I have been busy puttering since my last post. I did finish up the preemie quilts, (one is a guild challenge) and one is a kit I picked up at guild.
I also completed two larger quilts. One was from some fabric tossed out in a plastic bag at a modern guild meeting and the other is the sew-along with Running Doe
I used some of my reds and browns to go with what was in the bag and stitched some blocks I refer to as Carolyn blocks. I have never found the source where I saw a picture of this block, many years ago and always hoping someone will identify it so I can give credit.
I added a panel to the backing to make the quilt a little more Canadian and it will be donated to Quilts of Valour.
When we sold our home in Mesa (we had spent 18 Valentine's days there), my friends cleaned out my quilts and handed them out to a variety of good friends that I had known for years. This Valentine's day, here in our home in the Pacific Northwest, I realized that I had table runners and toppers but no quilts so, when Running Doe posted the Love Ya quilt for February, it was a perfect solution. I have a quilt for me for next year, all completed. This was made from a huge variety of scraps. The pinks were leftover from looking for fabrics for the preemie quilts.
These were the Valentine's mug rugs that I made and gave away to friends for the special heart day.
Aqua strip piecing from scraps.
Onto making blue scrappy strip blocks
And then, some green scrappy strips.
The churn dash blocks are growing as I am making them as leaders and enders while working on my other projects. These blocks are not appealing to me for a quilt top and am thinking of adding in another plain block to alternate between these. The bonus would be enough blocks for two quilts!
After making the Love Ya quilt, I had a lot of leftover half square triangles so am now stitching some together and will see where this goes.
My advent box from Missouri star in 2024 had a panel of front doors to cut out and a pattern to make this table topper. I have stitched in the ditch but think it needs more quilting? When I took it to my Wednesday quilting group, they agreed that stippling in the background would make the houses pop a little more. I should have taken a close up of the front doors... some are so darn cute! After I eventually get the stippling done, will take more pictures, close up so you can see the details.
Today is a lovely day and much too nice to be indoors working on income tax. I did a bit of pruning, weeding and cut the grass. The calendar says it is winter for 19 more days but Mother Nature is teasing us with spring weather today.
I have another list of goals for March but today seems to be a no-sew day. I am still completing bindings for the modern guild and finished up two last week. I don't make these quilts, I labeland bind them. This is such a simple idea for using up scraps.
The same block but a different colour way.
Another week of tennis, appointments for my husband and knee injections (synvisc) for me. Off to work on my March list of what I would love to accomplish this month in my studio.
