Blue Star quilt scrappy baby quilt.  30 x 30 so it can be used as a stroller quilt.  This was made for my good friend Melissa's new grandson due very soon.  It has been washed to make it soft and puckery. I handquilted with matching blue Superior handquilting thread and used the lid of my coffee can as the template. 

I love Log Cabin pattern.  I finished the log cabins with scrappy fabric and then appliqued the Sun Bonnet Sue to the center.  I used my Singer Quantum 9960 blanket stitch.  I have been experimenting with different stitches on this wonderful reasonably priced machine. 

Using Perle cotton #8 white, I hand quilted  around each Sue and then stiched in the ditch hand around the logs

.  Each block is made of 4 log cabins with Sue in the middle.  The whole unit measures 16 inches square.  The quilt measures 60 x 72 .  It would be great for a little girl's room.

Friday I attended a talk at Pocono Sew and Vac, Stroudsburg, PA given by Dave Sirota, a quilter who gives speeches and classes on his technique, No More Tears Paper Piecing.  It is a wonderful technique and he is a wonderful speaker.  Above are two examples of HIS work created using his technique. 

Blue was the color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this month.

I sewed two of the darker blue.  The picture doesn't show the difference in patterns in the two dark blue.  I don't have many dark blue batiks and I loved these two aqua that didn't make it to being made in the aqua month.  

 

I used much of my blue in the RSC challenge last year and the Orphan Quilt I made.  The orphan quilt contains extra blocks that weren't used in the project they were originally intended.  I machine quilted it...............I hate the process of machine quilting on a regular machine even using the walking foot. 

I've taken a break from my Grandmother's Flower Garden, but I think it is time to tackle this once again.  

Thanks to an incredible quilt artist,  Mystic Quilter ,  I am developing my blogging skills.  albeit slowly. 

RSC17 June was yellow.  I finished my 3 yellow bear paw (see previous posts), and decided to work on the Sunbonnet Sue with kiitty and flowers.  it is finished.  I tried my hand at using my Singer Quantum Stylist 9960 to machine quilt it.  I am still not a fan of quilting with machine.  I don't find it relaxing in the least.

Yellow is the color for the RSC 2017 June.  I like the top two but the jury is out about the bottom one.  I think it is too light against the background.

You can see how the top two stand out with this close-up.  

I was honored with a visit to my blog from Mystic Quilter https://mysticquilter.blogspot.com/ .  She is an incredible artist with fabric.  Her bold color choice has inspired me to explore exciting color.   

I came upon this wonderful blog, Crazy Mom Quilts http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/  by the author of No Scrap Left Behind http://www.ctpub.com/no-scrap-left-behind/.  She has some lovely clear directions for some beautiful quilts made with scraps.  Loved her images of St. Louis Quilt Market 2017. June, 2017 is beginning of QAL with scraps.  This week it is sorting the fabrics.  I'm afraid that I may not have enough scraps.  Unlike other quilters that I see, I do not have bins of scraps.