Iceblossom

Good for you Rob, I don't think my hubby sees it even when I point it out -- when I say hidden, I'm not joking! It's sort of hard to figure out if there is a reason for the layout at all.

In that other thread I linked a page or so ago (or search the main page on Oasis) showed some other ways to radiate the goose units that are clearer. I decided that it didn't matter that much to me but I did have a chance for one of my hidden thoughts and hopes for the world. It will most likely go to a transitional housing project for women leaving bad situations, usually with children but often without much family support, money or belongings.

So I'm actively pre-quilting today! The Minions slice and dice project is up next and will make more sense in some ways to explain now because it's based on the same Cherry Goose/Oasis concept. Cherry Goose was basically alternate blocks, Minions will follow the Oasis design concept of using triangles around the Goose units. So this time I'm changing the "goose" blocks, it will also be slightly bigger than the Cherry Goose project, but still smaller than the Oasis design.

These are all fabrics I have at home, and most were one of my thrift store buys I confessed to last year. When I was looking for a "medium scale print in white/black/yellow/grey" to go with the others, it was the Minions who came ready for service. I don't have the perfect grey but I have enough of two "good enough" choices in my solid box to go with one.

I think part of my stash acquisition issues is waiting for the perfect project and we all know the dismay of "all this fabric and I always need one more!". This time I decided that while normally I wouldn't include the Minions in what I see as an adult project, it answered my design criteria and so why not. They will be semi-fussy cut and in the small squares of the "candy kiss"/goose unit.

I'd rather use the "star wars" layout (it looks like a little fighter thing to me), but I'm cutting it close on my grey as it is to where I'm concerned about getting everything possible out of what I have. The center square would be fine as goose units in a smaller print, but not so good as large as this is. And then there is the part of me that doesn't like piecing together triangles just to get a square in the end anyway!

The grey/cherry blossom (scary sometimes the coincidences!) fabric up top will be the bars on the sides of the kiss units.

I think the biggest thing to cause problems is if I get too much yellow in the black fabric triangles, so I won't exactly fussy cut but I'll move my ruler around a bit to get the most possible black in the triangle.

Edit: Gosh! The grey looks blue in the photo but I passed that color blindness test! It works better in real life. Really second guessing that choice now... maybe I have enough black, it doesn't need much for the triangles.

ckcowl

While looking through shelves today- looking for a couple more greens to add to my scrappy star centers i realized I have 7 wide backings ( might be more, those were just on the bottom shelf where I could easily see & count them. 3 yards each, still in packaging from when I bought them. So- I can finish at least 7 more queen size quilts before I even have to think about ( getting creative with backing. ) maybe after finishing the Showering Stars quilt I’m working on I will just ( blindly) grab a backing and figure out a quilt for it. I do have a couple UFOs I’m still working on too- a couple of those backings go with them. I will put them with the ufo they go with before I do any random choosing.

Iceblossom

Found a mostly black with a bit of grey streaks piece in my stash that I am going to use instead of the blue-grey. Asked hubby and he said that the grey was fine, but out of the options I had already pulled black solid was too stark. While I had hubby available to discuss fabric, I have this one pin dot and have finally decided that it is very dark navy and not "soft" black", but had pulled it for the various options -- I'm going to pin a note on it as blue. He sees the what I call the grey cherry blossom fabric as having a lavender cast to it, but I do see it as grey and not in the purple family. Usually I have white and that would work with this, but I used up what I have with the fabric dying last year.

Have enough of the streaky piece to have options and part of me wants to "cut it normally" but the streaks are definitely directional and I think I will continue to use the "Candy Kiss" option instead of the "Star Wars" and make sure the strips line up along the long edge. Before I commit to that though I will look for half an hour -- I used to have a piece of grey pin dot but I think I might have mailed that away with my box of crumbs left from that wonky bright project last year.

It amazes me sometimes the way I remember my fabrics. Some I know multiple details still about when I bought it, whether there was a reason or not, or if I've used it in other projects. The stuff I give away is a bit cloudier to me on whether I still have or not...

To save space in my brain for important things like fabric, I park my car in the same general spots at my regular stores. Usually near the furthest cart return, that way I get a few extra steps in my day and I know where my car is. I don't know about the rest of you, but one white sedan looks an awful lot like any other white sedan.

joe'smom

Very cool quilts, ckcowl and Iceblossom!

retiredteacher09

I finished a WIP last night. It is from a pattern called tHis Love. I altered the pattern and used 9 of the 12 blocks. My church group will finish this and it measures 70” by 81.5”.

Rff1010

Glass is half full- I don't want to go to any stores. So I'm doing a better job of shopping the stash and finding what will make due.

happylab

FYI Bonnie hunter has another mystery called unity, which started today. Check her site. Also Cattitude started a thread for fellow members who want to follow along. It’s free. It looks interesting and easier than Frolic.

Iceblossom

Feels good to be sewing again. I can handle another month of lock down...

Today I am committed to forward progress! I have cut out all my triangles and all my fussy cuts. Now I need to make some triangles out of the swiss cheese left from the fussy cuts. I'll be making those "goose" units first, and then putting on the large scale prints after.

The fabric I planned to use only had 3 minion "scenes" and I needed a total of 24 blocks. Although I could have made 8 of each of the three, or used the minion-less scenes, I simply grabbed another suitable available minion fabric to make 6 of the Submarine units. They do have a white background instead of black but I think I can be happy....

Cattitude

Three months into this and I am hanging in there. I did make one more purchase in March, two neutral batik FQs I need for a SAS I hope to begin very soon. Within the range of the limits I have set for myself so all is good.



I don’t know if I have too much time on my hands right now but I do find that I am starting to visit some of my online favorites to check out new releases and sales. But maybe just maybe I am starting to learn something from this moratorium because nothing is really calling my name other than one collection I have fallen in love with (Harbour Reflections by Northcott). I plan to use my June birthday exemption for this........if I come up with a definite plan for it.



How are you finding the current situation is affecting your buying habits.....are you itching for retail therapy?

Vasilisa

I am forced to work with what I have and regarding the stash I find the virus a blessing! The shops here are closed and I decided to limit my online purchases to basic necessities like food. Ordering things one can live without now means more work for shipping/delivery people and more exposure, too. So I know I work with the stash.

On top of that, I have run out of batting. I only have for 1 more quilt. So for a while I will be making only tops - here comes my chance of making a dent, at least.