Whoop! Whoop! 4.30.2021

 After a rough start (read lots of un-sewing!), this donation quilt is a finish! I decided to bind it in the backing fabric as I used all the yellow/green background fabric. I just have a maybe one or two 2.5 inch strips of the backing fabric leftover. Win! I went for the quick and easy panto: large scribbles.

pattern credit: Cynthia Brunz's Scrap-a-palooza zig zag quilt

panto credit: large scribbles

Linking top with Sarah at Whoop! Whoop! and Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday

WIP Wednesday 4.28.2021

 I took my time and the seam ripper stayed away!

pattern credit: Cynthia Brunz's Scrap-a-Palooza Zig Zag quilt

Linking up with Susan at MidWeek Makers

Design Wall Monday 4.26.2021

 After my second Covid vaccine on Friday, I decided to sew a little. I have a bunch of RWB (plus gold and grey) 2.5 inch strips leftover from previous projects. Plus as I come to the end of yardage, I cut into either 2.5 or 3.5 inch strips, depending in the amount of leftover. I then throw, er, place on one side of the cutting table. Sew...I thought that the sewing of end to end 2.5 inch strips would be a great mindless activity. Sew...any strip that was more than 10 inches and less than 40 inches would be sewn together in one continuous strip like the jelly roll race. I had in mind that I could use the strip for this quilt here or maybe either one of the quilts here . I'll probably wait until the FB QOV Working Stars announce the next block challenge to tackle this particular project. I guess I over estimated my leftovers...LOL. It took me longer to roll 'my jelly roll' than to sew it!

Saturday, I finished rolling the above roll and called it a day. 

I was in Covid vaccine fog...

Sunday, I thought I would try sewing a bit. I had put my latest lender/ender project on the wall and thought just sew, sew for a bit and it would be a flimsy.

Well, I spent more time ripping than sewing. I manage to sew the first row all wrong and had to switch blocks around. Ugh...so much for trying to space out the many gingerbread boys/girls in this one! After I finally got the top portion done, I called it a day.

Soon, I'll take another run at it!

pattern credit: Cynthia Brunz's scrap-palooza zig zag quilt

Not too much planned in the sewing room as later in the week, we are headed north to meet up with our daughter. She officially graduates from Northern Michigan University! We left a few large items in her NMU apartment when we moved her to Milwaukee in February so it's time to clean out the NMU space. I think it's going to be bittersweet. At times, it feels like a fast four years but at others, it seems to have dragged. She has already moved onto the next chapter in her life! 

Linking up with Judy at Design Wall Monday

SoScrappy Saturday 4.24.2021

 Today is the last bright/light blue Saturday of the month. Time to dive into the trusty scrap bin and make some crumb blocks! I managed to make a nice selection.

pattern credit: crumb piecing, public domain

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Whoop! Whoop! 4.23.2021

 and it's a finish! 

I'm really surprised at how quickly these row quilts go. I guess when I'm only make 5 or 6 blocks of one kind then I don't get bored and drag out the process! LOL I finished the sashing yesterday and loaded it onto the long arm and did a quick meander last night. This morning was the binding before our second Moderna vaccine shot. I've totally cleared my schedule...expecting the worse but hoping for the best!

pattern credit:        top row: snowballed novelty squares, 6.5 cut novelties and 3 in cut corners

                                second row: wonky meets floating stars (one of my favorites!)

                                third row: twister block

                                fourth row: scrappy trips around the world

                                                        Alycia's here and Bonnie Hunter's here

                                fifth row: farmer's daughter

                                sixth row: flying geese pinwheel

panto credit: large scribbles

Doing our share for herd immunity. The vaccination site didn't seem as busy today as it was with our first shot. That's DH in the corner...I don't think he knew I took the picture! and they were out of the stickers...

Linking up with Sarah at Whoop! Whoop! and Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday

WIP Wednesday 4.21.2021

 I finished more rows!

I'm thinking maybe a darker blue 2 inch row to separate the rows and give some more length.

pattern credit:          top row: snowballed 6.5 inch cut novelty with 3 inch cut corner

                                second row:    wonky meets floating star

                                third row: twister 

                                fourth row: scrappy trips around the world

                                        Alycia here and Bonnie Hunter here

                                fifth row: farmer's daughter

                                sixth row: flying geese pinwheel

Here are my two worksheets I used. I find it helpful to have a visual assist when making 'new to me' blocks.

Linking up with Susan at MidWeek Makers.

Design Wall Monday 4.19.2021

Another row quilt has been started. This time, I'm making all the blocks as I go along. The magic box of stars is empty...

 pattern credit:        top row: Scrappy Trips Around the World

                                                (I used 5 strips instead of 6, fyi)

                                                    Alycia's block drive from eon's ago

                                                    Bonnie Hunter's pattern

                                second row: not sure of the name...

                                                        I simply snowballed 6.5 inch cut squares with 

                                                            3 inch cut corners and alternated colors.

                                third row: Farmer's Daughter or Sister's Choice

The Admin from the FB QOV Working Stars asked that we stick to RWB in our quilts. I'm struggling a bit with that! I love to add cream, tan and gray or whatever color coordinates with a panel!

Linking up with Judy at Design Wall Monday

SoScrappy Saturday 4.17.2021

April is for the color light and bright blue at SoScrappy Saturday. As my sewing continues, the third Saturday is reserved for my crayon!

 Hmmm....not my favorite but it will look ok in the quilt surrounded by all the other colors of the rainbow!

pattern credit: Pinterest

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Whoop! Whoop! 4.16.2021

Well, I  missed WIP Wednesday...I'm bad, but not from the lack of progress in the sewing room.

By Wednesday,

I had my next star row quilt assembled. I have challenged myself to use the fabric I have for sashing and borders. So while not the best match, it uses more of the stash. I'm sad to say that I used all the good navy...

Thursday (4.15.2021) was my day on the longarm! Guess what got quilted ?!

pattern credit:      top row: D9P stars from We Quilt Together

                            second row: barn stars

                            third row: Quilter's Cache Starflower

                            fourth row: wonky meets floating star

                            fifth row: Sawtooth Star with novelty center

panto credit: square spiral

I have to say that I am enjoying the row quilts. It's a chance to try different blocks yet not commit to a whole quilt or like 20 blocks! I even have another row quilt in the works...

Linking up with Sarah at Whoop! Whoop! and Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday

Design Wall Monday 4.12.2021

I'm still looking in bins for rows for the next QOV.

Here's what I found...

 When I sewed the top row of LeMoyne stars together, the middle star was off by a good 1/2 inch. It was even too much of a difference for me! So I was trying to figure out which other stars to make. I've been wanting to try the D9P Stars, so I thought I would give that a try. I also wanted to try another ribbon star.

pattern credit: Ribbon Star by Seasoned Homemaker

Now this block was a bit lumpy where all the hst's came together. When I looked at it I saw, a square in a square, flying geese and plain corner blocks. I thought I would try that...Unfortunately I ran out of dark blue and I misread my instruction sheet. Yea, I'm not liking this either.

So I turned to my trusty bag of 6.5 inch squares. This is where this row quilt currently stands. I might change the order around but I'm not sure yet...

pattern credit:    top row: D9P Stars by We Quilt Together

                            second row: barn stars

                            third row: Starflower

                            fourth row: wonky stars (there are many tutorials out on the web)

                            fifth row: star

Linking up with: Judy at Design Wall Monday