FINISHED PLAID BRICKS QUILT

I made the binding yesterday. I auditioned several colors and settle on a Kona Stone. Today I sewed it onto the Plaid Bricks quilt.

It's done!  

SNOWBALL PROGRESS

 I've been working on my Snowball top that was started in Sherri Lynn Wood's Improv That Block Squad workshop several weeks ago.

It's been slow progress.  I've only been inspired to work on one row at a time.  

Here's how it looks at this time.  

LOG CABIN AROUND DONE!

 This is finish #6 for the year!  

I got the quilt trimmed and bound today.  It's done.

It is made from strips found in my Gold/Brown and Purple scrap buckets.  Didn't make much of a dent in the Golds or Browns though.  

THE SPIDER WEB BLOCKS ARE A TOP

I got all of the Spiderweb blocks made and had enough for a 7 by 9 block setting.  So, with the odd number of columns and rows I went with the diagonal setting so I wouldn't have a half of the pattern on the side and end.  

This top is 63" by 81".

NEW LOOK FOR SPIDERWEBS

 I made more Spiderweb blocks and as I squared them to the correct size I put them up on the design wall in a different configuration.

DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION

 I squared up the blocks on one side and then put them back onto the design wall in a different configuration.

Here's how that looks.  Now I need to make a bunch more blocks.

CHURN DASH SO FAR

 I've been enjoying working on the Churn Dash - making more blocks, moving them around, finding the best place for them.

This is how I'm leaving them for now.  Although, I might still move some.

GETTING BOLDER

 I decided to go ahead and sew together that bold yellow section.  At this point I'm liking it and it will stay.

I got to work on the next row, too.  Bigger pieces.

Then it's back to re-organizing those scraps.  There is no end to the scraps - the more I sew them together the more I make.  

LITTLE MAT

 I finished the little scrappy mat I made the other day.

I hand-quilted it in straight lines in the big-stitch style.

AROUND THE CABIN

 Went around and around the Log Cabin today, adding more strips.  

KEEP ON DASHING

I've made a few more Churn Dashes.  More to make.  Lots of scraps to use up.

 

TUESDAY TO-DO

 I was expecting to make this week's improv block today, but Cheryl had something come up and postponed it until tomorrow.

So, I was straightening the studio up a bit and ran across a container of strips I'd sewn together into very long strips.

I started sewing them together in a Log Cabin style.  I just kept going round and round until Jelly insisted we go in for dinner.

I can see doing this until it's a bed quilt.  

WEEK 39

 Cheryl wasn't quite ready for today because she's in the middle of moving her studio.  So, she had us make a block using our scraps.  For this week's Quilters Playcation 2024 she made some small 'rainbows' and set them in her background.  I decided to do something a little easier.  I used some bigger chunks of scraps that were already sewn together and created a 'band' of color set in my Kona Snow background fabric.

I'M SO BLUE IS DONE

 I got the quilt I'm So Blue (formally known as the Blue Slabs) trimmed, binding made and sewn on and now it's done!  I used that African fabric with the bright orange hexagons for the binding. 

I'm really enjoying making these scrap quilts.  And, it feels good to clear out some of old fabrics from the stash.

I'M SO BLUE IS QUILTED

 I finished the quilting on I'm So Blue, formally known as Blue Slabs.  I had nothing but trouble with the program for this quilting pattern.  But, I got it done.

I trimmed it and made the binding and sewed it onto the backing and  plan to roll it onto the front and finish it tomorrow.  Stay tuned.

QUILTING BLUE SLABS

 I've been quilting on the Blue Slabs project - which I have renamed "I'm So Blue".  I'm using a computer program that looks a bit like a Baptist Fan pattern.  I've always liked the look of that.

It's almost done. Just a couple more passes to make.

FLOATING THOSE SQUARES

I think I've finally figured out how to do Sherri Lynn Wood's Floating Squares.  I'm using those Aqua squares I cut out the other day and some yellow Art Gallery fabric.

It's a lot of fun, too!

 

BLUE SLABS TOP

 I decided I had to push forward and finish the top of the Blue Slabs.  I've been spending the last few days working on them.  Today I got the last of it done.

It's a top!  And, it needs a name.  And a backing.  And a label.

Tomorrow...

SORTING THE BLUES

 I sorted the scraps that remain in the Blue scrap bucket.  There were a lot of small bits.  So, I sewed some together and ended up with two Log Cabin type blocks.

There's still lots of littles left.

WORKING ON BLUE SLABS AGAIN

 In a glaring act of procrastination, I got out the Blue scrap bucket and started making more blue Slabs.  It was great fun for a while - until I started sewing the them together.  They are pretty much all partial seams.