I'm not sure where the last week has gone, though I know there have been detours for duck fleas, tick bites. a dead starter motor and quite a lot of sport. There's a detour too in the sewing. I don't want to start something new before Ann issues the next AHIQ challenge at the end of the month, so have been giving some thought to undertaking a smaller project. Yes, I know, I'm always saying I don't like making small stuff, but here I am, for the second time this year, doing just that. I've been asked about the possibility of making a cushion-sized lighthouse piece so I'm giving it a go. In fact, I'm giving it two goes, since it seemed to make sense to piece two lighthouses at the same time.
A couple of pictures, then. The first is lighthouse number one, the second shows pretty much where I got to by end of play. I've got two half-made lighthouses, some little HST-based sea bits and vague ideas about the sky. Not much is cast in stone yet, but it's a start.
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That bird fabric will make a fabulous sky! This small project is still a lot of work.
Oh goodness that bird print is awesome. Fun start and I wonder if they will stick with being small cushions...
Ditto the bird print loveliness. I like riding along on your detours. :)
I've been doing the same thing . . . waiting for the next challenge to come out before I start something new. I have a few ideas of what I would like to start and then I put the brakes on. I do have a scrappy challenge in my quilt group. So, I started making 9-patches and it's satisfying the urge to start something new. I don't know how long that will last though.
What a perfect little detour! I love the ones where expectations are those that we make up as we go along.:)
That's a good start Kaja.
Do you live near the sea? You do lighthouses and water
as though you know them well.
unfortunately the football is at an end, the boys done good though.
That blue bird fabric is fantastic! The sort of fabric you search for ages for. I hope you werent the recipient of the duck bites, the flea bites and that it wasn't your own personal starter that went flat!
Love the idea of a smaller piece - pillow cover sounds great. Wonderful fabric choices!
It's so hard for me to make small quilts and projects, too. This one seems like a great idea. It will go so well with your Shipping News quilt.
Duck fleas? LOL. Did everyone else miss that? Oh, yeah, I love the lighthouse......
So sorry about the duck fleas, not that I know what they are. As you know, I love doing small projects. Get them done and out of the way, and there is less pressure. Yours looks like a great beginning.
Oh my, great lighthouses!
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