Design Wall Monday

 Last week, I went out to the country to a delightful farm with chickens and goats.  There were 60 baby chicks that had recently arrived via the US Postal Service and they were staying warm in their little coop in the barn.   The (10) baby goats were the ones we enjoyed seeing.  They were difficult to photograph since they were jumping and playing for us.  I did have the privilege to hold a 10 day old goat. 

While we were there, we worked towards getting RJ's sewing studio organized.  As one of our group's leaders, she receives many boxes of donated fabric for use in the Project Linus blankets that our group makes.

I agreed to take one box of floral fabrics home to be cut into 2 1/2" strips.  First, I washed all the fabrics and then prepared the pieces to be rolled through my AccuQuilt die cutter.  I'm really curious how many strips I have cut so far, but I still have about 10 more fabrics to cut before I count them.
  

Since these are all scrappy, the plan is to use half dark and half light fabrics in each quilt.  Some people may choose to include a 2 1/2" block between each strip.

Our sewing group plans to have a 1,600 Jelly Roll Quilt Day, using all these strips.

The boxes of squares shown in this picture are part of "my progress of organizing my sewing room".  My organization progress has been slow.

My DH spotted (5) 14" x 14.25" x 3" Project Boxes at Costco today.  They are bright multicolored and they were only $20.00.  After we arrived home, he said I should have bought more.  They probably won't be there for long at that price.

I have linked into Judy's Blog at Patchworktimes.com

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Here's a picture of the pin cushion I made for the March Exchange at my Guild.

I found the free pattern for the Cup & Saucer Pin Cushion on Jo-Ann's Fabric and Craft Store website.  Our guild challenge was to make a "green and white" pin cushion.  The most difficult part was the handle. 

Today, I have been trying to finish up some Project Linus quilt tops, so we can be ready for our big Project Linus Day in May.  Most of the tops were made with panels with some borders added.  I was so busy working on these, I didn't get any pictures made.  Be sure to check out the Design Walls of others at Patchwork Times.com

Design Wall Monday

While I was sorting through my fabrics, I discovered a nice stack of die-cut triangles.  So, I began sewing them into pinwheel blocks.  Yesterday, I found Judy's March Scrappy Challenge Block, which was perfect for the fabrics I already had pre-cut.  Here's what I have sewn so far--

My plan is to sew more March Scrappy Challenge blocks to create a center and arrange the pinwheel blocks around the center section.  We shall see...

Be sure to check out the Design Walls of other quilters at Patchwork Times.com

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Design Wall on Tuesday

By noon today, the snow was gone.  Over the last few days, I have been cutting 2.5" strips and sewing them together for a 1,600 quilt.  It is definitely a scrap quilt with 80 different fabrics.  The colors turned out better than I had expected.  By the time I square it up, it will measure 50" across by 60" down.  It took an hour and 21 minutes to sew together with one bobbin change.

Be sure to check out the Quilting Blogs of others to see what they have been designing this week at Patchworktimes.com

1,600 Scrap Quilt

 

Ready for this morning's snowfall

Chipper ready for this morning's snowfall

We had a tiny amount of ice covering our steps and sidewalks but it was still slick, so we were very careful.
Being retired is delightful, since we do not "have to" go anywhere and we can just look out the window.
This was the first time our dog, Chipper tried on all her little booties.  Even though it is still snowing, we only have a dusting of snow in our yard.  However, the sidewalk out front looks icy and slick.
 

Backyard snow this morning on March 3, 2014

February's "Pink Scrappy" Quilt Top Complete

So excited to report that I finished the "Pink Scrappy" quilt top for February.  It was way more labor intensive than I had anticipated but I love how it turned out.  I have no idea who will receive this quilt.  Of course, I need to get it quilted before it can go anywhere.

Ice Cream Cone Quilt Top Completed 02/27/2014

I could not have finished by the end of February without the encouragement of other quilters and their comments.  Please check out what others have accomplished through Socrappy Blog