Quilting Plans and Ideas for 2018

A couple months ago I picked up this magazine from our sharing table at my Guild. The quilt on the cover really caught my attention. I do love a scrappy quilt! I started looking through the magazine and I got excited about a few patterns that were published within. I don't think that has happened to me before. Usually, I might see one thing in a magazine that interests me but to see several goodies made me think I had struck the jackpot! I think I will start with the cover quilt and I hope to get to it right after the holidays.

I have decided that in 2018 I will be making lots of crumb and string blocks. I haven't made any particular decisions on which quilt patterns or designs that I will use though. I have put aside some patterns and photos of quilts that I think would work for this long term project and I will continue to add to the possibilities. This project will definitely not be a race and it will happen as it happens. I am hoping that I will get some a huge amount of the strings and crumbs out of their storage bins and into quilts.We will see how I do with it!

One of the issues with making crumb/string blocks is the mess. So, I plan to set up an area and a sewing machine specifically for this task. I think it will make it a lot more likely that I will work on the blocks on a regular basis if there is easy access.