Wednesday, May 6, 2020

bunny blocks

I have bunnies on my table. I haven't stitched them yet, but, they are all pressed. I have straight stitch machines set up in my sewing room, so, I will have to haul a zigzag machine to the dining room to actually stitch these.


I am looking forward to putting this quilt together. I started this quilt with a fabric and went from there. Usually, I start with a pattern and find the fabric for the quilt. It is fun challenging myself the other way. Although, quilting is always challenging myself : where did I lay the scissors, why am I 2 blocks short, how long can I sew without bobbin thread, where did I put that project, where can I stuff more fabric?



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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

progress

Last week's to do:
1. cut unity mystery clue 2 - done


2. cut old world mystery 4 - done


3. mow - done I am getting better at this
4. cut shirt scraps - done
I had this bag of scraps and I wanted to cut them into triangles.


I didn't count how many triangles I made. If it didn't make a triangle, it went into a string and crumb bag. I had 3 1/2 in, and 2 1/2 in, and a few 2 in. There is no particular plan, just cutting the scraps from cut offs when I was cutting large blocks from the sleeves.


Next week's to do:
1. mow again
2. cut unity 3
3. cut old world 5
4. dig out the unicorn quilt and decide what I need to do to finish it.
5. Put a quilt ufo on the frame

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Monday, May 4, 2020

unity 2

Using my scrap user's system 2 x 3 1/2 inch rectangles,


and, my 2 inch squares, I was able to start work on clue 2 of the quiltville unity mystery.


I have all the pieces and parts ready to build the next row. The pieces are little, but, since we are still in the center of the quilt, it needs to be smaller. I am behind, but I am not in a hurry. It has been a cold Spring, but still beautiful and welcome. I am spending more time outside as the mowing falls to me as my husband recovers from back surgery.


clue 1

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Saturday, May 2, 2020

squares gift

I have been gifted a big box of  3 inch scrappy squares. I opened the box and did a happy dance. Imagine the possibilities and the hours of endless fun. Not to worry, I took their temperature and they are healthy.


We have a new color for the rainbow scrap challenge, and, I see dark green in this happy box. I don't think any of my regularly scheduled rainbow projects use dark green, so, I will just play with the color this month.



Indiana is still on the rise for the virus, but, we are lifting restrictions, just the same. It doesn't make sense to me. I am not interested in mixing in the fun, so I will still stay home and quilt.

My rainbow projects for 2020 with links:
 Irish chain
Shine
row by row
scraptastic star
country road

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rsc20 super saturday

oh scrap



Friday, May 1, 2020

May goals

It is a new month ( finally). Time to focus on 3 UFos for the month of May. I want to make a top of the unicorn quilt I started 2 years ago for my Granddaughter. I am winging it for the pattern. I have a unicorn panel and I want to make it bigger.


I think I made birch trees last year as part of the rainbow scrap challenge, and it is ready to quilt.


I have another quilt in the "to be quilted" pile that I want to quilt this month. It was a block of the month with a quilt shop called stars and stripes.
I am working on the unity mystery quilt and the old world mystery quilt, too. And with the new month, there should be a new color for the rainbow scrap challenge.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

bunny quilt

This idea for a quilt started with the fabric. Going through a box in my sewing room, I found this cute bunny fabric, and wondered if I would ever use it. hmmm... I put it on my table and walked by it often, trying to think  - what should I do with an obvious one purpose piece of fabric. I didn't think it would blend in with other scraps very well. And I really don't want an Easter quilt. Should I donate it? Then  it clicked. I remembered a bunny quilt I had seen in quiltmaker magazine, that I thought was cute. And, if I make it juvenile enough, a child won't care if it has easter bunny fabric as long as the bunnies are cute.




I used the pattern in the magazine to make the bunnies, but, I wanted it bigger, so, I made 9 bunnies. I traced it onto wonder under light and cut them out while watching TV. I think they will be so cute. However, if I do this with every piece of fabric that I try to organize.......


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