My February To Do List

My February To Do List

• Go through the quilting closet.

I have 20-30 quilt tops hanging in my closet. It's time to go through them and either quilt them or give away for someone else to quilt and to love. My first step is to make a list of the quilt tops hanging in the closet. Put it on my February To Do List.

• Collect fabric and patterns.

I have piles of fabric around my quilting studio that represent different quilts that I want to make. I spend thousands of dollars collecting this fabric. I need to put it together with the pattern and get it cut and ready to sew. Let's get that organized in February. Put it on my February To Do List.

• Throw out fabric!

I need to go through the bins of fabric and throw out the ugly, undesireable, poor quality fabric that I still have in the bins. I have fabric stored by color and also my style of fabric. And, there are project bins, too. It's time to look through them and see if I still want to make the quilt and if I still like the fabric. If not, throw it out or give it away. Put it on my February To Do List.

What was I thinking when I bought it???

I have been happily going through my quilting things...and thinking about my quilting stash...And, it's time to let go of a lot of my collection...fabric that I don't want anymore. I am just not enthusiastic about some of it anymore.

What was I thinking when I bought it???

I bought a certain fabric collection at the Houston Quilt Show several years ago...lots of it...several hundred dollars of it!...but, now, I find it boring. I've been thinking that I should make a quilt with it but I don't have enough enthusiasm to even come up with a pattern. It's time to share it with someone else. Who? Hmmm? 

Emily's Memory Game

My daughter, Alison, recently sent me a link to a website, The Purl Bee, that had an idea that has intrigued me... a Memory Game made from fabric and felt. This is the link.

It is such a cute idea!

And, we all have some leftover fabric, right?

I like the look and the idea enough that I could see it done with velcro and stick it on a wall hanging OR with magnetic tape and have it stuck to a bulletin board or refrigerator to keep out for the children to play with all of the time. It is cute enough that it could be wall art!

This is a single square, up close, so that you can see it better.

There is also a link to another Memory Game made by Brooke, done with circles.