Butterfly Basting

I made enough progress on some other projects that I decided to pull out an old WIP. It is pressed and ready for pin basting.

I am eager to have this quilt on my bed! It is so bright and colorful, AND it will actually be big enough to cover the sides of our super thick mattress.

I plan to quilt in in a pretty brown/tan thread with something that looks breezy. I'm not sure what that is yet, though.

Do you have any thoughts on breezy looking quilting designs?

Previous posts on this project:
Spring Butterflies - Miss P paired the fabrics for the blocks
Color Play - arranging the blocks
More Color Play - a different look
Butterfly Migration - the quilt that inspired this one.

Wordless Wednesday

Little Things

I seem to make more knitting progress on little things. I finished one of the ladybug picnic mittens.

And I'm more than halfway through a new pair of socks for B. With my new nine inch circular needles I can knit MUCH faster. I knit the entire foot of this sock during the high school orchestra concert last night! I also didn't have to worry about dropping a needle in the dark.Socks and mittens are easy, comfortable knitting projects for me these days. I know what to expect and I like knowing that the finished project will fit and be worn.

Sweater knitting is another story. I am afraid this sweater is in danger of entering the black hole of unfinished sweaters. I love the yarn. I love knitting with the yarn. I don't love the uncertainty.

Will it fit?

Will I have enough yarn?

Should I order more and start alternating skeins so the join will not be obvious?If I order more then I will have lots left over and what will I do with that?

Should I go ahead with what I have and frog it if I run out?

I want to make different style sleeves than in the pattern but what style do I make?

So, there it sits, taunting me while I work on smaller more predictable projects.