I spent the afternoon digging in the scrap bins for yellows for February's RSC color of the month.
Here is my 5 blocks plus 2 crumb blocks. I try to restrain myself to only one RSC project this year UNTIL all the previous years blocks turn into quilts. There are several, maybe as many as 10 .
I'm Linking up with Angela of Soscrappy today and with Cynthia for Oh Scrap on Sunday. Be sure to visit these sites to see what other quilters are sharing this week.
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I'm linking up with Denise at For The Love of Geese for this months link up. Be sure to visit there to see who else is joining in this Tree of Life project.
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I began this challenge without a specific plan. I went to the stash shelves and pulled out a pretty print, not alot of it so I thought to use it up and pull some fabrics that compliment. Due to indoor lighting, it may look a tad harsh with the burgandy and bronze metallic.
So I made 4 placemats 14 x 19 ( one is hanging on design wall). See next months' challenge fabric peeking in the upper right corner.
I showed restraint in choosing patterns for my RSC 2021 projects ----- only ONE , so far !! I have some baskets of scrappy strips, 1-1/2" and 1" trimmed. Hoping to use these up and empty baskets is why I chose this log cabin style block for my project. I have to give credit to Cynthia of Oh Scrap for shining the light on this block for me.
So I have a partial layout plan in EQ, subject to change at any time. Here are my 5 pink log cabin style blocks and did some leader/ender style stitching with these pink crumb blocks, which will be the center of some other block designs in the future.
Be sure to visit these sites to see what other creative quilters are sharing this week.
In the meantime, I haven't done any machine quilting yet all month so that is what's on my agenda for the coming week.
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I'm still pluggin away at this project - only 7 paper pieced blocks per month. I am doing miniature 3 inch finished blocks. My biggest challenge seems to be remembering which fabrics are for what on the color chart. Seems to be confusing every month. I made a few notes which i hope will get me thru.
Here are my December blocks ..........
I'm linking up with Denise at For the Love of Geese. Be sure to visit there to see what other quilters have created with their project.
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I've been busy sewing, cutting, sewing, and lots more cutting. I had 3 new RSC projects for 2020, they have joined the unfinished groups of RSC projects from 2019,, 2018 and maybe ??????
While cutting, I did cut for one of my 2020 projects, I call this block a double pinwheel. It might more properly be termed as a friendship pinwheel. At any rate, I was doing 3 blocks in each color, for a 30 block quilt. I will have to doodle in EQ to see if I want a narrow sashing between the blocks or not. Either way, they make a nice alternate pattern too.
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Saturday - soscrappy (superscrappy.blogspot.com)
Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
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My Joyful Journey: TUTORIALS (bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com)
Canuck Quilter Designs - Tutorials
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Here is a photo of my November blocks for the Tree of Life project offered at
Tree of Life QAL-Free - (fortheloveofgeese.com
I am making them miniature size with each finishing at 3 inches square.
I'm sharing my progress with Denise at For The Love of Geese. Be sure to visit here to see who else is sharing their project.
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I was recently inspired to make the Good Dogs Too panel into a lap quilt. I would have preferred a rectangle shape, but square it is ............ 52 x 52.
It is quilted with the serpentine design in a cross hatch, just to keep it simple. I didnt have the energy to FMQ around all those elements. It is backed with a fabric that says "sisters forever" in purples and navy. Since it is not backed with a fleece, I used a puffy poly batt in between.
Here is the back .................
I've been taking photos with my IPhone but when i enlarge them, they are a bit fuzzy. Maybe I should go back to using the camera and see if I can improve on the details.
In the meantime, I'm joining these wonderful linky parties this week. Be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing this week.
Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.
http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html
https://zeit-fuer-patchwork.blogspot.com/p/anleitungen.html
https://patchworkangela.blogspot.com/p/anleitungen.html
https://www.ellisandhiggs.com/category/tutorials/ 3 pages
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This project is a ruler quilt along with Angela Walters. It is worked on a pre-printed panel. I added a couple borders and a flange for a final measurement of 58 x 72. I enjoy these challenges that have weekly progress. You can find all the info for this project at
Here is my finished quilt. I used a poly batting, Glide threads on top and bottom line thread in the bobbin.
Here is a photo of the back, it is a gray and white print. I usually love seeing the back of the quilt to see the whole picture of the quilting, but it's not showing up very well. It's still a cozy quilt to gift to someone special.
I'm joining these linky parties this week. Be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing today.
Time to share a pic of October's blocks for my miniature Tree of Life project. This project is led by Denise of For The Love of Geese website. Don't let 'miniature' scare you, it was my choice to make it that size. Denise is sharing the project in full size.
So, here are my 7 blocks for October.
I lost track of my number of quilts 4 kids. My record keeping has been sliding behind this year. Not for lack of time, maybe ambition or accountability.
I was anxious to try out a new set of quilting rulers, so I went to work on this kit that was cut way back in winter of 2018. I do not find it pretty, especially for a child, so I will toss it in the back of the car for emergency.
I chose 2 browns and a green /brown print because it seemed to be all I had to blend with the fleece backing, which is a green army camouflage. It measures 42 x 48.
This was a Stashbuster challenge a few years back, to turn your collection of charm squares into a finished project. I had a small collection of 3-1/2 inch squares, so I raided the scrap bins and made lots more 3-1/2 inch squares. I thought I would take the easy route and make it D9P style to cut, then set on point. Well, dont look for the areas where they didnt meet up properly.
So I got the top finished, backed it with a wide backing fabric and used Hobbs 80/20 fusible to sandwich the quilt Then hung it over a hanger which stayed in the laundry room for ........ ? at least a couple years.
When I set about to quilt it, none of the batting was fused properly. So I had to pin baste everything together. It is all FMQ with So Fine thread on top and bottom line in the bobbin. It came out very nice and I really like this scrappy quilt. It finished at 58 by 68.
and here is the back, a flowery print on white.....
I'm linking up with these great blogs this week. Be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.
Time to link up for the September blocks for the Tree of Life quilt along. I am doing the miniature version, 3 inch finished log cabins, easy when you're paper piecing.
I'm linking up with the Tree of Life creator, at For the Love of Geese blog. Hope I'm getting the right page HERE
https://fortheloveofgeese.com/log-cabin-tree-of-life-month-3-october/
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