A Little Bit Done

I am almost done stitching my Spencer Museum block for this month. Here is a sneak peek.

I finished appliqueing the center circles on Japanese Flowers and have the center blocks sewn together. I hope to work on the borders today.

Below are blocks I made for the guild. Every year our local library has a silent auction in the Spring.  Our guild puts together a basket with quilt blocks and other quilting items for the auction. Personally I don't think I would use these blocks for a quilt, but they sure were easy.

I added to my Kaffe Fassett fabrics. It has amazed me, that in choosing fabrics for my Hospital Sketches blocks, that the least expected fabrics seem to work. I start out with an idea of what I think will work and what I want, and I am completely surprised at what I end up with. It has been a challenge and fun at the same time.

Added to my Civil War stash too.

We drove out to a local lake for our son, it is about 10 miles from our house.He wanted to know if the ice had melted. It is still frozen.

A brave soul out ice fishing!

I hope whatever you do today you will find joy and have time for some stitching! Rebecca

Hospital Sketches Virginia Coxcomb and Quilty 365

I finished block two, Virginia Coxcomb, for  the Hospital Sketches BOM . I posted two photos with different lighting. It is so hard to get the fabric colors "just right". You can get more information about  Barbara Brackman's 2019 BOM HERE. She also has a Facebook page you can join HERE. The Facebook page is really fun because you get to see everyone's wonderful interpretations of each block.

 I am busy prepping my next blocks for the Spencer Museum and Hospital Sketches quilts so with  no applique ready to stitch, I had time for some hand quilting on my Spring Bouquet quilt.

Another project I am stitching is Quilty 365. This was a sew along hosted by Audrey of Quilty Folk back in 2016. You can read about it HERE. I participated, making leaf blocks. Later I was not really happy with the leaf blocks as they were, I am going to do something else with the leaves. I loved everyones circle blocks though, so started another Quilty 365 this January. So far I stitched a circle each day!

January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

Happy Quilting! Rebecca

April Snow and Other Projects

It seems that my posts lately have focused on sew along projects. I have been working on other projects too. First up though, I guess that little bunny I posted a photo of last time, is smarter than I
thought. We woke up to 8" of snow this morning!

The temperature dropped down too, it warmed up to a whopping 30* this afternoon.

The wedding quilt has made a tiny bit of progress. I received the fabric photos I ordered. Laid out the blocks and decided I want more photos. So I am waiting on those.

I am working on a quilt for one of my adult granddaughters. Her favorite colors are blue and orange. I also have quilts on the list for another adult granddaughter and two adult grandsons. When these are done I will be "caught up".


 The pattern is called Japanese Flowers by Nerida Richmond. I downloaded it from Cozy Project. Here is a link to their site, COSY PROJECT   They have lots of patterns and online classes.

Japanese Flowers by Nerida Richmond

I have all  the center flowers appliqued and just need to do the circle centers, then I can start working on the border flowers. 

This is the pattern I am using for the second granddaughter's quilt. I have two jelly rolls ready to go.

For one grandson I will be making Bonnie Hunter's Smokey Mountain Stars quilt in blues and grays. I have not made a decision yet for the other grandson.

I have also been sewing  Angela"s  blocks for the RSC19 Tiny Tuesday Sampler. You can read more about it  HERE. I decided on my setting fabrics, white with a black print for the straight sets and black with a white print for the diagonal sets. I am not sure of the final lay out, just having fun making the blocks each week.

I have collecting black and white prints.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca

Spencer Museum Sew Along

Time to share our progress on the Spencer Museum quilt. This is the Flower Pot block, I really like this one. The vase looks almost black in the photo, but it is a dark brown. You can see Lori and Dorothy's beautiful blocks HERE and Karen's lovely block HERE.  I really enjoy sewing along with these wonderful quilters!

These are large blocks, I am cutting my backgrounds at 21" X 21"

Dark brown  vase.

Block one and two together.

I like my Block 2 much better than my Block 1. I might tweak it a little and mix up the green fabrics more.

No moose lately, but my DH snapped this photo of a rabbit. The snow is almost gone, early this year, but the rabbits are still white.

                                                     Happy Quilting, Rebecca

String Along Month Three

Time for our String Along Link up! I always look forward to seeing what other quilters have been up to. I am linking up with Lori of Humble Quilts who is hosting the String Along, and all the other Stringers HERE .

 I am including my Pineapple Crazy blocks in my string sewing. These little guys take some time, but  I enjoy making them! I finished 12 of these 5 1/2" (unfinished) blocks  this month. That gives me a total of 36 blocks. I think I may start sewing them together so I don't have to sew all 224 blocks  at the same time.
 

I completed 8 String Basket blocks and 10 more string blocks.

All my String Basket blocks, I know it doesn't look like much, bot I did concentrate more on the Pineapple Crazy blocks this month.

I am thinking of settings for the Basket blocks. This is the original Gwen Marston/ Freddy Moran quilt I got my idea from. Their blocks finish at 14" and mine will finish at 7 1/2".

I am playing around with some ideas for settings.

We had a couple of visitors the other day.

Happy Quilting!

Spencer Museum and Hospital Sketches

I joined Lori of Humble Quilts and some other quilters to make The Spencer Museum Quilt, a Jan Patek pattern. Here is my first block. I had no trouble choosing fabrics for this one which is unusual for me, it is normally the hardest part and takes me more time than the actual sewing. I am doing needle turn applique for this project. The blocks finish at 20 inches. Hop over to Lori's blog, Humble Quilts HERE and Karen's blog, Log Cabin Quilter HERE, to see their beautiful blocks.

Spencer Museum Block One. The background is actually a little darker than in the photo.

I have also been working on the first block for Hospital Sketches, Barbara Brackman's 2019 Sew Along. My original plan was to use Kaffe Fassett fabrics for this project, then I felt a little intimidated by them. So, I cut out more traditional Civil War fabrics and even started stitching them down, but I was just not feeling the joy. So, back to the Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I took me quite a bit of time, but I finally made my final choices and I am very happy with this block. I am doing needle turn applique on this project too.

Two of my attempts with traditional fabrics. Pretty, but not what I was looking for.

 My final lay out for Block One of Hospital Sketches. A little more stitching has been done since this photo, I hope to have it finished soon.

Hospital Sketches Block One.


Happy Quilting!

String Along Baskets

I made a little progress on my String Baskets. I did more cutting than sewing I think. I cut out a lot of  red background pieces and prepped handles, but I did complete 4 basket blocks and 8 string blocks. The string blocks will be cut in half to make the basket blocks. My finished blocks measure 7 1/2", in the Gwen Marston/Freddy Moran pattern I am using, their blocks finish at 14 1/2". (I had to do a little math.)
I am linking up with Lori's blog Humble Quilts for the Stringalong Link up HERE.

Four completed String Baskets. I am doing machine applique for the handles. 

Eight more string blocks done, this will make sixteen basket blocks.

Red backgrounds cut and handles.

We haven't seem very many moose lately and the ones we have didn't give  me a chance for a photo. We did see some caribou though.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca