Design Wall Monday - Oct. 21

 My design wall this morning holds my Saturday Sampler block pieces for this month.  I have the first 4 blocks made, and have the remaining 4 started.

The flying geese that make up the star points are done with the "4 at a time" method.  These have not even needed any trimming as they are so accurate.

Once I have the Saturday Sampler blocks done, I'm going to cut the parts needed for our next Sew Vintage group project.  I'll need a bunch of 2.5" squares cut from these fabrics to make a Christmas ornament when the group meets again.  

One of my goals this fall has been to make some of the kits I have purchased and set aside.  Those are the PIGs (projects in grocery sacks) that I've added to my UFO list.  This one is a small kit, made using the Lori Holt Spelling Bee book.  It should look very cute in my sewing room.

I'm working on some bindings in the evenings as well.  One is for a Quilt of Valor and the other is for a UFO kid sized quilt. And there will be at least a couple more of the blue/white Twinkler blocks added to the pile. 

I'll be linking up with Design Wall Monday today and Monday Musings.

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RSC24 - Week #42

It was another productive sewing week, including a little experiment for another possible future RSC project to play with.

I get regular emails from APQ, and last week the focus of one email was scrappy projects.  Two of those scrappy projects really caught my eye, and one of them was so awesome that I had to give it a try.  There are plenty more 16-patch units left over from the quilt using them in the center of Churn Dash blocks.  And there was a whole little bin full of HSTs already made too.  So how difficult could it be to use both to create the Make Your Point?  The trick is to spin those Pinwheels both directions so the blocks end up looking like they are set on point.  Wouldn't these make a cute doll quilt?  I love it.  And it will use up small units already made.
 

This mini quilt (13") is not exactly a scrappy project, as it was a new kit.  But each leaf has 4 different fabrics, and there were 4 different light neutral backgrounds used too.  I am definitely going to use this paper pieced pattern again - and make it from my scrap bins.

The Hunter's Star quilt top was all assembled this week.  I used a couple of batik layer cakes plus a black print for this one - in a RAINBOW of colors.  I love almost everything about it - except for the overall size.  It is currently 60 x 90, and looks too long and narrow.  I'm toying with a couple of ideas for making it wider, and have plenty of the batiks left.  I've ordered more of the black.  

I'm linking up with the RSC posts today . . .

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What's next?

 My first task today . . . cutting out this month's blocks for Saturday Sampler.

There will be 8 of these Sawtooth Star blocks for this month.  All of the blocks we've made for this year's Saturday Sampler have been 12" finished blocks, and all made with solid colors.  

I finished the flimsy for Hunter's Star on Thursday afternoon.  It's twin sized.  Looking at it now I'm debating about finding more of that black print in the star points to put an outer border on it.  

A binding for a Quilt of Valor is another project ongoing. 

Autumn Leaves

 Better late than never, right?  I normally write my posts in the evening and set them to post early in the morning.  I'm a night owl, not a morning person.  But this week I keep forgetting.  Oops!!

The Autumn Leaves mini quilt is all done, with the binding finished while watching Survivor last night on TV.  Each leaf has 4 different fabrics in it which really gives them some depth.  I kept the quilting simple so it was pretty easy to finish this up yesterday.  These little mini quilts (Shabby Fabrics kit) finish at 13" - designed to hang in the small metal display hangers.

Now, back to sewing rows together for Hunter's Star and making more Twinkler blocks.    

Mid-week already

There was a little sewing the past couple of days, along with running errands and a few household chores that needed to happen too.  Today I'm hoping for some extended sewing time.

Two rows of the Hunter's Star quilt top are assembled.  One more Twinkler block was sewn.  But all the pieces for the autumn leaves mini quilt are cut and organized.

Shabby Fabrics does a terrific job on the kits for these mini quilts - so well organized.  Not only are the fabrics generous, but they include handy little stickers to mark the pieces for each paper pieced section.  That is really helpful.

 

The red leaf has gone together very nicely.  I'm hoping today to get the other 3 leaves (brown, orange, gold) done too.  

Under the Pines finish and our social calendar

After a crazy busy weekend without any stitching time, it feels good to get back into a more normal routine again.  I do have a small finish to report from Friday afternoon . . .  

Under the Pines table runner is done!!  This was made with a kit purchased on a shop hop last summer, designed by Heather Peterson.  I left out the snowflake block in the middle of the pattern so it would fit on my dining table better.  It's all ready for Christmas.

It seems like weeks pass by with nothing on either of our "social" calendars.  I'm not even sure we actually have social calendars any more.  But from Friday evening until Monday morning we had a very full calendar.  Full and fun!

Friday evening was spent at a new restaurant in town with 2 other couples that we don't see often enough.  Wish I had some photos of us all to share, but we were too busy catching up - and eating.  

There is a picture of my enormous margarita however. When you need 2 hands to hold the glass, you know there won't be a need for a second one.  Delish!!!  I went home in a food coma I think.  And with enough yummy leftovers for my supper Sunday evening.

Bright and early Saturday morning I was on the road to meet up with a daughter and granddaughter for a road trip to a swim meet.  Dave was on the road to watch the other granddaughter in day #1 of a softball tournament.  I had a brief visit with the SIL and the grandsons before we left to drive to Sioux City.  Olivia swam well, winning her heat in 2 events . . . but I really don't have any photos.  I did video 3 of her 6 events for her. 

Then Sunday morning my husband and I were on the road (together for a change) at sunrise to go to day #2 of Sophia's fastpitch softball tournament.  Good thing we were both bundled up in layers because it was only 47 degrees when they started their first game.  Brrrr!!!  The girls won their first game, but then ran up against the #1 seed in their bracket and lost the second.  Again - no photos!!   I need to get better at getting photos of those grandkids before they are all grown up. 

Design Wall Monday - Oct 14

 After a busy, busy weekend I am moving a little slow this morning in terms of getting a DWM post written.  But my design wall has a couple of fun projects on it this morning.

The Hunter's Star blocks are all finished and ready to set into a quilt top.  So far they are sewn into 4-sies, and next step will be sewing them into rows.  This photo taken on Friday just doesn't do justice to the colors in those batiks.

There are 3 more of the Twinkler blocks cut out, so those will continue to progress this week.

And I have a paper pieced mini quilt to work on too.  This little kit is for an autumn mini to hang in the little metal frame.  

I'll be linking up with Design Wall Monday today and Monday Musings.
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