Finish or NOT Friday 4.18.2025

I was gone sewing two days this week, so not a whole lot of progress in the sewing room.

First, I quilted and bound the purple and green 3 rail fence. This is a good thing because I have one more completed for my September trunk show.

pattern: Rail Fence - public domain

panto: serpentine

I also cut the grey squares for the Beth Dutton quilt. I think the grey might be a little light but I'm going with it. :) My goal is to get it sewn together and pinned to the frame so I can quilt it next week. That means...I need to stay home, right?!

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WIP Wednesday 4.16.2025

I am making more progress in the sewing room!

My three color rail fence using 3.5 inch strip sets is now a flimsy.

I pulled out another project. May 2025 at the MelonHeads is 9 Patch month so I am re-creating Beth Dutton's quilt.

I'm making it for my son, who mentioned that he streams Yellowstone. My mind went immediately to this picture. I am making it with 3.5 inch (cut) strip sets to it can also be shown in my September trunk show. I realize that Beth's quilt is scrappy but my son doesn't like scrappy. The scrappy chaos bothers his 'OCD' tendencies. :)  

Here is my fabric pull.

Here are the completed strip sets, waiting to be sewn into blocks.

and Ta-Da!

pattern: Beth Dutton.

                I used 3.5 cut strips of red/black. Sewed together along the long side in

                    order above.

                    I cut the sub-sets at 3.5 inches. This yields a 9.5 inch un-finished block.

I did find this nifty table on Karen Browns' Just Get It Done website. It does all the calculations for you as to the size of the quilt (without borders) with many different size finished squares. This is definitely a great chart to have in your wheel house. 

The CHART!

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Design Wall Monday 4.14.2025

I'm starting a purple 3 fabric rail fence for my strip project. Here are the fabrics I was going to use but at the last minute I switched to a darker purple on the right.

The rails are made and I'm auditioning borders.

pattern: 3 Fabric Rail Fence: public domain

                   I cut my strips at 3.5 inches, sewed strata along long edges and cut

                    at 9.5 inch blocks.

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SoScrappy Saturday 4.12.2025

Today is the second Saturday of April of the color red.

Time for the 2025 Stash Buster block! I was a little worried about the contrast with my reds, but I like it.

 😍

 pattern: 2025 Stash Buster Challenge Block 

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Finish or NOT Friday 4.11.2025

I had a productive week in the sewing room. 😍

The first finish is my Tiger's quilt. I needed to be a little creative with the fabric I had available. It's a little bit of a mish-mash but I like it.

pattern inspiration: found here on Pinterest

panto: serpentine

My second finish is the bricks that didn't work for my Tiger's quilt. I didn't want to put the blocks aside so I decided to make a quick little quilt.

pattern inspiration: Christa'a Quilts Simple Strips

                                    I used my 3.5 x 6.5 inch cut bricks and made the blocks

                                        12.5 x 12.5 inches unfinished.

panto: Angel Wings (in orange! it blends beautifully)

My third for the week is a 'NOT' Finish but is a flimsy. It's my Golfing FQ quilt, it seems fitting as this is Master's Weekend. I opted for the extra border to make it more suitable for an adult.

pattern: Villa Rosa Dulcie

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WIP Wednesday 4.9.2025

I have a mixed bag of happenings in the sewing room.

I finished piecing the leftover blue/orange bricks to a flimsy. It measures approximately 48 x 60 before quilting. The nex step is to locate a backing that I like. :)

pattern: alternating blue and orange 3.5 x 6.5 inch cut bricks

                (I haven't run across this patten with a name - if you know it's name...

                    please leave a comment.)

EDIT: inspired by Simple Strips from Christa Quilts

Today is binding day for my Tigers quilt. Soon, I will be able to snuggle under it while I watch the games on TV.

I volunteered to make a Fat Quarter Quilt for the FQ Demo at the MelonHeads...next week. Eh gads, I better get on this. :). I decided to use the Villa Rosa Dulcie pattern as it only needed 5 fq's. I don't 'normally' buy fq's but the local quilt shop was having a sale. I found 4 golfing co-ordinates and ordered the 5th online. Here are the fabrics, the 5th is the stripe in the middle. The light blue will be the background and the other two I pulled from stash as possible 'go-with's'.

I started cutting the yardage and fq's. It should go pretty quick.

pattern: Villa Rosa Dulcie

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Design Wall Monday 4.7.2025

 I decided to take the rails from my Tiger quilt that I didn't like and sew them into a little quilt. I first blogged about the Tiger quilt here. I needed more rails so here are a few of the pieces ready to sew together.

Looks like I am one block short of starting to sew the top together!

pattern: bricks cut at 3.5 x 6.5 inches then alternate orientation

                (does this pattern have a name?!)

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SoScrappy Saturday 4.5.2025

Today is the first Saturday of April of the color red! I originally thought the color was teal (like a few others) but then switched to red after Angela's post on April 1st...no fooling. :)

Here are my Happy Blocks for April. They really are a quick sew so now I am just ahead of the curve for the teal month. :) I noticed that I have more dog fabric than cat...I'll need to keep my eyes out for cats.

pattern: Mary Johnson's Happy Blocks

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Finish or NOT Friday 4.2.2025

Today I have one 'Finish' and one 'NOT'. 

My 'Finish' is the second 'Thick Sticks' with the Folk Art panel. This one is going to be part of my September 2025 trunk show.

pattern:        Lisa Sutherland's Thick Sticks 

                    Lisa Sutherland's Free Pattern page

panto:          serpentine

My 'NOT' is my Tiger quilt. Today is Opening Day at Comerica Park so I 'low keyed' missed my mark. :( There was just 'something' I didn't like about my fabric choices. So I switched out the fabrics and added a few borders. I like it much better. Much to my chagrin, I was two blocks short of Detroit Tigers fabric. I decided to embrace the shortage and use baseball fabric right in the center of my quilt. :) Now to piece a backing for it, quilt and bind... This also uses 3.5 inch strips so it will be a part of the trunk show.

pattern inspiration: found here on Pinterest

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WIP Wednesday 4.2.2025

 My Folk Art Thick Sticks is a flimsy! This pattern really goes together quick. :)

pattern:        Lisa Sutherland's Thick Sticks

                    Lisa Sutherland's Free Pattern page

I decided to move onto my next project, one for me. I un-earthed my Detroit Tigers and a few go-with's. Here is what I found and a picture of a quilt that uses 3.5 inch strips.

This is what my pick looks like. Hmmm...I'm out of Tiger fabric and you guessed it...JoAnn's last year. 

<sigh>

I re-arrranged the rail blocks. I saw it on Pinterest but neglected to save the picture. :(

EDIT: I found it! Pinterest picture!

Now, I'll need to decide which way to assemble this little quilt.

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