The shabby chic strippy quilt is now complete — all the binding is on, as is the label. Before I wrote on and appliqued it, I took a picture of the label:

I feel almost lost without that huge quilt to work on! Does anyone else get that feeling when they’ve finished off a large project? I love the quilt, it’s absolutely beautiful (and pictures soon when we can get some good ones) but … well, I miss working on it!

Guess it’s time to come up with a new large hand piecing project. I have many small projects on the go, but none of them seem to be grabbing my attention for more than a few days at a time. Perhaps it’s time to go through quilt books and magazines and search for some new ideas.


The swap packages are starting to arrive in earnest. Next week should see a deluge of packages as the arrival date is supposed to be February 25. These Inklingo swaps are such fun — and I’m always amazed at the variety of fabrics. One of the swappers packaged her little groups of triangles in the most marvelous way: