May's color for Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2018 is pink. I completed the pink circular (pom poms) log cabin and a pink Tulip design. The tulip design was from a Pinterest paper piece template. I had to enlarge it to be a workable size for me (11 inches). I decided to connect the triangles with a diagonal coordinating color and a yellow square center.
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
Friday, May 11, 2018
Lisa Audit floral stripe star quilt.
Finally finished my floral stripes star quilt. Stars are done with batiks. Each floral strip is about 5 3/4 inches wide. The unusual size is because that was the optimum width of the border print stripe. I loved this fabric designed by an incredible artist who happens to also design fabric - Lisa Audit. The fabric is no longer available. I didn't want to cut up this exquisite fabric so I featured in large vertical stripes. Quilt is 66 x 66. Great for watching t.v. on the sofa. I used coordinating batik fabric from my stash to make the stars. The star points were made from snowballing the end of the floral fabric. Binding is from leftover Arabella green purchased at Missouri Quilt. Handquilted.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
There was a discussion on one of the FB quiting groups about how to organize your projects. Although I never have more than 3 projects going on at the same time, I do plan future one. I use a quarter inch graph paper composition book. I place page labels on the edge of each page and write the name of the project. Green means they are complete and red stickers means it is still be worked on. If there is no sticker, it means I haven't started the project yet and it is only in the planning stages.
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