to quilt, and so I don’t…

  • Working through it

    Working through it

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    I’ve been telling myself that I need to finish the various quilt tops that I started in the Nancy Crow workshops last year. The problem is, something is holding me back. Most likely fear. So, I’ve been procrastinating instead. The problem is that I’ve procrastinated so much (in the form of organizing obsessively) that now…

  • Pinwheel variations 1 & 2

    Pinwheel variations 1 & 2

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    I just finished the two Jelly Roll Pinwheel lap quilts that I started the week after Christmas. Variation 1 on the left has dark pinwheels. Variation 2 on the right has light pinwheels. The jelly rolls were Moda marbles. I happened to have a half yard of lime green Moda marble in my stash, so…

  • Horizontal or vertical?

    Horizontal or vertical?

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    Here’s your chance to give your opinion on an earth-shattering decision: should the columns of color run horizontally (on the left) or vertically (on the right)? Once I decide, I plan on finishing this off tomorrow morning.

  • Sneak peak at my new shower curtain

    Sneak peak at my new shower curtain

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    No, I’m not reupholstering my couch. Since I’m procrastinating at getting a bunch of paperwork done, I thought I’d give you a sneak peak at part of the future shower curtain that I’m working on for the guest bathroom. (Aren’t you proud of me? I used other colors in addition to blue!) I’ve been playing…

  • Quilting is done!

    Quilting is done!

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    Hooray!!! I’ve finished all the quilting, and we’ve celebrated with Dairy Queen! Now I just need to label it, sleeve it, photograph it, document it…what else? I’m afraid all that is going to have to wait a bit since I have two other deadlines to work on first. BUT, I did finish it in time…

  • Background beginnings

    Background beginnings

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    I had a few available hours today, so I dove in and made a start on the background. The basic outlines are now in place. Tomorrow I finish it off! This was the fourth month of SewCalGal’s 2012 Free-Motion Quilting Challenge. This month guest teacher was Don Linn. He introduced a method of tracing your…