Friday, April 29, 2016

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-29-16



Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





a nice variety of tutes
http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/p/waverunner-tutorial.html

several tutes here too
http://www.bonjourquilts.com/tutorials/

tutorials here, translate option pops up for you
http://ivani-arteemcasa.blogspot.com.br/p/tutoriai.html

tutorials on multiple stitching venues
http://francenadeau.com/tutorials__instructions


Have a great weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-22-16



Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





some fun project tutorials
http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

tutorials and patterns
http://www.butterflythreadsquilting.com/p/free-patterns.html

some handy tutes here
http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

several tutes in the right sidebar
http://pinkadotquilts.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-and-white-crazy.html


Have a great weekend.  THanks so much for stopping by!

Monday, April 18, 2016

More Oranges and some Churn Dashes

My 4th RSC16 project is the Crayons quilt.  Here is the batch so far, including orange.



I also worked on some scrappy churn dash blocks.  I now have a bakers dozen.  It's a start.  I am not fast with these blocks, picking sets of fabrics from the scrap bins, cutting the pieces and making up the block.  I don't mind doing a few at a time.   I would not want to spend the entire week working on them.   A few a week is fine with me.  To every day, churn,  churn,  churn .........   there is a season, churn, churn, churn,   lol



I'm joining these great linky parties.  Be sure to visit there to see what other quilters are creating today.

                                                      Monday ..............  Patchwork Times

Tuesday ...................  Freemotion By The River
                           Quilt Story


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Saturday, April 16, 2016

RSC16 - A Bushel of Oranges

I've been working on all my RSC projects with orange this week.  I want to be caught up as the remaining 2 weeks in April are full of other commitments.

Where do I start?  I already shared my bearpaws last week... visit  HERE  if you missed it.

Here is the first 4 months of my modified Indian Hatchet.  I love this quilt design with all the scrappy strips and the drama of the black and white.  I must keep this one for myself!  If a family member drools over it too,  I will make another one.  The columns are not sewn together.  I want to decide the color placement after all the rows are made.



Next up is the Column Sampler.  I wanted my quilt longer, so in January I added an extra 9" block. Now I'm compensating all my 6" block rows by making 13 blocks and adding 3" of spacer strips.



Here is the orange buzz saw blocks before they were sewn into a column.



and here are my columns (not sewn together)




I'm off to work on the orange crayon row, plus  I've added another project to my rainbow challenge this year .... churn dashes.  They're so adorable and always calling to me.  

In the meantime,  I'm linking up with Angela at Soscrappy.  Visit there to see all the rainbow encouragement you can handle.  And on Sunday, I'll join the scrap party with Cynthia for Oh Scrap.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Friday, April 15, 2016

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-15-16



Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.




some neat tutorials
http://campbellsoupdiary.blogspot.de/p/tutorials.html

and some free patterns
http://campbellsoupdiary.blogspot.de/p/free-patterns.html

several handy tutorials here too
http://sassafras-lane.com/pages/tutorials

more interesting projects
http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

RSC16 Oranges - Bearpaws

Just getting into my orange challenge.  Here is the bearpaw block in all it's glory.



I pulled the prior monthly bearpaw blocks out of their box to get a group photo.  The lighting wasn't right and so the photo is not very flattering.



That's the best I can do for today  and so I'm joining these great linky parties.  Visit there to see what other great quilters are creating today.

Tuesday ............................  Freemotion By The River
                          ................        Quilt  Story

Wednesday ......................   Quilt Fabrication
                   ......................    Sew Fresh Quilts


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Friday, April 8, 2016

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-8-16



Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





Alycia shares some free projects too
http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2016/02/quilts-of-valor-february.html

a host of helpful tutorials
http://colorgirlquilts.com/category/tutorials

a nice variety of tutorials and patterns here too
http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thursday, April 7, 2016

CCQ # 30 - Baby Bargello

My 2nd finish this week is this little quilt I call the Baby Bargello.  It was quick, slick & easy.  I must make more.  You will find the free pattern here; scroll down to  "KISS"  aka  Keep It Simply Strippie  http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/2016/02/craftsy-sweetens-up-my-life-blog-hop.html


It measures 41 x 49.  You could easily make it larger by adding more beginning strips  or borders.  I backed it with a soft green print fleece.




Visit these great linky parties to see what other creative quilters are working on this week.

                                      Thursday  -  My Quilt Infatuation
                                        Friday    -        TGIFF


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

CCQ # 29 - 4 Patch Trip

I started this quilt top at our guild retreat last month.  It hung around here unfinished for a couple weeks.  Now trying to finish up loose ends of projects --- which could take all year.  I started with what was right in sight.

This little quilt measures 44 x 60.  I backed it with a light gray fleece and quilted with a soft, slightly curvy crosshatch lines.  Just finished the binding and it's ready for the washer.




Be sure to visit these great link - ups to see what other creative quilters are working on this week.

                                             Tuesday  -   Freemotion By The River
                                                                           Quilt Story

                                       Wednesday   -   Quilt  Fabrication
                                                            -   Sew  Fresh  Quilts
                                                            -      Esther's Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Friday, April 1, 2016

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-1-16



Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





some helpful tutes here and circle templates
http://www.fatquartergypsy.com/tips.html

plus some free patterns
http://www.fatquartergypsy.com/Free-Patterns.html

free patterns offered here
http://seamslikeadream.com/product-category/free_patterns/

some adorable mini projects
http://susanemory.com/little-lovelies/

and more free projects
http://susanemory.com/products/free-projects/


Thanks so much for stopping by.