Hoping against all odds

Tomorrow I'm hoping I'll FINALLY get Janice's heart quilt laid out, sprayed and pinned so I can start quilting it. I'm doing really simple quilting, a gently curvy line on either side of the hearts. I found a nice maroonish red that will look good against the creamy background and goes well with the red I used for sashing and borders. I'm hoping and praying I don't do my usual depression avoidance schtick so I can get this quilt done and on its way to Janice.

I'm also planning on setting aside two days this week to work on the other string quilt for Tracie and maybe start one for either Tina or Berry. I'm close to finishing Tracie's, if I recall correctly. I'm not just real happy with the blocks, but I've got more than half enough for a nice sized lap quilt, so I'm just going to continue with that plan. THe picture to the left shows the pattern I'm using. The background fabric is a nice medium forest green. I'm not going to do the border as they show here because I'm just too lazy to sew all those scraps together. At least that's not the plan at the moment. We'll see once I get done with the basic quilt. I might get inspired. You never know.


Then for Tina's or Berry's quilt I'm planning on using the String-X pattern from the Quiltville site. Instructions are on the page. I like the use of the two blues in this picture, so I might do the same with greens. I really like this pattern a lot. I think it will be easier to deal with since it uses rectangles for the string portion. I won't have to worry so much about the varying lengths I sometimes get from The Heartstrings site has some good ones.

If anybody's reading this, please pray for me. I'm serious! I need all the help I can get.