Changing Orientation

After working on stippling the border of this quilt and seeing the living room without all of its Christmas decor, I decided to move this Storm at Sea from its almost hidden spot to a part of the living room that is much more visible. But this spot needs a piece with a portrait orientation rather than landscape. This piece is about the source of light, and there is a window just to its left. Although this piece was designed as a  landscape design, I do think the portrait orientation works with this piece in this spot.

Stippling the border makes this quilt lie flat - a good thing!

Spring in the Moscinski Living Room

 
John challenged me to make something seasonal to replace the Christmas-ish hanging we've had above the entertainment center. I heard the word "seasonal" and headed towards batiks that are spring-like in color. I was inspired by the Storm at Sea design, thanks to Wayne. As I was putting this together, I imagined it to be a vertical hanging with the green in the lower right corner. And that is clearly wrong. Chris H gave me access to all of her terrific yarns. I found three different ones and couched them onto this wall hanging, echoing the lines of the fabric and quilting.

The border fabric? If I ever find this again, I'm buying the whole bolt. 35" by 43

Storm at Sea - update

 
I thought I was doing a vertical wall hanging for a certain spot in my living room. But this quilt is telling me it wants to hang horizontally. This isn't the first time this has happened.

In Progress

 
I got so sidetracked by making MORS bags that I almost forgot how much I enjoy piecing. The transition from large hunks of fabric to little bits that need to be sewn together was a rough one, but after 3 days I'm back into the piecing groove. Quilter Wayne is working on a variation of a Storm at Sea, a pattern I've always wanted to try. The pattern creates waves of colors even though only straight piecing is used. He is tackling a bed-sized Stormy Sea. And being Miss Piggy at the Quilting Banquet of Life, I decided I wanted to do this, too. Perhaps some of the batiks are a bit murky in color - I think the quilting of this piece will be crucial to its overall effect.

Have I stopped making MORS bags? Hardly. I have even figured out how to make flat-bottomed bags and even goofed around with a smaller variation that is lined and - dare I say - even easier to do.