Thursday, March 18, 2021

Wash Rinse repeat!!! I'm on shuffle!

 Anyone else find themselves 

with a favorite pattern they repeat?

I don't think I am in a time loop but I have at 

least 4 patterns I like and repeat just because they 

are fun and beautiful, very good reasons!

Also, I make them for myself but someone

always seems to have a quilt worthy occasion.

Weddings top the list , but also :

 new houses, babies, degrees, and birthdays.

First one,  Green Log Cabins. 

I've made this one 3 times and once as a 

baby quilt. 






Next up , one I call a Lattice block, found in 

a McCall's Quilting (by Ann Weber) .




Two queen size and three baby sized!

I still have about 2 rows worth of blocks 

left so when I need some sewing fun, I may make another!

It is such fun to look at ! It showcases 

beautiful fabrics so nicely!


Then a really fun strip rainbow bed quilt.

three times queen sized , a variation queen 

and 1 baby quilt. 









The patterns are just so much fun! 

I always have a few blocks left over so 

I just make more blocks and do another quilt!

The quilts don't live nearby or together so I feel just 

fine spreading out these beautiful patterns. 


The last repeater ( or the last I will admit to!!), 

is the stretched star!

I made one for my sister when her son was born. 

I was home for a visit and it was on a bed, 

looking very rough and well used. 

What a great result! 

Loved and used to the end. 

The blocks were 4 inch square!

She will probably get this remake for her 

birthday.  We can hope it get as well loved 

as the last !


I think I will keep repeating
 the patterns that I love . The endless
variety comes from the fabrics so they
will never be the same. 
Stay safe and sew on !

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Just do it!

 Great day for getting things done!

Have some great flowers and  had a great pie on pi day!



Spring is in the future and the sun is shining!


Sunrise!


I have all the greens cut for my Lady of the Meadow, 






decision made on background ( mixed scrap whites)



and three baby quilt enveloped and ready for finishing!













Woot woot! Moving on up!  

Some day motivation just hits you with the sunshine. 

Could be because I am finally feeling rested after my bout with

stomach flu but I am very inspired to

 Sew on today!


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TGIFF






Tuesday, March 16, 2021

To Do #1 March 16


I am joining the weekly To-Do Tuesday

 Linky Party hosted by Chris at ChrisKnits!

I think I have found my people!

I do love a list!

I just stumbled across a group of weekly list makers

so I am on board with that! 

Here is my list for this week!

I am pulling it right from the list on my phone

   

 ~Sandwich the purple coin quilt__

~Sandwich the pink, 1, 2 and 3!  ___ 

~Start a Green braid __

 

Here are a few pictures of the 

supplies for this endeavor! 

The pinks:





Strips for the Green Braid 


Purple coin flimsy for layering


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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Trio of Pink! Sew much fun!

 Ever have a day that was just fun?

Well, yesterday was one!

I had pulled out a box of pinks last week. 

for some baby quilts. 



I had a great time making string units

last week.


Yesterday, they got assembled! 

Three cute little pink items

are ready for backing! 










So today being my "day of personal choice"

(one day a year you can do what you choose-Birthday!)

I am digging into green to make myself a 

big old green bed quilt!



 The RSC 2021 color for 

March is green for spring 

and it is one of my favorites!  

I have 3 designs in mind.  

A basic braid for my random width strips, 



Texas braid for 2 inch strips , and a 

Lady of the Meadow from my chunk pile . 




It is really the Lady of the Lake pattern but 

since it is going to be green , 

the meadow will be a better name. 

Wish me luck and help me enjoy my day!


Stay safe a sew on !


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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

I'm all out of love , Log Cabin!

 Wow this has been a long time in coming.

This circular Log Cabin has been

waiting for completion for almost three decades.




Notice the trendy dusty hues and rosy pinks. 

It was a class I took when I first started quilting.

Not paper pieced, just a curved log cabin done by 

measuring and trimming each block.



There were no fabulous rulers back in the day . 

 I must say it waited so long because I'd gotten bad advice,

and really began to dislike this project!

As a new quilter, when my blocks

were turning out too small, I was advised to

take an 1/8th inch seam to make

the blocks the correct size.

Needless to say I was plagued by a lot of

pulling apart seams and

eventually just put the project away.

You may notice safety pins here and there.

Every one marks an open seam that

needs repaired. I am not out of the woods

yet on this one!



As it was on my UFO list and

I'm trying to catch up with the help of

Wednesday Wait Loss and UFO Busters,

it needed to be completed.


I had it long armed,

did the  binding by machine

and made a label.




Now it's only waiting to have all the little seams

that pulled apart repaired

before it can achieve its final goal

of being placed on a bed.

Yay progress!



I even fell back in love with

this pattern when I saw it laid out in

the sun! I may come to love this quilt

again!





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Sunday, March 7, 2021

I still love greens!

Trying to let the RSC 2021 assist me in 

taming my scraps.

A toddler and a noodle brought me 

down . I missed my first sew day 

after someone fed GP a noodle and

everyone got the stomach flu!

Anyway, I still love greens!!!

I have made a bunch of green log cabins, 

but I many make one more for myself. 

I also discovered the Lady of the Lake 

pattern while spending couch time resting. 

It looks like a pineapple so I may do one in 

all greens for this months mission!  

I think I have enough greens! 



Can't wait to get sewing!

I even have a heap of pinks to finish up

from February! 

I finished the heart quilt.



All the scraps got sewn up

on Friday Night with Friends, so

3 more crib quilts are on the way. 






Stay safe and sew on !

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Friday Nite with Friends

 My first Friday nite with Friends, 

Sew in , Get going, Tame those scraps

got off to a great start!

I need a few baby quilts and 

have some scraps that are perfect 

for little girls. I can see the joy of 

precuts!


I have a whole box of these
 left over from the

I rediscovered this small yellow coins,
and now I have a direction. 






I sewed up all the bits left that
were about 7" long. 


 I cut  off
the extra with quick scissor snip
and put those back in the box.


Then trimmed up my sets 
to 6 inches.  I tend to trim to the
width of a favorite ruler unless
I am sticking to a strip 
pattern. 



Notice the narrower set? 

I went back to the box and 
sewed up all
the cutoffs too!

So not a bad evening!
I finished with enough strips for
three crib sized pink quilts!
I may embellish with an applique
or some fancy gifted lace  pieces 




to spice them up!

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