wonky stars taking over my liiiiiife

Unemployment affords me the luxury to sew all day (it's really the only thing I can afford at this point!) So for the last two days, I've been working on this quilt top that I started last year. A majority of the blocks came from my month of sew connected 3 last September.

There's a combination of 12, 9, 6 and 3 inch blocks which has led to me being incredibly indecisive and nitpicky about the placement. A lot of time goes in to giving something the appearance of randomness! I've decided to piece the blocks in to 24" blocks. One down, eleven to go!



I had a stroke of genius/moment of insanity where I decided that my foam ikea mattress would make a great design wall, so I leaned it against the wall and so far so good. It's squishy enough that pins go in without a problem but it's sturdy enough that it stands up on its own. This mattress fits the bed that the quilt is intended for, so it's been nice to see how the placement looks in relation to the size of the bed. And should I need a nap mid-sewing, I just need to tip it over and I'm good to go.



Working on this quilt has given me more inspiration than I thought possible. I haven't sewn in pretty much a year. I woke up in the night thinking of things I wanted to make. It feels great.

I also woke up with an extreme affection for Jon Bon Jovi. Been listening to him all day... I'm pretty sure it's impossible to not rock out to this jam:

quilting--check!

As I suspected, school has been crazy. So far, my classes are pretty difficult but a little bit enjoyable. I think I'm better at math than I thought I was because I'm really loving my finance class right now. We'll see if I still love it when midterms roll around...




But in the meantime, I found time to quilt my top from LQ3 I posted a few weeks ago. I had stippled placemats and a doll quilt before, but nothing this big. I had some serious issues with the back getting all creased and terrible. I pinned a million places, but still ended up with puckers and creases all over. I think I'm going to have to find a better method of basting--any ideas??

Anyway, here is the quilt. I haven't decided on a binding color yet. I have some other more important projects to think about so I will hold off on that. I was thinking that the blue from the apple fabric would be good, but my local fabric store doesn't have the right shade. I was also thinking white, but who knows. Decisions, decisions!