Autumn Breezes

I have been following a blog called Apple Avenue Quilts for over a year now and she always post really nice patterns for the making.  I did the block of the month and am just now putting the final border on it so I will will post pictures when it is finished.  

In October last year the blog editor Jill, posted a wall hanging that was paper-pieced and I just fell in love with it.  I had learned a new way to paper-piece from Amy Butler on the Craftsy BOM website so I thought I would tackle this project.  I picked up the fabric at a small quilt shop in Beaver Bay Minnesota.

Autumn Breezes.

I am quite proud of it.  All the quilting is done

in the ditch because I thought something

else would take away from the  pattern.

I then did some serpentine stitches down the 4 sides.

Peggy

Quilt Therapy at -36C

It was another very bitterly cold day today with a temperature of -36C with a windchill of -44C.  What a day for quilt therapy and my car decided that it didn't want to start in this cold weather.  Luckily our vehicles were nose-to-nose in the driveway so YKW was able to use the booster cables and I was on my way.

The sun was shining into the plant room so we warmed up and were able to do lots of quilting.
First of all we organized the blocks in my Irish Quilt.  So now I have to start sewing them together.

This was taken with my Ipod touch so

I lost a bit of it.

Pierina finished block 4

of the Craftsy BOM.

Then she organized some of her

fabrics for blocks 5 and 6

Joyce is working on a quilt with

a beautiful panel of horses. 

Check out that cute kitten!

I was able to finish 6 of these blocks and

also put together some of the 4 patch 

corner blocks.

Lot of progress.

Peggy

Tuesday and Therapy go together

I just can't seem to get my posting done the day that it happens.  Tuesday is a busy day so the posting goes by the wayside.  We were all together this Tuesday, first day in a long time.  Even though there was lots to catch up on since Christmas we still were able to get some quilting and piecing done.

Maria was finishing up her placemats

that she started before Christmas.

This pattern is called Fine Dining from Pieced Tree Patterns.

Joyce was quilting some table mats

that she had started before Christmas.

Pierina was making half square triangles for her

quilt from the Craftsy BOM.

I spent my time getting my blocks ready to be

sewn together for Lynda's quilt.

I have some of the pieces ready to be sewn now into

a block.  Still many more to go as there will be 24 blocks like this in the quilt.

This block is from Quilters Cache

called Quatrefoils.

I wanted a block to highlight the fabric as well as the small flowers that were part of the rooster fabric.  I fussy cut 192 of these small squares for this quilt.  I tried to just cut a 2 inch strip but when I did I cut off some of the flowers so there was no other way but to fussy cut them.

I have also been trying to get a quilt ready for my Wednesday group so I spent the last few days quilting this quilt and I was even able to get the binding on it.  It will keep we cozy the next few nights while I hand sew the binding to the back.  I don't mind hand sewing it and I think it looks nicer that doing it by machine.

This quilt is from one of my last year's BOM called Joined at the Hip.

Peggy

A New Year of Quilt Therapy

Tuesday was Quilt Therapy day. It was a small group if you consider two to be a group. It was Pierina and me today as both Joyce and Maria were busy. Pierina and I went shopping for fabric last week so she started her new quilt today. She is doing the Craftsy Block Of The Month from last year.  

Block Number 1

Block Number 2

I was working on framing my roosters for Lynda's quilt.  I was able to finish them all and now I have 10  framed and I am ready to start on making the blocks.

I am making some of them with red frames and some with blue frames to match the fabric in the blocks.

I was also able to make some of my piano key border for my

Cranton Village Quiltworks BOM.  I also called this

Blogger Block of the Month.

Peggy

October Blocks of the Month

I have been alone since last Thursday October the 4th (YKW and number one son have gone moose hunting) so I have spent my time doing my October BOM's since I also want to get back to finishing up my Christmas gifts.  So after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at Hawkeye Lake at the camp of a friend and her family, I was able to finish the last of them.

Craftsy BOM this month was paper piecing and I have been dreading making this block.  Amy Gibson did a wonderful job on her video showing a different way of paper piecing and so much easier than the method that I was taught.  I just love her method.  It went together so fast I will certainly use this method again.

Block 19

Block 20

Country Junk'tion 

October Block

Apple Avenue

October Block

In Color Order

October Block

I still have to finish My Morning Glory Design Block and my Irish Quilt blocks.  The blocks for the Irish Quilt are so slow in coming that I am going to use some of my own ideas to finish it up.

Peggy

My September Blocks Are Finished

I finally finished my Craftsy Block of the Month for September.  I had never done a drunkard's path block so it was nice to learn something new.  I made a different block for my first one because instead of cutting the templates I bought Elisa's templates and they were the wrong size.  I learned a lot from using them though.  I also watched her video which was a lot of help using these templates.  I needed the squares to finish at 3 inches and when I used the templates they finished at 3 1/2 inches so in order to make a 12 1/2 inch block I had to put a border around what I made.

September Block Number One

For my second block I made templates so that the block would finish at 12 1/2 inches.

September Block Number Two

Joined at the Hip Block

Our Guild has a wonderful program every month.  Some very talented people put together a very interesting program at our September guild meeting.  First we had a Phys Ed teacher talk to us about keeping fit and do some exercises when we are quilting.  Many of us tend to hunch ourselves over and tense up when we are quilting and she tried to help us loosen up and relax.

Next the committee showed us some strippers.  They spent the weekend making strip sets of all the colours of the rainbow.  The strip sets were 14 1/2 inches by 68 inches.  They asked us to make a red strip set for this month.  I don't have enough reds to do that, so I recruited a few friends to make 14 1/2 inch squares in red and we will sew them together to make our strip.

My Red 14 1/2 inch square.

Peggy

Getting Caught Up

I was so far behind on my BOM's that I spent the last 2 days doing nothing but blocks.  YKW was up at the cabin and I was alone at home with outside temperatures too hot to enjoy.  So what does one do under these circumstances?   Well you sew, if you are me.  The temperatures the past few days were in the 30C range with humidex around 37C.  Far too hot to be out and about.

Block #15 Yellow Roses

Morning Glory Designs

Block #16 Three Tulips in a Vase

Morning Glory Designs

 

 

Block #15 Ohio Star

Craftsy Block of the Month

 

Block #16 Double Star

Craftsy Block of the Month

 

August Block

Apple Avenue

This block took me a long time to do because

of the small pieces all around

the outside edge.

 

The Letter P and Pretty Pinwheels

Lyn Brown's Alphabet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July Block's of the Month

Three BOM's for July are finished.

Traditional Dresden Plate Block

Modern Dresden Wheel Block

These are both from Craftsy 

In Color Order July Block

Apple Avenue July Block

The center block was suppose to be an American flag

but since I live in Canada I had to change it a 

Maple Leaf.

The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf in the center

with 2 red bars on the sides.

I thought the pale blue looked like the flag was waving in the sky.

Six More Blocks Finished

I am trying to keep up with all my BOM's as well as do other projects and I am not doing too badly. I have 6 more finished and only one more to be completed for June. It is only the 10th so I think I am well ahead of the game. My alphabet blocks come out every week and I am waiting for the partner block before I start the letter so I have L now and it's partner will be out on Thursday.

In Color Order June Block

Lyn Brown Alphabet K Block

and Kelly Celtic Knot

Craftsy Greek Cross Block

Craftsy Octagon Block

Blogger BOM from Cranton Village Quilt Works

Country Junk'tion June Block

I just have Apple Avenue block for June to finish, and I should have that finished up tomorrow.

More Blocks Finished

I completed more blocks for my BOM's for May.  

Blogger Block of the Month

In Colour Order May Block

Letter J and Jelly Roll Block

Craftsy May Block 9

Modern Log Cabin

Craftsy May Block 10

Wonky 5-sided Log Cabin

I still have the Irish Quilt Blocks to finish, I guess they will be next on the list.

Getting Caught up on my Block of the Months

I don't like having UFO's so when I got back from Washington I had to get going on all my BOM's for May.  Since I am doing 8 there was a lot of catching up to do.  I hadn't finished April Craftsy blocks since there were a lot of Hexagons to make.  That one is finished and I still have May to do.

Block 1 April Craftsy

Block 2 April Craftsy

Apple Avenue May Block

Morning Glory Designs

Rose of Sharon

Lyn Brown's Alphabet Quilt

Letter I and Ingenious Incredible Iron

Country Junk'tion May Block

I still have a few more to go.  I need to get up to date before June 1st so I guess I will be working overtime for a while.