Design Wall Monday and Happy Memorial Day!

My design wall hasn't change a lot, just more of the Disappearing Four Patch blocks have been made. I need to make three more than I will start to assemble the top. Tutorial may be found here.

With humble *THANKS* to all the servicemen and servicewomen today! Remembering *all* that you give and have given and will give so that I may enjoy my freedoms!

THANK YOU!

Stash Report Week #22

I had no finishes this week and I didn't shop! I suppose that is a good thing...lol. So my numbers stay the same as last week.

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added this year: +136 yards

Fabric used this week: 0 yards
Fabric used this year: -131.5 yards

Net for the year: +4.5 yards (added)

What I accomplished this week: Pieced blocks for green and white graduation quilt

Goals for next week: continue on graduation quilt!

DD's birthday is Tuesday so we are now entering into her Birthday Time! It all starts today with a ice skating party with a few friends and continues tonight with a sleepover....since the kids are off school Monday for Memorial Day. Hope you all have a Great Weeekend!

WIP Wednesday

I have been sewing more Disappearing Four Patches. I need 35 total for a 5 x 7 set~no borders quilt. Tutorial may be found here.

Design Wall Monday

I was gifted 12~6 inch squares of balloon fabric. I thought I would make some pinwheels and have a NICU quilt in a jiffy. Wrong!

I only have enough of the balloons for 6 pinwheels~3 blocks short of a 3 x 3 set. bummer.

How about a rail fence?...I *heart* rail fences! wrong again...one block short of a full rail!

that sounds wrong~but I'll run with it. :)

remember: the balloon fabric was gifted to me!

What if I use just 4 blocks set 2 x 2 and maybe a pieced border to bring it up to size?










Time to put this away and concentrate on a project that *needs* to be finished. Onto the UFO pile it goes...bummer...I really thought I could whip up something simple but fun for a NICU quilt top.

I have two nieces~one on my side of the family and one on DH's side of the family~that are graduating from High School this June. Both girls have been accepted to Michigan State University. One wants a quilt as her graduation gift and the other wants ca$h. At this point in my quilt making life~I like to gift quilts to relatives who actually want a quilt! :)

My niece asked for a *state* quilt and being the snarky aunt that I am...I had to make sure the colors are green and white (for Michigan State) and not red and white (for University of Wisconsin)~where I live!

This is the pattern of choice that I have been seeing around the web, The Disappearing Four Patch. I first saw it on Lori's blog but I am following the tutorial on The Proficient Needle. Her pattern called for squares that start at 6.5 inches cut with the middle *sashing* to finish at 2 inches.

Much better for me as I am not real good or comfortable with *small*.

A Secret Gift Received

A little over a month ago, our FAB friend Cher's granddaughter under went surgery for a brain tumor. I was trying to remember and I think her DGD is about 5 years old now. All the FAB's wanted to help in some way. Cher requested that we send her some scraps of yellow as yellow is her DGD's favorite color and Cher had promised to make her a yellow quilt~some day. So the FAB's dug into their yellow stash to send some its and bits of yellow to Cher...and to make some secret yellow blocks!

Operation: Yellow for DGD was hatched, er, born.

I asked the girls (LindaJ, Norma, Pam and Elsie~LindaJ's Mom) to send 6.5 inch unfinished yellow blocks to me. I then assembled the top~with many emails back and forth about the design~ quilted, bound and labeled it. I then mailed it off to Cher as we all waited anxiously for the package to arrive at Cher's then taken to Miss Alice. The package arrived last week and Cher was able to give it to Miss Alice yesterday! A Quilty hug from her Nonna's friends! :)

Operation: Yellow for Alice. Thanks to all the girls for making this happen! :)

Curly Hearts panto on the front

Dinosaurs on the back as Alice *hearts* dinosaurs.

Stash Report Week #21

I shopped for backing this week for future quilts but I also had a finish.

Fabric added this week: +8 yards
Fabric added this year: +136 yards

Fabric used this week: -10 yards
Fabric used this year: -131.5 yards

Net fabric for the year: +4.5 yards (added)

What I accomplished this week:
pieced Calder Cup photo album cover, the Rag quilt

Goals for next week:
begin piecing Graduation gift

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Clipped, Washed and Dried

And ready for cuddling!







Although, I might wash and dry it again to increase the fray-factor!

Fours-ies.

Eights-ies.


Sixteens-ies.

Done! except for the clipping and washing~evil grin...

It measures approximately 49 x 62. I was wondering if it should be bigger?

How Ugly is Ugly?

+8 yards worth. I thinking backs for the 4 patch animal quilts that I like to make for donation.

It's sorta animal-ish. :)

hmmm...I'm Getting Hungry...

Well, I've sewn quite a few of my *quilt sandwiches*!

Now~I'm getting hungry! Time to break for some lunch. :)