License plate fun

I've added 2 more license plate blocks.  The blanket stitching still needs to be done but the pieces are all fused down to the backgrounds.

There are about 8 or 10 of these license plates from last year's Row By Row Experience and I'm hoping to collect a few this summer too. I haven't decided if I make a wall hanging using just last year's plates or go for a bigger quilt and mix the years. This will be a WIP and it's kind of fun to just let the project evolve over time.

Row By Row progress

Sunday sewing found me digging into the Row By Row patterns and kits that I've been collecting. I have 2 rows made now. The top one is from The Pin Cushion here in Mitchell. The Corn Palace domes are featured, along with rain falling on corn stalks, and the end blocks are the lake.  The bottom row is from The Quilt Connection in Rapid City. Mt Rushmore, pine trees, and a log cabin block (with fussy cut center) are so appropriate to the area.

I have a few more to make and each one is so unique. There is a theme of water this year so each block has something in it that suggests water. And I've been collecting the license plates from the shops too so I need to decide how I'm going to use those.

Row By Row Experience 2015

If you haven't already checked out the fun Row By Row Experience going on at quilt shops all over the country . . . then it's time you do. http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com/  I stopped in at my local shop The Pin Cushion in Mitchell SD to pick up my kit and pattern, plus their license plate.  

The theme for this year is H2O (water) and the participating shops designed their own rows. Some are vertical but most seem to be horizontal.  The Pin Cushion designed a block with rain falling on corn, The Corn Palace domes, and 2 pieced sections for our lake.  I can't wait to visit a few more shops this summer and gather more row patterns.  I feel a road trip coming on.