January 1, 2018

My gifts from Santa

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Gifts of the quilty nature are always on my wish list every year and this year Santa did really well in granting many of my wishes.

I've got an Irish Chain quilt on my bucket list so Melissa Cory's book was an instant addition to the list as soon as it came out.  The expanding sewing gauge was also on the list for a few years and now I can cross that off to make room for other new goodies. And of course adding some of Kate Spain's Early Bird fabric line to my huge Kate Spain stash is always a good thing.
Santa also brought me a new Clover leather thimble (I have a well loved one and am scared it will get lost), a jar of Peels for taming thread, a 6 1/2" x 12 1/2" Creative Grids ruler and not 1 but 3 of the cute Thimble Blossoms pins.
Santa is always happy to have a wish list to choose from to make his task easier and I love getting quilty things that I want.  It's a win-win for all.

I want to wish you a very Happy New Year.
May the coming year be good to you and yours and may you accomplish all that you hope for.  I know for me, I've already started working on my 2018 goals.

December 30, 2017

Pillows to remember Grandma

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Early in the summer the mom of one of my Girl Scouts lost her mother.  A few weeks ago she brought me a Red sweater her mom used to wear and asked me if I'd be able to turn it into a pillow that she could give to her sister for Christmas.  I hadn't done this before but I knew that it wouldn't be difficult.  

This is the result of a short amount of time of planning and sewing.
 She also brought me her mother's fluffy Pink robe and asked if I could also make a pillow from it.  This was a little more challenging but after I decided to actually leave the zipper in and make it part of the design they came together quickly.  I actually had enough fabric to make two pillows.
 I finished them on Christmas Eve and she was thrilled.
The Red pillow went to her sister, one Pink pillow when to her niece and she kept the other one for herself.  Many tears were shed when the gifts were opened and I know that they will continue to comfort all 3 ladies for many years to come.

November 3, 2017

Another batch of City Sampler blocks are done

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With the change in my volunteer role with our local Girl Scout area service unit I've had more time to get back to my love of sewing and have made additional progress on my Tula Pink 100 Modern Quilt Blocks City Samper - my Halloween version.
Block 34 was perfect for this fussy cut witch print.
The last of the rectangle blocks chapter, block 35, was an easy one to complete.
Then I was back into the chapter featuring triangles and first up was block 46.
I had these leftover half square triangles already made from another long ago project and was thrilled to be able to put them to good use for block 47.
Black and Yellow was also the theme I felt like using when I made block 48.
I tried hard to use a variety of colors so block 49 features this fun Green fabric.
The White and Black half square triangles in this block 50 are tiny, finishing at 1 inch.
Block 51 quickly came together featuring these Green and Black prints.
I felt like using Purple and Orange when I made block 52.
And lastly, for this batch at least, block 53 showcases a big piece of the silly monsters print. 
I've completed a total of 83 blocks and only have 17 more to go.  This will definitely be the last Halloween season where this quilt is a UFO.

October 31, 2017

More completed City Sampler blocks

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Today seems to be an appropriate day to show you more of the Tula Pink City Sampler blocks I've completed recently.  I'm enjoying making them and I'm starting to see the light at the end of this project tunnel.

Some bold graphic prints was the feature for block #26.
I chose a Purple dot to pair with the cute print fabric in block 27.
For block 28 gray spider webs and the friendly skeletons work well together.
I love the blocks where I can feature some of the prints with bigger motifs such as in this block which is number 29.
Block 30 focuses on friendly jack 'o lanterns.
A Purple bat print outlines the center in block 31.
For block 32 I was happy to be able to fussy cut this poison bottle and show it front and center.
And lastly for this batch is block number 33.
I've completed a few more blocks but need to get the pictures transferred so that I can write the next blog post.  Stay tuned.

October 16, 2017

The next batch of Halloween City Sampler blocks

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I've been able to continue crossing off finished blocks on my list.  Here are more recently completed ones.

I wish that showing this block 91 meant that I was nearing the end of the block construction but alas it did not.  This was just the start of the next batch of the blocks in the Haiku chapter.
Fussy cutting for the center meant I got the really fun result I was after for block 92.
Part of the fun in making these blocks is choosing which fabrics to use.  This is block 93.
There aren't as many blocks where I can use a larger print fabric such as I did for block 94.
Flying witches became the theme for block 95.
Once I added that block to the wall I took a picture of what they all looked like together so far.
Then I turned back to chapter 1 Cross blocks and made number 11.
Next up was block number 12.
I try to vary the colors used as much as possible to give the quilt more interest.  A Green print was the feature for block number 13.
Someone on Instagram commented that the feature fabric reminded her of the Pacman game.  I have to agree with her.  This is block 14.
And finally chapter 1 was finished with this completed block number 15.
Additional posts are in the works with more blocks to show.  Maybe I'll even be able to at least get the whole top done before the 31?  Time will tell.
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