Owl Quilt is a Hoot!

A little owl quilt is turning out to be quite a hoot!

The strips of flannel were given to me in a bag of scraps

from one of the guild's charity groups. 

 

There was a wealth of blue and pink flannel scraps.

The little owls were part of a grab bag at a quilting garage sale.

 The mention of a quilt needed for a new cousin

by one of my DILs, made my brain

jump into action and the cuteness of the 

little owl print squares did the rest!

It came together right on the design wall,

with no written plan, so the spacing of the owls

is very random. 

It turned out well and now

the same is happening with the back.

A white strip of donated knobbly minky,

combined with leftover strips,

then widened with some leftover yardage,

and some more pink flannel strips,

are going together to make a nice pieced backing.

This top may or may not end up with batting

as the weight of the flannel and the minky 

could make it cuddly enough without a batt.

That will be decided at the pinning stage.

~~pin, pin, pin~~

This little quilt definitely needs a batting.

The different weights of the minky and the flannel

will be evened out by a batting.

Oh the pinning was fun!

We'll see the finished quilt in a few weeks!

It was definitely a hoot!

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A Border Too Wide

The last retreat did not produce a border for

the many strings quilt,

but it did  inspire a new quilt using the borders that were too wide .

Pinned up on the design wall it looked like this.

I had great plans to use the sew along 

leftover gold 2" strips

as sashing for this quilt,

but they weren't really making the colours pop.

So I started auditioning colours.

Just like Goldilocks,

the black was too dark

there's not enough of this green,

a bit too bright,

a lot too dark,

it's so hard to decide!

Finally, I found just the right one.

Some time was spent repairing the edges.

I'd forgotten to do the stay stitching and with 

the curing time it spent in the closet,

there were quite a few stitches that had come

 

undone just enough to require repair.

So what did I choose?

Green! (I found more)

Now I have another flimsy to pin!

I'll have to find some more pins!

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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Diamonds In the Rough

My year of making string quilts started out

with these lovely color family isosceles triangles.

The blocks are coming along nicely.

Smaller amounts of lovely greens and purples,

and yellow, blues and oranges.

Surprisingly, a large amount of browns, 

and the same amount of beige/white units!

Red seems to be the big winner!

They will end up in a few different tops.

It is possible that one will be completely blue,

with maybe a hint of yellow or green thrown into spice it up.

Maybe even black, which always makes the colors pop.

Blue is my largest scrap color 

so there are a lot more scraps to be sewn up. 

There weren't any gray strips lining up

to go into the triangle blocks.

The gray drawer in my storage bin,

has an abundance of strips so I may revise that,

 in order to add gray to one of the colors 

that's a little short on blocks.

That was my initial plan but a 

color wash top would be fun too!

The color piles were moved in to storage bins in 

the workroom to present a bit tidier look for zoom meetings . 

The tidy lightens up the mood too!

Stay Safe and Sew on

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Are Buttons a Stash?

 Stash -/staSH/   a store or supply of something, 

typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

So, does this meaning describe a supply of buttons?

How many of us have a goodly supply of buttons?

Do we keep it secret or hidden?

Time for confessions is now. 

Here is a tour of my button stash.

I am not a "buttoner" as  button collectors are known. 

I have buttons because people give them to me,

I find them, I put them all in one place. I have a weird

frugal idea that I could use them for something worthwhile,

be in  clothes or crafty items. 

Recently, my button supply has increased due to 

legacy buttons, and estate donations.

I even get some as surprises among sewing scraps!

There are many superstitions about buttons.

An odd number of buttons on a wedding dress, 

were supposed to mean good luck.

Sewing a white button with black thread was bad luck

and finding a button is lucky.

 The oldest button is about officially 5,000 years old!

I like to display some of my buttons

and every so often I need one.

Many of mine are kept in antique canning jars like this one,

or decorative tins.

More antique jars,

and some are hiding away with other items.

I have green ones, pink ones,

big ones and small ones. 

More in jars, 

and lots are in bags.

Some look like bones, and some look like bees.

Some look like cups!

Many are are hiding on shelves in little containers.

 

I don't count these, they're more like beads.

These are from Scottish highland costumes, 

so they have lots of memories.

This one is more like a bone than a button.

So, do I have a stash or a collection?



It is surprising how many I have

 when I track them all down.

There is even a Legacy Collection

that should get sorted and dispersed.

Have fun with your buttons!

Stay safe and button up!

Sew Along Tops Complete!

 Well, the time has come to show off

my two quilt tops from the

 Conquering Mount Scrapmore spring string sew along.

The total project was going to finish 96" square,

 which is a bit large for my liking.

When I halved the larger plan,

I had to make one extra square,

and redesign the border.

My goal was to end up with two rectangular 

quilts instead of one very large square quilt.

I finished off the sides with the 9 1/2" half snowballed rectangles.

This rectangle finishes off the secondary pattern of 

the light background square and 

closes in the second block of the set.

Two rectangular quilts were the goal so I elongated

the ends of the tops with some of the blocks 

produced in the sew along.

The piece diamonds looked good but I 

wanted to finish off a bit of the

Chevron pattern so the hourglass blocks were 

substituted out with a 3 1/2" half square.

All four corners received the solid colored square 

as per the original design.

The outside edge will get a yellow-gold binding or

the 2-in gold strip that I inadvertently cut too soon.

I should always remember never to cut 

the borders until the top is complete .

Final designs are always fluid.

Fall is definitely among us and sitting outside,

I managed to pick up a new lifer for my bird list.

A flock of Greater white fronted geese flew over.

(Stock photo by Derek Rogers NY , USA)

I wasn't quick enough to get a picture 

but they are pretty interesting and

their peeping type honk really gives them away. 

They seem to be a bit farther south than their normal range, 

but with changing weather patterns and an abundance of fires in

northern parts of Canada, it isn't surprising.

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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