Making progress

Hello Everyone,

I've gotten in some sewing this week :) Making a bit of progress on some things.

This is the fabric I am using for the Bird blog hop next month ( my day is March 18th) hosted by Samm on Sew We Quilt.

I've got all my pieces cut and have started to sew.

And here is some progress on one of the Round Robins I am doing over on the Q&N forum.

I'm waiting on some fabrics to come in, so I can finish it up and get it sent off to the next person.

I even managed to get some charity blocks and some blocks for 2 Quilt of Valor quilts made!

Speaking of the Q&N forum, it's that time again, time for a Mystery.

You can get your pattern for this mystery quilt here. And kits. I will not be sewing it this time around, too much else I need to sew. But Jess's mystery weekends are always great.

Have a great day!

Linking up with Lorna today. Thank you Lorna!

Pats' Gems

Hello Everyone,

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of my 4-patch quilt. I've called it Pat's gems.

I sent it to my best friend Carol for Christmas. Here Mom's name was Pat. Pat had owned a jewelry store at one time and loved her jewelry.

Pat passed away early last year. Every time I pulled this top out to work on it, Pat and Carol popped into my head. So I knew it had to go to Carol, as sort of a memorial quilt.

Here's part of the back.

 

Carol says she loves it, and uses it everyday :)

I will be doing a follow along to make this quilt....when I find the time. lol

Have a great day.

 

Bucket hat

Hello Everyone,

This little guy keeps me pretty busy.

His favorite thing to do.... be outside with the bigger kids. Whether it's sitting in the dirt with the Tonka vehicles....he's very serious while 'working'...., sitting on the tractor, looking at chains and tools hanging in the shop,  or sitting in my lap watching the big kids play, he just wants to be outside 'doing' something. Even inspect the veggies....

With his almost bald little head, I decided he needed one of these ultra darling bucket hats from Oliver+S company.... free patterns here. They are so easy to make, and fairly quick too.

He makes it hard to do a lot of quilting though....But I'm not complaining :) My poor 4-patch quilt is still sitting unattended. Although I do have a few pictures of another way to make quick 4-patches. This time with jelly rolls or strips you've cut from yardage.

Lay two strips right sides together. And sew down one long side.

Press open.

Now cut strips the same width as your original strips. I started off with 2.5" strips, so that's what I am cutting.

Put two of these new strips right sides together, opposite colors facing each other and sew.

Open and press. Easy as that. And you can get quite a few out of one jelly roll strip.

I'm hoping to get back to my 4-patch today.

How about you? What are you working on?

More 4 patches

Hello Everyone,

I got my little lap quilt all pieced and decided I wanted it bigger. It's the perfect size right now for a baby quilt. Done up in baby fabrics, it would be adorable.

But I want it bigger. So am going to put a solid white border first, then add more 4 patches. These are the fabrics I dug out of my stash. They go pretty well with the shades of same color in the top.

This weekend I am distracted by the Mystery quilt going on over on the forum. Here are the fabrics I choose to make mine with. It's going quite fast too. Can't wait to see what the top looks like when done!

I'm sorry, I wont be showing you the finished mystery top though. That would ruin it for anyone who wants to do it :)

 Have a great day!

Trimming..... and a Mystery.

Hello Everyone,


Ugh, I am finally finished with the trimming. Of small blocks that is.

I hate this part of the quilting process. But I know that it's a necessary evil. lol.

Now all my 4 squares and HST's are ready to be sewn together into a lovely little lap quilt.

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This weekend, July 28-29th, is another great Mystery quilt weekend over at the Q&N. You all know how I love Jess's mystery patterns. She always does an amazing job.

Her kits are on sale now. You can find them here. And you can buy just the pattern here. As always, you can also purchase all four mystery patterns (she does four a year) for a reduced price, here.

I know what I'll be doing next weekend :)

Have a great day!


 

Easy 4 patches

Hello everyone, I hope you all are staying cool. It's a scorcher out there!

I got this lovely charm pack of Flora by Lauren and Jessi Jung, for my birthday. I'm pairing it up with some white tone on tone. ( I had a lovely picture of my charm pack with the whites... and what did I do? I deleted it from my camera... before I could use it. LOL. So this pic will have to do.)

I'm making some easy 4 patches with some of them. Here's how.

 Using a print and a white, match right sides together. And mark a line at the halfway point of the square.

Sew a 1/4" line on both sides of line.

Cut apart on drawn line and press open.

 Right sides together again, making sure your white of one patch is lined up with the print of the other patch. (I'm switching to a darker color, so it's easier to see.)

Mark a line at the halfway point. And sew 1/4" on both sides of it.

Cut apart on the drawn line and press open.

Ta-da! Two easy four patches, with a perfect matched seam ;)

I'm also doing HST's. Which are easy too. I mark my lines for both the 4 patch and the HST's, then take both stacks to the machine and chain piece. It's goes pretty quickly.

I'll show you what I'm doing with these at a later date ;)