little fabric friends

Jingle bell square is officially cut, boxed, labeled and sent to the project shelves. This quilt pattern can be found here

remember these little darlings? I just couldn't wait to get started.

My drawer of 1 1/2 inch strips

and cutting began. I am making 2 of every block so that I can swap with my friend Lucy. For one block, I need a 1 1/2 inch strip at least 7 1/2 inches. But I may play around later with smaller pieces that can be combined with others.

I love cutting for a scrap quilt, visiting my old fabric friends. Maybe that is why the block is called friendship star? :)

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more snow days blocks

I haven't had energy to work on any mystery quilts this week, but I had some stitching time  and worked on the tree in between these two blocks of snow days. I nearly have the top row all ready, and part of the bottom row.

I have cut more Christmas fabric for jingle bell square from quiltville's addicted to scraps book. I am afraid I cut enough to make two. lol Each block takes 2 matching fabrics and 4 in the hour glass block and I am afraid I switched the two numbers in my head while counting. But they are so cute!

My goal for the month is to work on American Beauty Rose, a Marie Webster quilt . To do that, I need to prep more blocks for hand stitching. It has been long enough since I worked on it here, that I couldn't remember which way to lay the interfacing pieces to sew them. So I tried one piece.

 It was right the first time.

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Snow blocks

I spent my time at small group cutting blocks for my snow days quilt by Crab apple Hill

I made quite a mess. I cut strips and then I cut pieces. I needed 15 martha washington blocks 5- 6 inch - 5 -9 inch 5- 12 inch

I did get 2 of them sewn together in the 6 inch size.

I have reached into the darkest recesses of Christmas scraps ( and the attic) and have been cutting the rails for jingle bell square a quiltville pattern. My table is a scrappy Christmas mess, but some oldies and uglies are going to be useful pieces in a quilt. I am hoping to condense my Christmas fabrics to 2 tubs max. Any that can be sorted into color scraps will go there, and will be used as just the color red or green or black. Anything too Christmasy will go in the Christmas tub. I really don't ever plan to buy Christmas fabric..... but it is often at thrift stores, in grab bags and deep deep clearanced after Christmas. It's hard not to buy fabric after 70% off sales.

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easy street binding

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I am stitching the binding on my Easy street quilt. This is part of my quiltville mystery quilt challenge of finishing along with Jo's string challenge before the next quiltville  publication. I hopefully will have it ready to show by the end of the week.

I have it in my head to sort, declutter, and pack away Christmas fabric. I have 3 quilts I am cutting while I go through my tubs.
I have a predominantly red and white quilt called peppermint candy.

Jingle bell square from Quiltville addicted to scraps

and a bargello.

I am hoping to cut my Christmas fabric stash by 50% in preparation for down sizing.

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main Crush Monday   link in sidebar

show and tell monday

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