Design Wall Monday - Sept. 21

One project from last week saw a little progress, and hopefully that progress will continue this week again.  I want to finish the top for this one by the end of the month.

Kisses From Heaven is getting closer to being a flimsy, but there are still quite a few applique pieces needing to be added.  I've been taking this one slowly, just doing a little of the applique at a time.  I tend to hunch over my machine when blanket stitching, and then my neck and shoulders get stiff.  So, I'm just working on it in small increments.

The Saturday Sampler assignment for September shouldn't take long, and that will be another priority for this week.  The small Flying Geese section (far right above) is actually not done as traditional Flying Geese blocks.  They are just rectangles with triangles side by side. The parts are ready to go for quick sewing.  A few more of the little snowflakes for next month need to be ironed onto fabric and cut out as well. 

These blocks are nearly ready to assemble into a baby quilt top. Just a few more blocks to make. This one might be a good baby gift for the new baby coming to the extended family (great nephew's family) this coming spring.  Once it's a flimsy, I should work on another UFO or WIP, right?  Not sure I could possibly live long enough to finish all of the UFO/WIP projects around here.  But I'm trying anyway.

I'm in the mood to work on some holiday themed things for some reason, but also have a lot of UFOs that need attention.  So . . . maybe a Christmas-y UFO?  These gingerbread people blocks were in a project box. Christmas pillows?  Table runner?  Wall hangings? Several years ago we did a Saturday Sampler called Gingerbread Joy, which was a mix of applique and piecing.  I finished my quilt without using the 5 gingerbread people blocks in the pattern.  These are the only 2 I worked on at the time, and they were tucked into the project box along with all the leftover fabrics.  Time to plan something with these I think. 

I'm linking up today with:

https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/ 

https://songbirddesigns.blog 

RSC26 - Week #38

It was mostly in short bursts of time, but more purple came out to play this week.

Most important was getting the Who Found the Catnip block finished.  That middle kitty is the most fun, and nearly used up the little scrap I had left.  I'm in love with these blocks. 

OK - yes, I got totally carried away with the Tulip Swirl blocks.  There were so many pretty purple chunks in the scrap bag and I just kept cutting.  LOL  There is no plan yet for these 4" blocks, but they'll work nicely somewhere.  There are still a few parts and pieces in other colors laying on the design board, waiting to be sewn.  And there is a good sized stack in a small basket ready to become happy scrappy blocks.  

One Snail Trail block a day, and these 4 were finally done and off the design board they occupied.  The top lighter purple is actually a Halloween print.  The dark one here is a batik that looks kind of like corduroy. 

This second dark one is also a batik.  I'm actually surprised at just how much purple I have in my stash and in my scraps.  

In an effort to catch up with the Ticker Tape blocks, I got 5 red ones made this week.  That brings red up to the 9 I want for each color.  A 9th yellow one and 3 more pink ones also were added to the collection.  Since I want 9 of each - for now - I'll keep working on them.  There is a big collection of patriotic RWB Ticker Tape blocks too.

Let's go check out more Rainbow fun . . .

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Finished (or not) Friday

There are definitely no finishes to report for this week.  One of the downsides to not having lots of actual sewing time seems to be more time to think about projects.  My head has been spinning again lately with ideas about projects I want to make.  It has even been spinning around which UFO or WIP to tackle next.  All year I've been trying to work through fabric already in the stash, so here we go. 

I already had the squares and strips cut for this particular project earlier in the month, and then it got set aside - in real danger of becoming a UFO.  Shame on me!!  Yesterday morning I got half of the blocks sewn, and maybe today I'll get the rest sewn.  The Happy Block pattern is basically a 3-yard quilt, with the pattern being free to download from Maryquilts.com.  It's easy, plus it looks great totally scrappy or planned like this one. 

Notice - both of these center squares are actually pieced because I cut a few of them wrong. Oops!!  But once it's quilted it will be fine. 

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Noses on snowmen

I finally got some extended sewing time yesterday, and it felt so good to work on multiple things.  And not feel rushed, which was a bonus.  

First things first, I made 2 different Double Sawtooth Star blocks for the Pizza Box Challenge.  These were fun.  I do think I like the lighter background better, but both are pretty.

I also worked on some purple blocks for Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but I'll keep those to myself until Saturday. The main blocks I finished were the 12" Snail Trail - in purple. 

Then I was able to get back to working on Kisses From Heaven again finally.  The large scarves were ironed on, and blanket stitched.  The small noses were next.  And maybe this morning I'll get the bigger noses done. That will leave smiles on the snowman heads and lots of laser cut snowflakes. 

Double Sawtooth Star

Sigh, it has been slow going in the sewing room.  LOL  A few minutes here, an hour there - that is how my sewing is going so far this week.

My 30s version of this month's Pizza Box challenge block is done.  This is the 7th block in our series.  I do have some fabrics chosen for a couple of the RWB ones our group is doing for Quilts of Valor, but no cutting has actually happened yet.  I'm hoping today will provide lots of sewing time finally.

Catch up time

Yesterday was a chilly rainy day, which is fine because we need that rain desperately.  It was a good day therefore to catch up on a bunch of things.  I had PT, stopped for a few groceries, and spent most of the afternoon working through a mountain of laundry and an overflowing email inbox.

Remember about a month ago I dug out a bin full of squares of flannel in baby prints, already sewn to denim backing.  I had planned to make a rag quilt many moons ago, but knew that just wasn't going to happen now days.  So I offered the whole stack, and happily was able to mail the box to gal who was interested.

Well, over the weekend, she sent me a photo of quilt #1 she has made. She said she was adding some of her own and working on a second one.  This just warms my heart to see that fabric used, rather than laying in my closet.

I did do a little bit of sewing on Monday afternoon, but have nothing to show for it quite yet.  Maybe today I'll get more accomplished.

Design Wall Monday -

There was no sewing at all this weekend, but I did cut one RSC block out, and did a little sorting of the blocks from the Sew Vintage group.  

The parts are all cut for the purple Catnip block, and this might be the first thing I do today because I'm very excited by these adorable blocks each month.  Right now I'm leaning toward using the Circle of Nine layout to assemble these into a quilt once I have 9 blocks made.  If I've counted correctly this is #8 as I skipped making one during the "pastel" month.

The Pizza Box challenge at Sew Vintage is really coming along.  The very first block of the challenge was this Floating Star, and we have 12 of them collected so far. So pretty! I think we can do a simple light colored sashing with RWB cornerstone plus a nice outer border.  Ella approves.  She spent the weekend with us along with the grandkids.  

Block #7 was introduced by Holly for this month.  This one is a Double Sawtooth Star, and I can't wait to make them.  Holly gave me this block already, and it's really pretty.  I'm making my personal block in 30s fabrics, along with the RWB version for our group Quilts of Valor.

The Kisses From Heaven project will probably be the only other priority project for this week.  The scarves are stitched down on the smaller snowman heads.  The scarves are ready to iron on and stitch down for the bigger heads.  The noses and smiles are fused and trimmed so they can be added next.  And there are a bunch of laser cut snowflakes to add.

I'm linking up today with:

https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/ 

https://songbirddesigns.blog