RSC 2018 Yellow April

RSC 2018  April last Saturday yellow pieces.  I paper pieced this yellow to join the purple, blue and green. This block finishes at 11 inches. 


Worked on the circle log cabin.  The yellow strips are  cut 2 inches and the white pieces are 1 1/4 inches. Block is made with 4 9 inch units so the block is 18 inches.

I made the Arkansas crossroads that I continue to work on using only my scraps.  The block finishes at 8 inches. 

Tulip Quilt

I love snow days.  I have started a paper pieced project as part of the RSC 2018 Challenge.  Although I got the paper pieced template from Pinterest, I adjusted the size and decided on sashing with cornerstone in the middle.  The template was bare bones and had no directions/suggestions included.
I still need to make the light/lime green block from March. January blue, February purple and April yellow are done.
I used the method of paper piecing taught at a workshop taught by David Sirota Quilt Maven.  The technique is called "No More Tears" paper piecing.  He does workshops at many of the quilt shows in the East. Well worth the money I spent for the class! Delightful presenter.

Blocks measure 11 inches across.  Block units are right triangles with hypotenuse measuring 10 inches. 

Circle Log Cabin

 I got a late start on the RSC 2018 Challenge  this year because I was determined to finish RSC 2017 Challenge, a bear paw quilt that had to be hand quilted. Green, purple, blue, and yellow curved Log Cabin was made using Craftsy pattern from Log Cabin class.  Each block measures 16 inches and is completely done with scraps.  No yardage was injured in the making of these blocks.  There are 10 months to the challenge so I will have to figure out which color to repeat so I can create a 3 block x 4 block quilt. 

Fusion Quilt measuring

 approximately 36 x 42

Many very snowy days gave me the luxury of "playing" in my workroom.  This was inspired by a fusion quilt (I didn't know that was what it was called at the time) posted  asfusion quilt on Pinterest.  I used a Romantic floral layer cake from Keepsake Quilting. I cut these in quarters, sandwiched cotton batting and orphan floral fabrics and sewed around the edge.  Turned them right sides out, pressed, and blanket stitched around the perimeter with Aunt Lydia crochet thread .  The blanket stitch became the anchor for my crochet around the edge. 

 It was similar to making a Granny square.  The picture had crocheted flowers but after several tries I was dissatisfied with those flowers.  However, I did not like the way the four corners came together.  An art teacher who crochets suggested yoyos at the corner.  She suggested a button in the center but I felt this was just made the piece too heavy.

The pictures don't do this justice.  It is soft and flirty.   I am planning a second one at the present time but using the entire 10 inch layer cake pieces and quilting each of the blocks before blanket stitching them.  One with Kaffe Fassett fabric would give an entirely different look.