Winter Blues

One of the biggest things I wanted to do when I started my blog was to participate in the various
blog hops I have enjoyed reading. I knew the challenge to stay within the creative limits of the
theme would be a challenge I enjoyed! When this one was introduced I knew I had to join in,
after all blue is my favorite color! 

When I interviewed for my teaching position, one of the questions was how I would handle 
motivation in the long period with no breaks in the middle of the winter.  I misunderstood and 
said that I find taking breaks for the things I enjoy, like quilting often helps. Of course that answer
wasn’t quite what they were looking for since they meant motivating the students-OOPS! 
However the more refreshed I am the more I can inspire my students to get through the winter 
blues too.  

When I signed up I was thinking I would make a string tulip quilt because I’d started cutting one 
and then got distracted.  When I thought about the quilts I already started with looming deadlines, I
decided that starting a new quilt would cause me more stress and not help with those winter blues. 

Then I was thinking I’d use a quilt I’m making for a wedding gift because it has a lot of blue. Then
another blog hop was announced for after the wedding that I thought that one would also work for
and not give away the surprise.  Then I realized that I’d started a new quilt for my husband to use
so I could repair my tee shirt quilt that he’d been using and since we both love blue I’d used blue 
to surround crumb blocks. The only reason I’d set this aside was that the piece I thought I wanted
to use for the backing wasn’t large enough, but I found another piece of fabric that was the perfect size.
This was just the motivation I needed to finish that quilt! 

Trying hard to hold my quilt up by the bridge!

With the crumb quilts I personally prefer the look of tying the quilt.  For some reason this style
reminds me more of the type of quilt my grandma would have made if she were a quilter and that
equates to tying in my mind. I was actually surprised how quickly I managed to tie this once I put my
mind to it, and found a piece that would work for the back.   

Once I got the table cleaned off to tie one quilt I figured I may as well get another done, so I was also
able to finish a project I started with my students last school year.  I’m planning to write a post about
that one at a later time but it has so much blue that it works well with this theme too. We had a snowy
weekend so I even managed to bind both quilts in time for the hop and then made my husband trek
through the snow to get to where I wanted to take pictures. 

There have been so many inspiring projects in the blog hop so far. Be sure to check out the other
bloggers participating in the blog hop today.

Websterquilt

Songbird Designs

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Storied Quilts
Patchwork Breeze
Seams To Be Sew
HeARTsCreations
Becky’s quilts and adventures (that's me!)
DesertSky Quilting