When I saw the Nebula from Jaybird Quilts, I knew I wanted to make it, so I signed right up for the Fat Quarter Shop's block of the month. I've made a few of the Jaybird Quilts patterns already, including several that still aren't complete. Completed include a mini Science Fair, August Stars, and Snack Time. In process include Gravity (I'm a better piecer now, so I'll probably revisit at some point), and Science Fair (which is all pieced, I've just been suffering from my too-terrified-to-quilt-it issue).

I'm going to have a busy Fall into 2021 with the "group" projects I'm participating in. :) Even though I've completed several Jaybird Quilts patterns, I decided to sign up for the Journey 2 Nebula, partly for the connection, even though I’m not much of a social quilter, I’ve definitely been missing being around people while working from home since March. Julie will share tips and tricks through a series of six existing patterns and two bonus patterns.

I purchased the patterns a couple of weeks ago and wanted to buy new fabric for it, but I have decided to be a "grown-up" and use up some of my fabric stash. Because of this, I'm going to have to do some modifications to the fabric requirements (i.e., calls for 2.5" strip, but I'm using a layer cake), but this way I can use up some fabric stash that was from the Sew Sampler Boxes, purchased for a project I can no longer remember (hi, 2011 purchases!), or some scraps I have from other projects that were enough that I couldn't part with them.

I dug around and the bins and boxes and made excessive notes. I think I will have to make a few purchases for a background or binding here or there. Stay tuned to see what I've picked! I'm off to do some starching prep!