March UFO #APQresolution

This is a pillow I made from a sample block for a large quilt.  The quilt was being made from a limited number of French fabrics, so I wanted to be sure my changes made sense and worked. The fabrics auditioned like the real ones and I continued with the quilt.  I thought I'd use the block for a pillow.  It uses the same border fabric and the cornerstones are some of the French fabric leftovers.

The pillow form is a little small but it does still make me happy.  I also love that this fabric was waiting to join the rooster on the front! I'm sure a chicken lover will love this pillow!

 

Planning for Spring Fling!

My annual quilting weekend is coming up!  We leave Thursday for Moultonborough, NH.

Guess what is there....

But I have to focus so I thought I'd write a little list (I'm in Maine and will pack Wednesday).

• Bernina 440QE & manual & feet & bobbins
• iron/board -beacuse I said I would
• some new magazines to browse
• Basic sewing equipment
• rotary mat
• rotary cutter
• rulers
• pins
• pencils
• seam ripper (I never need this (HA HA)

Projects to bring:

• Batik half squares (stash busting)
• Batik flying geese  (started last year from stash)
• Selvedge bag
• Placemats for a quick finish
• La Passacagalia   (maybe one or two centers)
• Fat quarters for game
• Sew together bags
• Strip project from last years fling

Clothing [the only trip where this doesn't hang me up!]:

• Pajamas
• Robe
• Slippers?
• 3 day change of underwear, socks
• 3 day change of shirts/sweaters
• a jacket or vest 
• mud season footwear (SNOW this weekend)
• toiletries - deodorant, shampoo, toothbrush/paste, hairbrush, moisturizers

Miscellaneous:

• snacks/evening drinks/coffee mug filled
• vitamins/meds
• ipad
• electronic cords (phone/ipad)
• extension cord (orange wheel)
• ott light for table 

Free Fall Quilt Along

I am a member of the 2017 New Quilt Bloggers and found a new pattern to do.

First, it fits into my goals of using up fabric that I already have.  In fact, I had been gathering my batiks to do a quilt with half square triangles and ran into this.  Funny thing, I was pulling a blue/purple combo from my pile and had a fall pile leftover.

Second, I needed a new project that excited me.  I have a lot of UFOs I am working on but was looking for something new.

Serendipity!  You can find the instructions for this quilt along at mmm! Quilts.  There is a button too on the right side of my blog.

I thought I'd link up to Sew Fresh Quilts and her Let's Bee Social Group today.

Scrap quilting

This is a project from the UFO list last year.   I had  some leftover flying geese and scraps from a Block of the Month quilt I made a few years ago.   I am making a table runner with it. I saw a pattern called "Elegant Runner" by Terry Albers in Fons & Porter's Easy Quilts, Fall 2012.  I put it in the bag with the scraps and this uses her pattern.  Of course, the dimensions are all different, but the idea is Terry's.

                  

Some lessons I learned:

1. There is never enough fabric in your scraps in the colors you need
2. Thangles can help you squeeze half square triangles ⬕ out of fabric that is too short to do it the normal way.
3. Keep on working with what you have

So far I have:

1. Flying geese assembled into four pieces with some border fabric
2. 4 stars made with thangles and
3. more scraps

The plan is to make the the 8" block be surrounded by some of the leftover fabric and maybe a black inner border to finish the table runner.   

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I follow a lot of people on Bloglovin' but haven't claimed my blog on this platform yet.

This is my attempt to do so.

Travel and exciting news

I was lucky enough to be in Palm Springs for a few days....  We traveled up Mount Jacinto and we blessed with this glorious view.  It has kept me a bit away from quilting.

But, the good news is I am in the 2017 New Quilt Bloggers group.  It is hosted by Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl, Leann @she can quilt and Beth @Cooking Up Quilts.  I am truly excited as I think it will help me focus on a few technical things I am missing, expose me to a group of new blogging friends and overall be fun!  I am really looking forward to getting to know the gang and learning some new things.  A big thanks to our hosts - this is a labor of love.