solids are a challenge!

the night after a quilt guild meeting is always the most productive time for me. i'm so full of energy and good feelings from all the wonderful projects i've seen the night before. i get a lot done and i really enjoy the process of making.

at our next meeting, we will be revealing our solids challenge quilts! i had such a hard time figuring out what i wanted to do. i was really certain that i would end up making something i wouldn't like and would end up giving away or never using. i was feeling very discouraged and frustrated. and then all of a sudden it came together, if out of nowhere! i was messing around in photoshop, which is where i like to do very rough mock-ups of quilt blocks and came up with this:





and i really like it! i've messed around with the color order and number of chevrons a bit, but i think it's really going to work out and end up being something i like a lot! in fact, i think this is going to be the new throw for our couch. it's been a lot of fun to make, even if dealing with half-square triangles is not something high on my list of favorites. i'd take a circle over a hst any day!

lamqg meeting - feb

last night, we had our first meeting at sew modern, a new store owned by guild member lauren! our old home, reform school will be sorely missed, but it's nice to be back in a fabric store again! it's dangerous on the wallet, though!

we saw a lot of amazing quilts last night. here are some of my favorites!


kelly made these adorable valentine's day pillows, completely from scraps!



jamie made her own version of denyse schmidt's "hop, skip & a jump" quilt.



my favorite quilt of the night was jenny's "any way you slice it" quilt. jenny is working on an adorable project called "d.s., i love you!". she's making one of every quilt in the denyse schimdt quilts book, following the patterns exactly!



our president latifah never fails to impress. her bold graphic designs are a favorite around here!

the rest of the images from our meeting can be found on flickr!