This week my To Do list will include making the 1 block needed for this month's Saturday Sampler task.
Choosing the colors for this block was probably the hardest part. This will be a 15" block, and has pretty easy components.
Yesterday I cut all of the pieces needed to make the 12 star blocks for the 3rd week's prompts for the Quilt of Valor I'm working on with Alycia. I'm using just 1 background fabric (white), and just 1 blue. But the reds are scrappy as I try to use up some leftovers from other Quilts of Valor projects. I've already made the 12 blocks with white backgrounds and blue or red stars. These will all have white stars.
Working my way through some UFOs can be satisfying - IF I manage to move them to the finish line, or at least a quilt top.
Next UFO in line is the set of 12" blocks I made years ago in our Sew Vintage group using the Farm Girl Vintage 1 and 2 books by Lori Holt. At the time I made both sizes of blocks - 6" and 12" - see above photo. The small blocks became a finished quilt right away but the big blocks have mostly been laying in a project box ever since.
A year of so later, I pulled out a barn block and 8 animal blocks to make a quilt. This was the first project made using that Circle of Nine book that I used last week for a QOV. The spacers and borders on this layout are slightly different than my new QOV version. On a side note - do you see the Honey Bee block in there? I'm using that same block pattern for the RSC blocks I've been making in blue, green, and red so far.
But . . . there were still over 40 blocks waiting to become something. Now's the time!! Setting aside several food-themed blocks from the pile, I layed out these 30 so far. More rearranging is needed before I begin to sew anything together. And that still leaves all those food-themed blocks. Hmmmm . . . that means one more quilt doesn't it?
In between working on all of this there will be plenty more RSC blocks in red.
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9 comments:
I really like your circle of nine farm quilt. Did you think you’d end up with 4 quilts from making those Lori Holt blocks? As part of the RSC many years ago, I made broken dishes blocks from thrifted shirt fabrics and so far I’ve made two large quilt throws from them, have another one sewn in rows and blocks left for a small one!
You have a busy week planned with a good mix of the new and the old. I've worked through most of my sampler UFO projects. Those take forever to figure out how to set. You've got a nice selection to work from in the Farm Girl Blocks.
The Farm Girl turned out to the the sampler that keeps on giving!
I recognized the layout of the barn/animal quilt right away. I am sure the QOV from Alycia's pattern will be a good one. Your colors for Saturday Sampler are perfect;)
I'm enchanted by 'farm quilts - although I haven't made any....yet! Picking colors is my biggest challenge! I love it when a quilt shop has someone who knows their fabrics and can pull out options for me to look at.
it will be nice to work on something new and to finish an old UFO!
Love those blocks using the vintage fabrics!
What wonderful quilts you are getting from those blocks.
You are on a roll, Sara! I really love those barn and animal blocks and the Farm Girl ones as well. Have fun and keep on. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great week.
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