Planning without looking like you're planning

So last week I tried the whole improve quilting thing, I LOVE the LOOK of the improv. It's the whole no planning part that I have a problem with.  I'm a planner, what can I say, I need a plan, I love plan, I live for a plan.  So I did finish the green shirting improv, which I'm kinda up in the air about it.  We'll see if quilting can save it, that is the best part right.  I learned a lot from this one.  I need to cut blocks, not the wonky strips.  I need uniform.  I love the scrappy and I love the improv look.  So I decide I would try triangles and do in in EQ7 so that I have that improv look and still have a PLAN.  How's that for win-win??  Pretty excite eh?   And here's what I came up with - looks like no plan but don't tell anyone there really is a plan ;) The first one is the pic from eq7, the second from real life.  Nice for the twins right, similar but yet different. This one uses the triangle die from Accuquilt

no plan look but plan is there comfort

A little bit of progress on the twins quilts, here's a view from under the frame.

Not a lot of quilting as we had Birthday Boys this weekend. These cousins are almost exactly 10 years apart.    One is 14 the other 4, their birthdays are two days apart.  Love them both to pieces!!

Birthday Boys

I added a couple new linky parties on the side bar, take a look and go get inspired.  

DWM and one special quilt for Relay for Life

I'm working on a special quilt today for Relay for Life. This one has a lot of meaning as two out of three sister-in-laws have been impacted by cancer. The quilt is called Hope Takes Flight. Cancer changes a life forever, I can't even imagine. But when you have to fight it for an entire life over and over, my heart just aches. I don't know what else to do so I'll quilt and do what I can. Just know that each of these stitches ( and there's going to be a whole of them on this one) is filled love and prayers that the angels watch over them.  Permo soft 50 wt thread on top.  Permo soft is becoming my new favorite thread.  My machine never really liked So Fine 50wt but it love Permo-Soft.  And I've got bottom line in the bobbin, Hobbs 80/20 batting.  So far I've used 12 bobbins of thread and think I have another 6 or so to go.  Need to get this one finished by June 21st so I have to get moving.  Hehehehe, after all those pantos I did, it feels good to be quilting something like crazy again!

Hope Take Flight

Hope Takes flight, back. 

Hope Takes Flight detail.

On the design wall I've got the triangle quilt, just needs the last border and it's done!

Don't forget to check out the linky parties on the side bar, more than one for every day.  If you need inspiration, just go check any or all of them!