Design Wall Monday

Greetings--It's another beautiful spring morning here in Tennessee.  My Iris are blooming in several different locations in my yard.
This morning, I'm working on a scrappy strip quilt.  Again, in an attempt to use up some scraps, which I am beginning to realize cannot be done.  The scraps generate more scraps as I sleep.  Here is what I have so far.
The appliques were given to our Sewing Group by Lisa.  Lisa had die cut hundreds of different shapes and colors.  In downsizing her appliques, she gave the bulk of them to our group.  Thank you, Lisa!!!

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I need to get ready to go and sit with my friend, Charlotte this afternoon.  Karen will be there also.
Charlotte's husband is going to the Dr.

My goal is to finish this top this evening, so I can take it to sewing tomorrow.  Beige strips will go in between  the columns of strips.  My first strip on the left looks crooked or curved, which means I cut it wrong or
sewed it wrong, so I'm not too excited about added the other strips.

Looking forward to seeing what my fellow quilters have designed this last week.
Check it out at:   Patchwork Times.com 

Design Wall Monday

Yesterday afternoon, I finished my "I Spy the Bunny" scrappy quilt top for Project Linus.  It has 30 blocks, each measuring 8" square with 1" sashing.  It's very "busy" but has many different fabrics to see.  I started it in spring 2015, so I'm glad to have it done.

Hop over to Patchwork Times.com and see what others have created this week.

Design Wall Monday

Last Tuesday at Sewing we sorted squares cut 3.5" to be used for Project Linus quilts.  We had over 500 squares and ladies were cutting more and more.....   I chose to make a quilt top measuring 42" x 54" and using (32) 6" white or white printed blocks and (32) 4-patch blocks.  Here's what I came up with for my quilt top.  Our goal was to "not" use the same 3.5" squares twice.  I'm not sure if I managed that or not.

Project Linus Quilt Top

Since I still have more 4-patch blocks sewn and ready to go, I hope to make another top.  The next one I plan to use a 4-patch and then a rectangle cut 6.5" x 12.5" inches and another 4- patch.  The quilt top should measure the same finished size of 42" x 54".  We will see how that goes and I'll let you know.

For now, skip over to Judy's Blog to see what other quilters have created:    Patchwork Times.com

Design Wall Monday

As I was looking for another project, I discovered a stack of  fabric pieces of a rabbit sitting and posing on different colored balloons.  Four blocks measuring 8.5" square had already been completed and posted on my Blog on DWM March 9th, 2015.  Yes, an entire year ago.  These were from my Sewing Group and I must admit, I'm a little embarrassed that I let an entire year go by without finishing this quilt top.

So, yesterday I got busy and starting sewing different fabric strips around the rabbit fabric pieces.  I had to keep digging through the scraps trying to find fabrics that were bright that a child would enjoy.  Needless to say, now I have a bigger mess.  Our Project Linus Day is coming up in mid May, so we are trying to get as many tops completed and ready for sandwiching with batting during the month of April, so we can sew them up in May.

Here's a couple of pictures.....  On the left, 4 blocks began in March 2015

Project began in March 2015

10 blocks complete at top and others in process

Today is a beautiful spring day and quite warm at 80 degrees with flowers blooming and nice blue sky.
Here are a couple pictures of the pansies I discovered on the town square.

 Stroll on over to   Patchwork Times.com  to see what others are creating this week.....

DWM Selvages

My Selvages quilt top is complete.  It took lots of selvages but my bucket appears to remain full of selvages.  It barely made a dent.  I hope to use up the rest of my selvages by making some postcards and stationery.  I'm happy with the way the quilt top turned out.

This afternoon, I did my weekly sewing homework by making drawstrings from partially completed bindings to be used for Bags of Love.  Our Sewing Group completed 115 "Bags of Love" over the past two weeks.
My contribution was to make pockets for the bags, which I enjoyed doing.

My next project will be to complete the (3) UFO's that remain in my UFO pile.  I have also promised several quilts that need to be designed and completed, which includes a Quilt of Valor.

Selvages Quilt Top completed 03/28/2016

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DWM-Selvages

This morning, I woke up to beautiful sunshine and 34 degrees.  Yesterday, after church, I began again on my Selvage Quilt.  At the present time, I have it in (2) sections, so it will be easier to work with while attaching the top and bottom borders.  Also, I'm planning on added 4 corner blocks with additional turquoise fabric in some type of design.  I haven't figured that part out yet.  I'm really excited about how it has turned out so far.
Last week, I sorted my selvages, so that all the longer pieces are together and the shorter pieces are now in another container.  It makes the sewing go much faster.

My goal was to use up all my selvages.  I don't think I will be meeting my goal since I still have lots of selvages that remain in my container.

Here's what I have so far....................................

Selvage Quilt in the making

Skip on over to   Patchwork Times.com  to see what others have been working on this past week.

DWM-Fabric Journal

Amazing....I'm actually posting on Monday.  My first photo is a new project that I've been wanting to start for quite some time.  A Fabric Journal with samples of different techniques or ideas to try.  I'm using two books as reference.

Reference Books

I have used Fabric Picture Books for quite a few years. They are great for children using many different fabrics with images.  With these books, I let the fabrics speak for themselves.

The Fabric Art Journals book by Pam Sussman is more about ways to make a creative Art Journal using all types of fabric and embellishments.

I decided to start by making my journal covers first.  I was so excited to get going, that when I cut and sewed the front covers together and began turning it inside out, that I realized I had not added any batting.  So, I had to take all my stitching out and begin again, slowly, thinking about what my next step would be.

Here is what I have so far..................

The blue and green leaf fabric will be for the spine of the book and the inside of the front and back covers.
The house fabric was a piece of upholstery fabric that I liked but I don't remember where I found it, since I've had it in my stash for over 7 yrs., just waiting for the perfect project.

The house to the right, I have begun quilting with the walking foot around the outside of the house and roof in green thread.  The right side will be the front cover.

The house on the left will be the back cover and I plan to have that house in a different color--maybe rose or pink.

I don't want to spend too much time on the covers right now, because I can't wait to get going on what will be inside the book.  I want to use selvages, beads, ribbons, different piecing techniques, different block patterns, different threads, applique, photo transfers, fabrics, etc.

I'm excited to see what others have been creating this past week at: Patchwork Times.com