Design Wall Monday

DWM  May 2014

As I was looking through my numerous piles of papers and fabric, I came upon these 6 blocks.  From a distance, they may looked pieced but the design is printed on the fabric.  They looked a little familiar and as I looked through my pictures,
I discovered that I had added sashing and borders to another
6 blocks back in May of 2014.  Now, to just find a nice fabric for sashing and borders for the top shown below.

 Check out Patchwork Times.com to see what our quilting friends have designed this week.....

 

DWM  11-09-2015

Mug Rugs and Flannel & Fleece Quilt are done

Flannel Quilt Top done

Top finished with binding

Color of Backing Fleece

Yesterday afternoon, I finished the Mug Rugs and hope to have them mailed out tomorrow.  This afternoon, I finished sewing the binding on a Flannel & Fleece Quilt.  I used a beautiful blue fleece for the back of the flannel quilt I designed from 42 squares for a man or teenage boy in need of a warm covering.  Since the flannel and fleece made for a rather thick edge, I chose to cut the backing fleece 1/2" wider than the quilt and just fold over to the front and sew it down by machine.  I'm not terribly excited about how it looks but it was very easy to complete the quilt using this method.  Before I began, I read on-line that when one folds over the cut edge, you do not need to worry about the fleece unraveling.  It just doesn't have a fine finish look that I'm used to seeing when I use a standard binding.

Promised Projects

This week I have been working on "Promised Projects".  In June of this year, I flew out to Northern California to visit family and friends.  I made quite a few Mug Rugs as little gifts but soon discovered I was short just a few gifts, so that is how the promised projects came to be.  I have just one more to make but thought I'd take pictures of what has been completed.  Most but not all have a selvage message just for fun.
These all need to be mailed.   

Mug Rugs 1

Mug Rugs 2

Close-up of Mug Rug with selvage quote

Design Wall Monday

An entire week has gone by and I only have (6) more blocks to show for it.  The last two blocks with the yellow and blue should be the same size but they are not, which means I may not be able to use them in this project.  I cut the inner strips narrower on one block and wider on the next one.  Obviously, I have not been paying attention to what I'm doing.  My deadline is looming.....

Design Wall Monday

Drop by Judy's at Patchwork Times.com  to see what others are creating this week.

Design Wall Monday

Whoa....I just realized it is Monday today.  It is an absolutely beautiful day this Monday morning.  The sky is a brilliant blue with not a cloud in the sky.  I should be out walking with my little dog rather than sewing but I will show you what I've been working on the last few days.

DWM Surprise  Oct. 19, 2015

I have many more to make to complete the surprise, so I need to get busy.  I am finding that it is not a good scrap buster, because each strip is cut at one inch wide and the blocks are only 4" or 4.25" or 4.5" square.
The different size blocks do not matter.  That's all I'm saying for now.  Stay tuned for next week to see more in progress.
Be sure to hop over to Judy's Blog at: Patchwork Times.com   to see what other quilters are working on making this week.

Bear Paw Blocks

So far, I have completed (2) Bear Paw blocks for someone in need.  Each block measures 14 1/2".  With 12 blocks, the quilt will measure 42" x 56" without sashing.  Looking forward to seeing how the quilt turns out.

14 1/2" Bear Paw Blocks

Design Wall Monday

Saturday's Guild Meeting was fantastic.  We had a small Quilt Show of (4) quilt tops.  In August, everyone brought in Orphan Blocks that would probably never be included in a finished quilt.  Our members worked on designing several quilts at the August Guild meeting and several took the designs home to complete.  Judging in October was based on Viewers Choice of our members.  All participants received a package of fat quarters.  The finished tops will be completed by our local Sewing Group and donated to local charities.

Winner of the Orphan Block Quilt Challenge

My cousin, Karen just happened to be traveling back through Tennessee on her way back home to California.  Since she was in town, she came to visit our Guild and had a wonderful time visiting and has plans to find a local guild to join where she lives.

Karen is just finishing up a 6 month adventure in her RV and has already logged 18,000 miles.  She's been
stopping along the way to see all the sites she has read about through the years.

Cousin, Karen (L) Guild Banner (C) Nancie (R)

Wanda from  Old South Fabrics just happened to be scheduled for a Trunk Show, so we were able to see
many new Moda Fabrics and designs.   Since her website has so many wonderful pictures of quilts and fabrics,  I will just let you take a look.

Here is what's on my design wall for this week.  With all my growing fabric stash, I decided I'd better make better use of my AccuQuilt Dies and cut some fabric for a Bear's Paw Quilt.  I'm making it a controlled scrappy quilt.  Stayed tuned until next week......

Until then, stop by Patchwork Times.com, to see what others are creating....

1st Block of Bear's Paw Quilt