I found a little bin of 2 inch cream squares. I decided to pair them with Civil War Repro squares to make four patches as a leader/ender project.
I used up all the solid squares and ended up with around 120 four patches.
I cut some triangles to put them on point.
I guess that is my next phase of the leader/ender process!
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I’ve finished my blocks! They were so much fun to make.
Now I’m trying to decide on the background blocks.
I’m not in love with any of these. Guess I’ll keep shopping in my stash. Have a great day,
I sorted all my pieces into block sets.
I even have over half sewn. They go together pretty fast.
So far, I’m not in love. Maybe I just need to get more blocks finished.
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I’ve had a quilt on my bucket list for a while and decided this FQ bundle should be perfect for it.
After my calculations, I decided I had just enough to make the quilt I wanted with pretty much nothing leftover. These are the dies I used.
I wasn’t quite as careful as I should have been and ended up piecing scraps together for a few pieces. That’s okay. I really did end up with nothing but tiny bits too small to keep after cutting!
I should end up with 42 ten inch blocks for a quilt that will be. 60” by 70”.
Stay tuned!
This month has flown by! I’ve been busy, busy with sewing, grands, and home stuff. I did manage to finish this for a friend.
I played with pixels.
Finished a little quilt, cut out earlier this summer.
Still thrilled with this little bit, made from vintage fabrics.
My favorite finish has to be this postage stamps quilt, called Pen Pals.
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There were several displays of guild challenges at the recent AQS show. Here are my favorites.
So much creativity! Have a great day!
It’s done! This was a very satisfying finish.
It’s been in my head for years and I’m glad I finally made it. The fabrics are all vintage.
This backing fabric came from the stash of my Great Aunt Celia. She died in 2016, just shy of her 100th birthday.
She never married after her fiancé was tragically killed in a boating accident. She was a school teacher. She built her own home and sewed her own clothes. She was quite stylish.
The binding fabric is from a vintage apron that was never finished.
I was going to get fancy with the quilting, but the quilt said, no.
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That’s my working title for this quilt.
I absolutely love this. It will be small, but it looks exactly like the picture in my head. I so love the vintage fabrics. It is inspiring me to finally cut into my feedsack collection.
I think I have about 50 different sacks in total, less than half are shown above. I need to find the perfect pattern to show them off.
Off to Pinterest! 😁 Have a great day!
I’ve wanted to make this quilt for a very long time. I even had most of the pieces cut! I finally buckled down and cut out the green background bits. It only took about ten minutes. I don’t know why I waited so long.
The squares are all vintage fabrics. This next photo shows where I’m headed here.
It won’t be a very big quilt, because I emptied my bin of these scraps. But I will be able to scratch this off the bucket list and I’m having a ball sewing this up!
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Can I be down and dirty, gritty and real here for just a bit?
Alycia from Quilts Girl got me thinking….. Actually, I’ve already been pondering some related things, but her post was a definite piece of the puzzle. She wrote a great post about finishing, or not. You can read it here. Go ahead, I’ll wait. 😊
I’ve been working on cleaning out my house lately. Mr. Wonderful and I would eventually like to downsize our Michigan home. I don’t want to leave a big mess for my kids to deal with down the road.
This means lots of sorting, donating, selling, pitching. It’s a big job. It’s hard. It’s messy. But I’d rather do this than leave it for my kids, not that I’m planning on going anywhere soon!
Clearly, my sewing stuff is a big category. I have been giving quilts away, and have more to part with. I need to pare down the herd of sewing machines and collectibles. (This one is not for sale yet 😊).
Alycia reminded me that one thing I can let go of, is finishing every project I have started. My kids are under no obligation to finish them either. Who made the rule that we have to finish everything? I will say that I do enjoy finishing most things, but I hereby release myself from the obligation of it. Big difference.
So, I’ve decided to put these away for now. Eventually, I might let them go altogether. I’ve given myself permission.
Life is too short to spend on things that don’t matter. And in the light of eternity, it does not matter if I don’t finish this little thing, but move on to something else more important or engaging.
And if my kids want to drop everything that’s left at Goodwill for another quilter to find, I’m good with that.
So, you all just got a little peek into the chaos of my head! I’m still processing, so if none of this makes sense, that’s my excuse. 😁
And if you have any tips or ideas regarding downsizing, please share!
Have a great day!
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