Quilt kits 6-9

I am pretty stuck on the 10th (and final!!!!!) kit, as the fabric is a yellow that has a greenish grey cast, which makes it pretty hard to match. But, in the meantime, here are #6-9.

Quilt kits 1-5

Since there were leftovers from the fabric pieces we ordered, I offered to put together quilt 'kits' for people so they could sew their own quilts. (I like the designing better than the sewing, so this was pretty fun!)

I ended up making 10 of them. Each had to contain the fabric the individual had chosen for the Sub Rosa quilt; beyond that, I either matched colors in that "focus" fabric, or took suggestions on what else they'd like to see in their kit.

Here are the first five. (Click on the photos to see larger versions; mouse over for identification of the focus fabric.)

Where now?

What next? Now that Becca and I are done with the quilt and scrapbook for Jessica (and I can name names now because she's received them), we'll be returning to our star quilt - or, quilts, actually. We made enough extra stars that we'll be able to make two quilts - one for the Stillbirth Society, and one for another charity.

Becca's sending me her stars in the mail, and the plan is to mix them up with my stars and find the combinations that look best together. Then I'll send one group of them back to her, keep the other half here, and we can work on our two quilts simultaneously.

Doesn't it all sound refreshingly simple?

That's a wrap

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Tip for machine quilters

As I may or may not have mentioned, the quilting machine doesn't really come with instructions on how to use it. (In fact, both the marketing brochure and the women on the "instructional" video set it up a little incorrectly. Nice.)

Apparently the place to go to get tips from people who have actually used the machine is the Yahoo group on the Grand Quilter. We've already learned a few ways we can do things better next time around.