Three more Blocks finished

I am trying to keep up with my blocks and getting other things done too.  I finished three more today. 

     This is a Morning Glory from Morning Glory Designs. 

The bottom of my flower doesn't show up very well but I chose a pale blue with a hint of pink, I liked the blue design rather than the other coloured one as our Morning Glory's that we grow are mostly blue.


I also finished two of the blocks from Lyn Brown's Alphabet Block of the Week.

B Block

Bodacious Blue Bobbin

with Batik Beaded Buttons.

This was a hard block to applique since it had so many small circles that are suppose to be buttons.

Flying Geese or are they Canada Geese

I have been making Flying Geese.  I made 112 altogether but will only use 85 in my quilt.  I like to use Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper ruler.  This is a no waste method and really go together super fast.

It was Quilt Therapy day today, and it was just Joyce and me.  We both got a lot done.  She was quilting her bed scarf, and was able to finish it and we trimmed it so that she could add her binding tonight.

I was able to sew all my flying geese together so now I am going to add sashing and then borders.

Craftsy February Blocks finished

Since I have decided to follow so many blocks of the month I am keeping on top of them and trying to finish them up as soon as they are downloaded.  Craftsy is a few days early so I did them up today.

Balkan Puzzle Block

Chunky Chevron Block

I made mine with with 2 colours instead of the 4 that were in the instructions.  Both these blocks are made with half square triangles.  Instead of making 2 at once I made 4 each time by taking a square 1 1/4 inches larger than the finished square and sewing around the 4 edges.  When you are finished you end up with 4 half square triangles.  A quick way to make lots of the same colour at one time.

Hearts

Last week at the Quilter's Guild we asked to make heart blocks because February is coming soon and so is our Quilt Bee.  It was suggested that some of the hearts could be made into a donation quilt and maybe one could be added to each of our new donation quilts that are being made next month.   This past month the Guild ladies delivered 56 quilts to the various local senior's homes and hospitals to be used by the patients.

I am putting together a 12" block quilt so I made a heart block for this quilt.

12 Inch Block

I found this pattern on the Brandywine Valley Quilters BOM page

There are blocks on the site dating back to 2002.

I think I am going to check them out further for the quilt that I am making with my 12" blocks.

I didn't think the guild would like a 12 inch block so I made my squares and half-square triangles 2 1/2 inches so that my block measures 8 1/2inches.

My 8 1/2 inch block for the guild.



More Blocks

I finished the rest of the blocks for my blocks of the month and week.  I did wimp out though.  I figured that I was doing these  blocks for fun and I didn't like some of the blocks in the Sentimental Stitches BOM so I did two different ones.

Three 6 1/2 inch blocks and

two 9 1/2 inch blocks.

Remind me never to make a house block again.

I started doing the BOM from Apple Avenue Quilts.  

January Block.

Hunter Star Placemats

I had some leftover fabric from making the Hunter Star Quilt so I decided to make some placemats rather than just putting the fabric in my scrap bin.  I added a blue border which I am not fond of but didn't want to rip it out.

Quilt Therapy

It was a cold and windy day today but we didn't care because we were in Joyce's sunroom enjoying the sunshine and a day of sewing.  The temperature is -22C with windchill of -30C.  Now that is cold.

Pierina has finished her tree quilt.

The colours are so striking.

She found some really cute fabric with houses

on it for her backing.

She decided to use the John Flynn method

to save on fabric.

Joyce's cushion - with the backing sewn on.

She is making the back of the cushion

envelope style but adding tabs with buttons

for decoration.

A cute idea.

Maria is putting the binding on her schnibbles quilt.

All finished.

The fabric is Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics. 

So Pretty.

I finished my Quilter's Carry-All from Thimbleberries.

Maria has the bag I made her for Christmas.

I am making Maple Leaf Blocks for a kit

that I picked up last March in New York City, called

Shades of Autumn by Benartex.

I had started these in July at retreat

and had forgotten all about it until

Lynda asked had I finished it yet.

I managed to get 4 out of the 16

blocks finished.

Great Therapy today.



Three more Finishes

I have finished my first Monthly mini from Country Junk'tion.  I haven't decided if I am going to make them into a quilt or as minis so I haven't put any batting and backing on it but it is appliqued.

My January Snowman

The new Block also came down for Morning Glory Designs and I finished it today.

Block 2 - Tossed Daisies

I also joined a Block of the Week from Lyn Brown.  It is The Quilter's Alphabet.  Week one is the letter of the Alphabet and week 2 is something starting with that letter.

"A" and "Artful Arcs Of Appliqué"

The Lost has been Found

The last time that I was in Duluth I purchased a cone of "bottom line" thread by Superior Threads.  I really liked it and had wound a few bobbins to use.  When my son moved out a few months ago and I moved my sewing room upstairs, I realized that the cone was missing.  We searched everywhere and could not find it.  Our son had 2 cats and we thought that maybe they had knocked it onto the floor so I even got down on my hands and knees to look under the shelving units that were in my old space.

It really makes you wonder how one

could lose something this large.

I tried to let it go but kept looking for that elusive cone.  

At the beginning of the new year I usually sort out the scraps that have accumulated over the past year and put them into their respective bins.  Every thing is colour coded so that when I want a small piece of fabric I can just go to the appropriate bin and find it.

I have a nice shelving unit to store my bins.

some of my scraps

More scraps.

Well, I couldn't believe it.  I opened up the dark blue bin and yelled to YKW to come into my sewing room.

There was the cone of thread, in all its glory, in the bin.  I must have put it there when we were moving me upstairs and forgot about it.  What a relief to finally find it.

Quilt Therapy Thursday

What a busy week we had, so today we are ready to put things together. 

Pierina has finished all her trees

and she had squared them up.

All ready to sew them together in strips.

Maria was able to sandwich her star burst

and is now quilting it.

Joyce received a kit for Christmas. 

She had cut out the pieces for the cushion

and we completed the applique.

Now she is ready to stitch it onto the top.

I am making another bag so I was piecing the

front design together.

This is the Quilter's Carry-All

from Thimbleberries.

Three more Blocks finished

I finished the last of the Sentimental Stitches blocks.  This is one block I am not fond of.  Glad it is finished.

There were too many small pieces on this block to match up.

I also did the January blocks from Craftsy.  The link is on the sidebar.  These were fun blocks to do.  I had never done them before and I liked that at the end you squared them up so they turned out not too bad.

The Asterick Block and the Wonky Pound sign.

The pound sign is also called an

Octothorpe.



Now I have to work on my monthly mini for January a snowman.

Block of the Month

I have decided this month to do some Blocks of the Month and have posted the links on the sidebar.  I have completed one Block from Morning Glory Designs.

Big Red

Sentimental Stitches BOM's first installment is 6 blocks and I have completed 5 of them.

I am making it scrappy, the green on the right

at the bottom is for the 6th block.

These will probably all end up as donation quilts and help me use up some of my fabrics in my stash.  I came across a few other pattern that I may also add in later when I get a few of my kits finished that are waiting patiently in my bins.