I’m behind in last week’s sewing. I haven’t finished my Bloom block yet, and since it’s Sunday that means a new Splendid Sampler block came out. There are generally 2 schools of thought – start where you left off and catch up, or pick up with the rest of the group where they currently are…
Friends Around the Square – SS 8
I officially have more blocks in the Pat Sloan QAL than I do for the one with Bee In My Bonnet!
What’s wrong with this picture?
Measure twice cut once doesn’t apply when I cut 2 of each square when I only needed one. No I am not making a second quilt! However…I found out later that I accidentally turned the inside piece the wrong way – that’s not supposed to be a pinwheel! I’ll correct it at another time. The…
Quilting on the midarm
I have a habit, at least on patchwork, of quilting in cursive either words or phrases. I forget what all I “wrote” on my daughter’s quilt but it included her name, the year I made it; I had a house and trees and a little family that I stitched into it; there were hearts and…
Quilting the bargello
I finished the bargello quilt! I did some traditional quilting on it but also did a lot of cursive writing on it.
Snug As A Bug – SS 7
This block is our son to a “T”! Sometimes it’s hard to find him in his bed in the morning because there are toy bunny rabbits and bears – and a few other items in bed with him too! I end up having to toss the covers off of him to final find him underneath…
Focal Point – SS block 6
I think I’m getting better at picking out which fabrics work well together. That’s not just picking out colors that mesh well but also the pattern within the fabrics. I wish I had bought more of the lighter fabric; I think I only have a yard of it. This will definitey be scrappy! This one…
Bloom block 7
I think this is my favorite Bloom block so far; I am working on a patchwork quilt and I might add this to the bottom corner of the quilt as a surprise!
Simple Simon – SS block 5
The Simply Splended sampler is built on 6″ blocks. I’ve done large 14 inch blocks, I’ve done 8 inch blocks. This is the smallest and I’ll admit it – I thought about taking the easy way out on this block but I’m glad I didn’t. It would’ve been easy to just make a 9 square…
Happy Happy – SS block 4
Block # 4 for Pat Sloan’s QAL. Those little flowers are happy, happy and they are also tiny, tiny, tiny! Mine kind of remind me of the plural of amoeba, whatever that is. I’m still getting used to having accuracy on a 6 inch block. The original design is from Jen Kingwell .
Lots of Love – SS block 3
This 6″ block seemed positively easy after Wings! I enjoyed that one a lot actually. This one has significance for each one. The big heart represents my husband. The 2 to the right of it that are the same color and size represent our two children. Our little family wouldn’t be complete though without acknowledging…