Design Wall Monday

Design Wall Monday was on Feb. 17th.  Thankfully, Judy at Patchwork Times has kept the download site open until today.  This morning, I worked on getting the rows sewn together so I could post this picture of the Ice Cream Cone quilt that I have been working on these past 10 days or so.  I still need to sew a couple of borders on and I think one border will include a piano key border of leftover pink strips.

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Ice Cream Cone Quilt

So Scrappy Rainbow Challenge

February is for Pink---

Pink Scrappy Challenge

I seem to be running behind again.  I never finished my blue scrappy quilt for January and I have now begun a pink quilt for Feb.
The pattern is shown in the Feb. 2010 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting.  Sweet Tea was designed by Holly Holderman of Lakehouse Dry Goods.  Holly used a darling teacup fabric for her quilt.  I chose to use a fabric with ice cream cones that had white and pink backgrounds.  I ironed "Heat & Bond" on the back of the fabric, so each of the 16 blocks needs to be machine embroidered before I can complete the quilt top.  The quilt has become very labor intensive, more than I imagined, so it's taking longer to see the results.  The pattern instructions recommended cutting "everything" out prior to sewing, so fabrics could be rearranged but I couldn't wait to see what it looked like.  The bright star points in the lower right hand corner really stand out and that's all of have of the particular fabric.  The fabric in the upper right & left corners is white with different colored polka dots, so they don't show as well. 

Happy Valentine's Day

This year, our Guild chose to have a Pin Cushion Exchange and those who wish to participate just need to create a pin cushion based on the theme requested for the next month.  It began in February with the theme of "Red & White" or Valentine's Day.
Here's a picture of what I made:

Feb. Pin Cushion that I made for the exchange

     

                                                                                                             Here is a picture of what I received:

Feb. Pin Cushion received

      The quilter who created this fabric candy pin cushion
      used a candy box that recently had chocolate inside,
      so the fabric candy smelled like chocolate.  Yum.....
      You may not be able to see it, but she hand quilted
      the fabric on the outside of the box.

Design Wall Monday

 

DWM-Quilt of Valor Blocks

 
Last Monday evening I discovered a bag of red, white, and blue scraps and decided to work on another QOV.  I was delighted to find 4 blocks already completed, so at my Tuesday sewing group, I started cutting strips (6 1/2" by 2 1/2") and when I got home, I began sewing the blocks together.  By Thursday afternoon, I had completed all the blocks and began sizing them to 10 1/2" square.

That is when I discovered why there were 4 completed blocks that were never used in the last quilt I made.  Those 4 blocks only measured 10" square.  The seam allowances were too big.  So, I took them all apart and resewed using a scant 1/4".  The outside strips were too short, so I cut new blue strips, which has worked out well, since there is now more variety of blue fabrics.  I still need a couple of borders before I request a LA.  Hop on over to Judy's at Patchwork Times to see what others have designed.

Design Wall Monday

It may be Monday, Feb. 3rd, according to the calendar, but for me, I'm still working on January's "Blue" quilt and it's still on my Design Wall.  I have picked out a textured black for the sashing but first I need to get the blocks closer to the same size. 
I should have followed the pattern directions because at present, all the blocks are different sizes.

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and see what others are working on this fine Monday.

January "Blue" Scrappy Blocks

I did finish a small quilt for Project Linus.  I didn't have enough fabric for the binding, so I used 2 fabrics and alternated them around the quilt.  I also completed the binding entirely by machine.  It wasn't perfect but I am happy with my first attempt at machine binding.

Project Linus Quilt completed Jan. 2014

 

January Scrap Blocks

On January 4th, I discovered Judy from Patchwork Times had posted a Scrappy Challenge for January which used HST.  In my recent reorganization of scraps, I discovered 40 HST which were already made up in blue and cream, so I decided to join in on the fun.  I'm looking forward to seeing what fabrics can be used in Judy's Challenge block for February.

Be sure to check out what others have accomplished in January with Judy from Patchwork Times

January Scrappy Challenge

Design Wall Monday

Playing with Blue Patchwork--

I started out with 9 rectangles of fabric that I just loved.   I have added more strips since last week but the quilt has a ways to go.  It has been difficult to create 9 blocks with many different blue fabrics in different shades and accept that they all go together.

Design Wall Monday

Most of my time this past week has been spent sorting, ironing, and cutting blue scraps from 2 bins.  I have it narrowed down to one bin with lots of squares and strips cut for future projects.  I continue to find little bags of scraps stashed here and there.  It's only 20 yrs. worth of scraps to sort and cut.  So far, I am happy with the results of the cutting project but I have many more scraps to cut in an assortment of colors. 

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