Monday, March 18, 2024

Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) Parade 3.18.2024

 This is the first year I participated in the Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) hosted by Quilting Gail and a few of her blogger friends. I was glad I did it as I was looking to stretch my creativity within each round parameters. 

Did I struggle a bit? Yes. 

Did I stretch my creativity? Yes

Did I have fun? Yes

My project started out with a red, white and blue 16 patch star. As I was building this quilt, my iron started leaving dark marks on the white. So I brought a new iron (the old one also wasn't heating up well - so it was time for a new one!) But alas, the new one left dark marks on the white fabric too. 

Any advise on removing the marks. I really really don't want to wash this one!


pattern: Stay at Home Round Robin 2024
panto: serpentine



Saturday, March 16, 2024

SoScrappy Saturday 3.16.2024

Today is the third Saturday of March of the color purple! One of my favorite colors!

Time for the main block of the 2024 Stash Buster Challenge.



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Friday, March 15, 2024

Finish or NOT Friday 3.15.2024

I have a finish today! A big one! 

This is the last of the QOV Signature quilts from the blocks I took after the September and November quilt shows. May I present Signature QOV Juliet...


 pattern: Trip Around the World (public domain) (squares cut at 7.5 inches -
                this was the size of the smallest signature square)
panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday 



Wednesday, March 13, 2024

WIP Wednesday 3.13.2024

My last QOV Signature is progressing nicely. First, I cut a whole bunch of squares and placed them on the design wall. I'm height challenged so there will be one more row added to the top.


After all the squares are sewn together. I am actually liking this! Maybe because it is different than all the rest...LOL

pattern: Trip Around the World (public domain)

Sharing with Susan at MidWeek Makers.



Monday, March 11, 2024

Design Wall Monday 3.11.2024

I'm down to my last few QOV Signature blocks!

Here's what I'm working with but I do think I will need to add to the selections to help this quilt be to size. A few of the signature blocks were only 7.5 inches across the pieced sections, so I trimmed all to match the smallest one. I'm going to try for a Trip Around the World setting.


 Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.


Saturday, March 9, 2024

SoScrappy Saturday 3.9.2024

Today is the second Saturday of March of the color purple.

Time for my Hollow Nine blocks.


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Friday, March 8, 2024

Finish or NOT Friday 3.8.2024

 I have two finishes this week!

First up is QOV Signature Hotel. I dug into the stash and found this great stripe fabric that is diagonally printed on the straight of grain to use as the binding. So cool! :)


pattern: Signature squares alternating with patriotic print
panto: serpentine

My second finish is my Rhesa inspired QOV Signature India. It looks a little crooked in the picture. I sure hope when I pin it to the design wall...it will straighten out.


pattern: Rhesa original
panto: serpentine

I have 10 QOV Signature squares left from my pile. The next quilt, I will use 9 and that leaves one lonely square to save for the next series of quilts. :)

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday and 


 
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

WIP Wednesday 3.6.2024

I'm working on the next QOV Signature quilt. My pile of signature blocks is dwindling down. This pattern is from my friend, Rhesa. First I made the columns.


I then added the sashings (2.5 inch cut) and then the large outer border (7.0 inches cut) to bring the quilt to size. I normally don't like the large borders but this fabric is a busy one. Adding more squares either on the bottom or side just didn't work mathematically. The more I look at this quilt, the more I like it. :)


pattern: Rhesa original


Sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.


Monday, March 4, 2024

Design Wall Monday 3.4.2024

A new week, a new month and a new QOV Signature quilt in the works. In the end, I decided to split the remaining Signature squares and make two quilts with less squares. I guess I just wasn't feeling the 'please sign more QOV squares for me' the other day. LOL

Here is my current fabric gathering. The plan was to quilt down the tan squares QOV and start on this one Saturday. A leaking water heater sent into motion a whole different path for my weekend and Monday. I'm hoping I can catch up as next week is my self-imposed deadline to have the QOV Signature quilts done and delivered!!

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.


Saturday, March 2, 2024

SoScrappy Saturday 3.2.2024

Today is the first Saturday of March of the color purple!

Angela just announced March's color yesterday, so I was down in the sewing room working on the purples. Here are my Happy Blocks.


 pattern: Mary Johnson's Happy Blocks

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