WIP Wednesday 2.19.2025

Slowly but surely, I've been working on my February Table Scraps 2025 Challenge. I finished piecing the Meals on Wheels place mats. I decided not to change out the green/blue insert. That place mat looks just a little calmer than the rest. :)

pattern inspiration: Mini Charm Challenge: Zig Zag Place Mats

Look! The place mats took a turn being quilted on Baby Brother!

Design Wall Monday 2.17.2025

In the beginning of the month, I made three set of blocks for RSC2025. Now it is time to think about my final project. Last year, I combined the RSC2024 color of the month with the prompt for TableScraps2024. The resulting placemats were then donated to our local Meals on Wheels.

Lest see, February 2025 RSC color is blue and TableScraps 2025 prompt is neon or brights. I starting thinking about a bright-ish background with bright blue strips randomly inserted into the background. 

Then I found this!!!  

Sarah's Mini Charm Challenge: Zig Zag Placemats!!

A trip to the JAF, resulting in finding some key components. Unfortunately, I didn't find any 2.5 inch squares I liked for this project. I decided to go with a single fabric as my 'to be sliced'. Here is my fabric draw. On the left are the four 'to be sliced' fabrics, the blue is my bright and the swirly is the background.

Here are my blocks sliced and ready to re-sew.

Here are the blocks, all ready to trim.

All trimmed and ready to sewn into panels.

And here are my panel inserts! I'm surprised at how the green and blue blend so much. The question is...do I change or not?

pattern: Wendy's sliced block from SARHH2025 prompt 4

Sharing with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 2.15.2025

Today is the third Saturday of February of the color blue. For this week's block, I made a few Split 4 Patch which is Cynthia's current block drive at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework. I found some fun multi-color paint tube fabric to pair with blue. This block drive runs through the end of the month, so there is still a little time to join in! I'm hoping the next block drive works with the RSC2025 colors for March, April and May. :)

 pattern: split 4 patch, found here.

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

ps: I made these blocks before my surgery and already mailed them to Cynthia. :)

Finish or NOT Friday 2.14.2025

My finish this week is a leftover from last week! It's the Cherry Quilt from Casual Quilters. I picked up the pieced center and it had the side border on it with extra matching fabrics. I sewed the matching top/bottom border then added the white also on the top/bottom to give it length. I then found a red I liked from the stash for the outer border. I finished the binding with more of the black cherry fabric.

pattern: Casual Quilter's UFO. blocks already pieced together

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

Stay-At-Home-Round-Robin Prompt 4

Today was the first day since my gall bladder removal surgery that I felt like going into the sewing room. My recovery is a bit slower than I had hoped for but I am trying to listen to my body and not over due.

That being said, I headed to sew the SAHRR Prompt 4. Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts is our host for Prompt 4. Her choice of the block is 'sliced square'. Simply put, 'slice a block, insert something and trim it to size'. A little birdie (Thank you quilting Gail!) hinted that this prompt would work with Week 3 Prompt of stars.

So I made a few sliced squares today and added them to the stars border. I'm waiting till I feel better and when Prompt 5 is released to add onto the quilt top.

pattern:         center:                    2025 Stash Buster Challenge block

                     first prompt:           P = Pat = Pathway to Pinwheels

                     second prompt:      use half square triangles...

                                                        I took liberties and used Bonnie Hunter's 

                                                        Scrappy Mountain Majesties pattern

                    third prompt:          any star block

                    fourth prompt:        sliced square block

Sharing today with Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts.

SoScrappy Saturday 2.8.2025

Today is the second Saturday of February of the color blue. Since I had a few of the 'parts' made, I decided to continue with the 2025 Stash Buster Challenge block. This is a pretty big block...16 inches finished...so I am only making one per month and will decided if I need more later. That's what DD would call 'a future Pat problem'! I'm liking this block more and more as long as I have good contrast between my RSC color.

pattern: 2025 Stash Buster Challenge block

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

Blog Pause...

 

I'm taking a little bit of a sewing and blog pause as I am having outpatient surgery today. It has been determined that my gall bladder needs to be removed. I'm praying for a successful and safe surgery and a quick recovery so I can return to my normal (ok, sewing and quilting!) activities soon. Pat

ps. I do have a SoScrappy post scheduled to appear in the morning. :)

Stay At Home Round Robin - Prompt 3

Gail is our host for the third prompt for the 2025 SAHRR. Her prompt is stars.

I made 4 floating stars this morning (I know - just in time) and hope that the stars will play well with prompt 4 so I can combine the two into the next round. If not, back to the drawing board. My stars are 6.5 inches but boy, do they look small on the design wall!

pattern:    center block:        2025 Stash Buster Challenge

                prompt 1:             use a block with your first initial

                                                     P=Pat=Pinwheel 

                prompt 2:              use half square triangles

                                                    Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountains Majesties

                prompt 3:             use stars

                                                    6 inch finished floating stars

Sharing today with Gail for SAHRR Prompt 3.

         

                      

Finish or NOT Friday 2.7.2025

My almost finish this week is the QOV using the log cabin blocks I made during the National QOV Sew Day. Well, I made 10 blocks then thought I needed 4 more and after those were made...I needed four more. :)

Here it is before borders:

Ta-da, once the borders were added. This Statue of Liberty panels was one of the wonkiest I have dealt with in a long time.

pattern: 2025 National QOV Log Cabin block drive block

                    in Field and Furrow setting

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

Design Wall Monday 2.3.2025

Saturday February 1st was the QOV National Sew Day. My online group picked the Log Cabin block (the national block for 2025) as the block to make. I got off to a slow start as Baby Brother and I went back to the spa for tension issues. Turned out the diagnosis was operator error: wrong/dull needle with (too thick) thread. The 'therapist' placed a new sharp needle into Baby and it seemed to help at the shop. At home...not so much. I was able to find a new Quilting 90 needle and that worked! So happy. :)

I made 10 log cabin blocks. I want to use the blocks with one of the panels I have. I thought I needed 14 total blocks so Sunday, I made 4 more. Now I think I need another 4...sigh... 

My fabric draw for the log cabin blocks.

My first set of blocks.

Here are a few of the layouts I was playing with...I think I like Layout 3 best.

Layout 1:

Layout 2:

Layout 3:

pattern: 2025 QOV Block of the Year, Log Cabin

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.