redlights

Hi everyone,

I'm a new quilter - I've made one queen sized quilt and am working on my second. I used charm squares for my first and kept it really basic and didn't use a pattern - I just picked colors I liked and set them up in a design I liked. I decided that the quilt was too big and took way too long, so I've decided to make crib sized quilts next.

I'm working on my second and third quilt right now - the second quilt is a cotton nine patch quilt using natural dyed fabrics. I'm kind of dying and cutting at the same time and when everything is sorted I'll start piecing. I'm also going to be making a Royal Star quilt that I'm making out of indigo dyed linen - I've dipped each section of fabric different amounts of times so the quilt will be various shades of blue. This one will also be a crib sized quilt and I'm very excited about this one because we are expecting a baby boy in July and I'm hoping this one can be his "blankie" and we can use it for tummy time and wrap him up in it.

Besides working on these two quilts, I'm also trying to find an old fashioned hand quilting frame! I prefer hand quilting but I hate having the quilt on my lap and would love to have a frame and don't like hoops. I figure if I can't find one I'll probably just end up making one in my woodworking workshop but that seems like an awful lot of fiddling around when they are for sale at a reasonable price occasionally!

Outside of quilting, I sew a lot of clothes for myself, I knit, have a robust flower garden, and I love decorating my house (but not cleaning it!).