Apparently, news of the Doll Quilt Craze hasn’t reached my local Bargain Box, because not only was I able to score this cutie; I was able to score it for $2!!!

It’s even reversible!

So, yeah, major score, and inspiration, too - I’ve been meaning to make quilts for my Blythes, but wasn’t sure where to start with dimension and color. This just so happens to be the perfect size to keep Pres. Roslin warm in sick bay. (Yes, I know her eyes are the wrong color. I’m working on that.)

Speaking of BSG, I got some good press this week, which thrilled me to no end. Not because it’s such a huge deal in and of itself, but because there are so many blogs/websites/publications that are for crafters, by crafters, about crafters that getting attention from a totally unrelated site - specifically, sci-fi-geek-unrelated - was a huge, huge treat.

And, finally, since we’re just about to hit the end of February, I want to point out some serious quilty goodness from the Threads Together flickr group. I honestly can’t believe I own these blocks!

Which leads me back to the best quilting advice I’ve stumbled upon - USE the fabrics you love the most! I hung on to these for a couple of years, terrified of cutting into them. Finally, I left the job to some people who weren’t quite as emotionally attached and, voila! Seriously, having this quilt is going to be so much nicer than having all this yardage stacked up in my studio. Something to remember for the future!

I wish I remembered to blog. Like, ever.

It’s not like I don’t have anything to talk about.

There’s this, for example.

Made from scraps I got in a scrap swap with the lovely Alison. If you’ve been to her shop, you can imagine the bag of loveliness I had to work with. I was able to piece this in a couple of afternoons, based on the premise that, if I was trading fabric for fabric, I ought to try to avoid expanding my stash too much.

I like how homey it looks. I think I’ll tie it.

And another totally unexpected project:

I picked up all of these 14″ x 4″ strips while bidding a fond farewell to WhizBang Fabrics in the Mission. I snapped up a bunch from the Katie Jump Rope line, because it’s popular and discontinued, but I didn’t have a plan for it until I sat down with a calculator and was able to puzzle out the possibilities.

I added a 14″-wide border to make it twin-sized. I’m trying to make more bed quilts, if just on principle - I sure as heck don’t have a twin bed anywhere. But who knew a twin top would fit our dining table just about perfectly? Oh, the possibilities….

I really love the fabrics I’m sending out for the quilting bee:

In fact, I loved them so much, I assembled 12 packets when all I needed were eight.

WHAT?

This wouldn’t be such a big deal, if all the packets were the same, but, well, they’re not. I had to get all “creative” and mix everything up to ensure a variety of blocks, and now the potential balance of prints and colors is thrown off, since I didn’t realize my error until - and this is the really funny/sad part - I had eight packets sealed into envelopes at the post office.

Which was a really capital idea, only I forgot how to count.

Blerg.

What to do? Make eight blocks myself? Try to find four kind souls to make me blocks in exchange for goods or services? Put out an ad for brain donors?

One of these days, Mrs. Trotsky….