I've made my blocks for my Father's Day tribute quilt.
I also added the sashing and borders.
Before vacation, I started another 'Quilter's Birthday Bash' for all the June birthdays. In June, I think of Father's Day so I collected fabrics that reminded me of my Dad. There is a pattern that I've been wanting to try so this is a great opportunity!
Here is my fabric collection for my Father's Day quilt. When it's finished I am going to donate it as my Dad passed away close to 27 years ago.
pattern inspired by Pinterest but a dead link. :(
I am going to make my hst's with the strip tube method.
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
I'll take the 'NOT' today. I did manage to move my 'Birthday Bash Challenge' along to the flimsy stage. I'll be working on quilting and binding next week. I wish that I would have kept all the similar blocks together than re-arrange once all the blocks were made. I did get confused and a few of the blocks are upside down so the triangles are mismatched here and there. I do tend to 'learn something new' with every quilt. Or perhaps, I am simply reminded of 'things' I should have remembered! LOL
I started making the blocks for my October Halloween quilt. I did make an adjustment and only stacked 5 fabrics and made 5 cuts. I started putting the blocks on my design wall then started moving them around before I had them all made. I think this might have been a critical error...
pattern inspiration: Mary's Wonky RWB Rails
We are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin visiting DD. She will be 25 on Friday. DD requested that her tub be re-caulked. DH has quite a few to choose from!
Sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.
THANK YOU!
The time has come for me to begin my Casual Quilters' Birthday Bash 2024 Challenge. Since my birthday is in October, I'm going with the obvious choice: Halloween! I'm going to throw in a few bats as I volunteered to make an animal quilt for the MelonHeads September program. Here is my fabric purchase. Yes! After stuggling so long to use up Halloween, I now find myself needing to supplement my stash...
I'm going to use Mary's Wonky Rails as inspiration and the bats from AllPeople quilt Tricks and Treats .
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
Today is the fourth Saturday of May of the color pink.
Time for my Meals on Wheels placemats. The theme for the Table Scraps Challenge for May is 'Kentucky Derby'. I really struggled with 'fitting both elements together' this month.
I did dig into my novelty stash box and found, believe it or not!, a few Kentucky Derby squares that I used as star centers. So far, so good.
When I think of the Derby, I also think of red roses. Maybe pink roses would work?
I made a really long binding strip for all the placemats but sometimes, you lose when you 'play chicken'! Oh...so close!
Here are my finished Meals on Wheels placemats for May 2024 using the prompts 'pink and Kentucky Derby'. I wonder what next months prompts will be...
I have finishes!
The first is 'Dash No Sash' based on the pattern Dash from Fabric Cafe. This is a good pattern if you have two focus fabrics and one blender.
Just as I thought, the two Fabric Cafe patterns went together quickly.
I'm calling this one, 'Dash: No Sash' as I made a few extra blocks. Enough for an extra row and the sash would have made it too long. (even for me! LOL)
pattern inspiration: Dash from Easy Peasy Fabric Cafe book but without the sashing.
The second one is Button Box. I don't remember if I made any alterations on this one. 😁 If I did, I would make another row of squares and then add a little bit smaller border.
pattern: Button Box from Fabric Cafe's book, Quilts in a Jiffy.
As Memorial Day is approaching, I wanted to refresh (or remake) my flag wall hanging. Then I saw this one on Pinterest.
And remembered last year, my Quilting Buddy and I spent a very pleasant day cutting tumblers on her AccuQuilt Cutter. We cut lots of 6 inch tumblers and the scraps, she sent back through with the smaller tumbler! Here is what some of the smaller tumblers look like on the design wall.
Unfortunately, I didn't have enugh of the light to make a border and Quilting Buddy lives 6 hours away. So out came the manila folder, ruler and a small tumbler.
I made myself a template! This is looking good!
Our Admin for the FB QOV Working Stars group challenged us to make any Fabric Cafe 3 yard quilt pattern for a QOV. In most of the books, there is a conversion to increase the size of the quilts. Basically, you need 6 yards and make twice the blocks. The quilts are 'due' on the FB page by May 31, 2024.
I like to choose a pattern that has a big alternate block for my patriotic novelty. The first one to make is going to be Dash from Easy Peasy Quilts.
I've also chosen a second one as Donna's patterns work up pretty quick. The second one will be Button Box from Quilts in a Jiffy.
Today is the third Saturday of May of the color pink.
Time for my main block of the 2024 Scrap Busters Challenge. I may have over made blocks again this month. LOL
