Froggin' Party

Sometimes we fall out of love for a project we are working on.Sometimes they just don't work out they way we had hoped. Sometimes we chose the wrong yarn or wrong color. No matter the reason there comes a time when we just need to frog some projects. This week I went through my project bags and decided whether  I wanted to keep working on each one or frog it.

Here's what I frogged and why....

This was going to be a zebra. I love the the multi-color stripey yarn but I was just not happy changing the colors every row. If I didn't change the colors then it would just be a horse and not a zebra. I haven't knit on it in several months so I frogged it.

Technically I didn't do any frogging with this project. I just decided not to make anymore. I was knitting mittens and stockings for ornaments or advent calendars. The project bag was holding knitting needles, scissors, stitch markers, etc. Now it's empty and back in rotation.

This was going to be a pair of fingerless mitts for me. I completely forgot I had started these. I have different pair on the needles now so I frogged this cuff and put the yarn back in the stash. There was a coupon in the project bag that expired June 2016. Gives you an idea of how long they were lost. 

Just three projects. That's really not bad at all. I do have a couple new projects I want to cast on but for now I'll wait. I want to get a couple more bags emptied but this time I want them finished and not frogged. My needles will never be completely empty and I'm okay with that.

Funky Rooster

I saw this funky rooster block on the side bar of the Attic Window Quilt Shop blog a long time ago. I've always loved the funkiness of the design.  I had an empty spot on my wall of quilts and decided the Funky Rooster would be a perfect fit. I went with a funky shaped background that measures around 16" squarish. 

I found some of my brighter fabrics and fused them down to a mottled lighter grey fabric. I stitched everything down with a simple black straight stitch. I like the cartoon feel of a black outline stitch especially with the brighter fabrics. I decided to hand stitch a turquoise button on for his eye.

He's quilted in my standard crazy all over wiggle stitch and I went with the stitch and flip method because I didn't want any binding. 

For now this is where the Funky Rooster resides on my quilt wall.  I'm going to be ordering some curtain rods and clips so I can hang my quilts. Right now I am using the Command poster strips. That means anytime I want to rearrange the quilts or add more I have to unstick the ones already hanging. The strips aren't overly expensive but it does add up if you're like me and you like to add or rearrange quilts almost weekly. Plus, with the curtain rods the quilts will hang away from the wall and be able to breathe a little.

How do you hang your quilts?

Talk To Me Tuesday #32 Working from the UFO Bin

Several years back I purchased a couple medium flat rate mystery boxes of fabric. The boxes almost seemed magical because I just kept pulling out more and more fabric. Most of the fabric was novelty I Spy fabric. It was one of the big crazes back then. Mixed in among the fun fabrics were several baggies of quilt blocks. This week I decided to turn some of those blocks into quilt tops. I'll worry about getting them quilted after I pick up some batting. I'm waiting for my budget and the sales to collide so I can get enough batting for several projects.

Here are some pics in case you would like a closer view than what you get in the video:

Christmas table runner

Pinwheels

Mystery hsts

Star Wars drawstring bag

Construction vehicle drawstring bag

Autumn trees drawstring bag

         

Cupcake drawstring bag

You can find the bags in my RsIslandCrafts Artfire shop if you're interested in any of them.

TTMT #31 I put a hole in my quilt on purpose