The last pink Saturday but I still have a little bit to go...LOL
This week I finished my pink star wallhanging.
Hurray for fast finishes and small projects!
...all pressed and semi sorted.
All the pressing yielded 3 boyish bag and 3 girlish bags with 126: 4 patches in each baggie. Plus I had one baggie of assorted leftovers!
I added a few 'xoxo' to my pink star
...I've sewn my two patches into four patches as my lenders/enders. Now I have this strong urge to iron and sort. I have just about everything plus the kitchen sink in these scraps, so any piece that has anything remotely girly...flowers, pink, purple...will go in one pile and all the other will go into another.
I'm leaning towards making this this, Cynthia Brunz's Scrap-A-Palooza Zig Zag quilt. You will need to scroll down and she has a few links on the creating of the quilt. I'm going to sew the patches into 4 x 8 's and then add a solid 4 x 8 to make the quilt block. It's a fun take on a rail fence block so I'm loving it.
I decided to go all pink on my star, I had the pink fabric out and all. LOL
Here is the front of the star.
and here is the back before I removed the papers. Yes, I did sew through the printer paper. I shorten my stitch length on Baby so that it was more perforating the sewing lines as I went along.
The color pink continues.
For a girl that doesn't have a lot of pink in her stash, I'm really making good progress.
I fell in love with this quilt from Alycia and have been on the prowl for an easy (and inexpensive--read 'I really don't want to buy a 60 degree ruler') way to make this. I finally found (or realized!) that if I print out an equilateral triangle, increase the size and tape the long ends together of two...waalaa...a diamond!
I know! It seems so simple now. I did buy some legal paper and DH feed it through his printer. He just about had a heart attack when I asked for 24 copies. I settle for 12. Here are the first few done in pink.
Sorry for the wonky angle...
I then thought I could work this into a Valentine wallhanging as I lost my kitchen Valentine wall hanging in the move. Actually, I know I used the wallhanging as a packing layer so it's here somewhere but .... I thought it might be faster to make a new wall hanging than search all the boxes.
In any event, I made a few red diamonds. I'm not really sure that I'm liking how the red and pink are playing together.
pattern credit: Alycia's Kevin's Star
Also since I had my 2.5 inch strips out, I cut a few into 5.5 inch rectangles and sewed them together. The result is one pink crayon.
pattern inspiration found here: crayon quilt
Linking up with SoScrappy Saturday.
and Big Love is finished!
For some strange reason, I was compelled to make a Heart quilt for my bed...
I searched for a fast and easy pattern and I found one!
It's Big Love by Modern Handcraft! I dug out the pinks I had plus I brought a few more along with some gray and here's what I have so far. I upsized the blocks to finish at 10 inches giving me an easy 9x9 set for a queen quilt. I decided to stick with a 6x6 set and add borders. Well, the largest quilt (90 x 90 inches) that fits 'comfortably' on my long arm frame.
I started sewing the top together and yesterday afternoon, I had progressed pretty far.
uh oh...looks like some of my geese decided to migrate to a different location! It's looking a little funky gut hey! It's my take on the design! I probably would have ripped and re-sewn it but this quilt is for my bed and after this week, no one else will ever see it! LOL Sometimes when using the stash, quilts look well, like it doesn't really match...
A bright spot is that now I have more pinks for the RSC challenge! 💕
Linking up with Susan at MidWeek Makers
Every quilt has a story.
Every year, I watch the Rainbow Scrap Challenge unfold.
Every year, I wished I had joined in.
One year, I tried but failed. So I thought I would try again this year. I have NO idea how the quilters decide on a block and then make a few every month following ScrapHappy's prompts. But I'm going to try this year! go 2021!
January's color is pink...figures, I have very little pink in my stash. I dd buy a few yards of pink as I hope to make a heart quilt for my bed. I do, however have quite a few 2.5 inch strips cut....I searched for a simple block that uses 2.5 inch strips and a background. One of my favorite free quilt pattern sites is by Mary Johnson and here is her Rectangles Pattern. One 2.5 inch strip plus one 2.5 inch background yields two 8.5 inch block (unfinished). A few test blocks:
I did notice if one twists the components of the block, it yields pinwheels! Again one 2.5 inch strip plus one 2.5 inch background yields two 8.5 inch (unfinished) blocks.
I 💖 Pinwheels!
pattern: pinwheels : public domain
Linking up with ScrapHappy Saturday.
Cake Walk is a finish!
Here she is on the design wall (too big for my rack!).
Here she is on DD's bed. It's nice to put a queen size quilt on a full bed! It has plenty of hang over! LOL
It's Binding Day for Cake walk!
All prepared...
Now that I'm done with my lunch break, time to turn the binding to the back and machine sew it down. Bury and clip a few threads from the quilting and put a fork in it, so to speak! LOL
After sewing a back together, I got to quilting DD's quilt. I've renamed it: Cake Walk. The main block fabric is all about baking.
6 of 9 rows assembled!
pattern credit: Grizzly Gulch Walk About
Linking up with Judy at Design Wall Monday
I continued piecing on DD's bed quilt. Two more rows and two pieced blocks and I'll be ready to start assembling the top!
HAPPY 2021!
Warm Wishes for a BRIGHT New Year!
My final quilt of 2020 was a QOV for the Casual Quilters. This particular quilt down gave me lots of grief! Not the machine but the poor planning on my part! I ran out of bobbin thread twice, shredded the top thread a few times and even needed to fill a partial bobbin! I was very happy to finish this one after burying four sets of threads!
Here she is in all her glory! I present Casual Quilt QOV Batch 3 Quilt 6:
