Originally it was the logical extension of the idea of a 'design wall'. Hang it up, take a step back and take a good look to see if it really looks as good as you think it looks.
Eventually it became the easiest way to keep track of my projects. My craft room - my entire house - tends to exist on the fine line between control and chaos and if it's hanging on the wall, it's above the fray, as it were.
Since my cats love my crafts - especially my crochet - it became a good way to keep it away from them, though my youngest seems to find the afghans hanging on the wall a convenient way to chase bugs.
Right now, I am in the middle of a quilting buzz. I finished a top recently for my friend's daughter. It amused me to take 'in progress' pictures. Right now it's folded in half and hanging on the wall, since it is too long to let it hang free. The point is to keep it away from the cats, not give them another excuse to cuddle with my fabric.
I have just begun my christmas quilting. I had plans for these quilts and then I threw out all those ideas and started over.
I have a fondness for traditional quilt blocks and since I have projects running out of my ears, I am especially fond of any technique that allows me to do it faster.
To put it simply, I love strip piecing. :)
Around the World is one of my favorite blocks, partly because it is ridiculously easy and fast, but mostly because I think it's simply a beautiful pattern.
Everyone who comes into my house gets this look on their face when they realize what is hanging on my walls, this look that says they think I might have finally gone around the turn, but I like it.
