I bought these African fabrics years ago in the fabric market on Paris. I got the idea for using them this way from Malka Dubroski. It will have 9 blocks when finished and they are large at 18″.
I just need to decide on the background.
In the mean time, I have made a few more log cabins.
Until next time…
Here is my quilted, bound, and washed quilt for the March SmallTalkQuilt challenge. We were supposed to use ugly fabrics but I think I love most of the scraps I used. Or maybe the uglies just look better set amongst the pretty bits.
I suppose it is the little ugly bits that make the rest look better. I like this. I believe God uses every scrap to make our lives into something beautiful. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” If things are rough and not looking good, hang on, take a step back, at some point you can look at that ugly patch surrounded by the pretties and it will all make sense.
And in other scrappy news, here is another little project that could be a block a day for March:
This little log cabin block will be 4″ finished. It is paper pieced and each block takes a while to make. We’ll see how big this gets.
Until next time…
I am linking up with Judi at Patchwork Times for design wall Monday. Here is what I am working on today:
This is my sample block for my next QOV. I have the pieces cut for the rest of the blocks also.
I have also started working on my March challenge quilt for the small quilt talk group.
I will probably finish this one tonight.
Until next time…
ETA Cheryl asked what size triangles, in the scrappy piece the triangles are 2″ finished. The QOV block above has 3″ finished triangles for a 15″ block.
The wedding shower for Daughter #1 was today so now I can show you the completed quilt.
I used all Denyse Schmidt fabrics. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. The blocks are quilted with a meander with words included. I literally stitched my prayers for the happy couple into this quilt. Here is a pic of the happy couple:
Until next time…
Okay, so I finished my block a day February project. The spray chalk worked well and washed out completely. However, it revealed my truly awful machine quilting in the borders. Yuck!
In the interest of full disclosure, here it is, wobbles and all. And there are worse spots. Oh well. I hung it up anyway.
Onward and upward. I could have done a much better job on my domestic machine but if I never practice, I won’t get any better at the mid-arm machine. I think there is a lesson in there somewhere.
Until next time…
I have just joined a yahoo group that is focused on machine quilting with short, mid, and long arm machines. I am hoping to learn a lot! Anyway, we were discussing frames and so I am posting pics of my frame here. It is a SuperQuilter 16 according to the manual. I bought this used with my Hobby Quilter last summer.
It sits on an 8 foot banquet table. It isn’t wide enough to quilt a queen sized quilt and so I hope to upgrade to a bigger frame in the near future.
Until next time…
Does this look familiar?
My dear daughters had this made from a picture of one of my quilts!
How cool is that? I love the tin it came in too! They sure surprised me this year. I have a big party here this weekend but Sunday evening it will be puzzle time!
…but I got the borders on and the border marked for quilting.
I used a new to me product for marking.
I found this a while back at Tuesday Morning, one of my favorite stores. Basically it is chalk in a spray can. I used scrap paper to mask areas where I was concerned about overspray. It went pretty quick and is very easy to see. I hope my quilting looks as good as the marking!
This morning I got it loaded into the frame. I hope to quilt some during my breaks from carpet cleaning. Yuck!
Until next time…
I had a wonderful weekend! I spent pretty much the whole weekend celebrating my birthday. My dear husband and BFF, Mark, bought me a Kindle Fire!
We went out to eat on Saturday and got takeout last night. DH is getting ready for a business trip to China and I got a lot of sewing done
While watching Foyle’s war episodes I completed this quilt:
I was convinced that I wanted feathers in the borders but no matter what I tried, my markings wouldn’t show. So I chalked the spine and free handed the feathers. As you can see, they don’t show either!
Oh well, I know they are there! I am happy with how it turned out.
Until next time…
I bought some new dies for my studio cutter and couldn’t wait to try them out. I joined the Small Quilts yahoo group to make one little quilt a month. Yes, these two things are related! I joined in February and finished my little quilt on time. Kathleen Tracy, founder of the group, casually mentioned that we could still do the January quilt…..
No, no, no…..too much on my plate.
Well, maybe just a small 4 block sawtooth star….I could try out new dies and make a January quilt.
I was watching Foyle’s War and the episode wasn’t over after finishing the first few blocks. So…..
Um, yeah….
