Repetition.....

My Valentine's Quilt is pieced, sandwiched, and basted. Now I'm thinking about how to quilt it. I was planning on doing some big stitch quilting (or utility quilting, whichever you prefer to call it). But after seeing it all pieced, I just don't think the big stitch quilting will look good.

My local Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) is working on medallion quilts over the next 6 months. At first I was a little hesitant, because..... well, I just wasn't drawn to them. But then I started looking at medallion quilts on Flickr, Pintrest, and other blogs. And then it hit me. While there are still some medallion quilts I am not that drawn to, I found some that fit my aesthetic beea-utifully. They are so busy and so almost chaotic that they sing! Our house could never be considered minimalist, as much as I love that aesthetic as well. I love layering artwork and tchotchkes and books. But I don't like them to look like a jumbled mess. I like a little organization in my layers. They have to work together aesthetically. And that's what some of these medallion quilts remind me of. I've been working on a design for the medallion for one of the quilts I want to make. And it is buuuuusy. I love it!

I'll try and get pictures up soon of both the medallion and the Valentine's Day quilt.

Right now I'm just trying to survive busy and chaos spreading LC's transition out of napping..... Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts.......

(This is a sneak peek of the V day quilt back)