Granny Squares

I'm having a good time working on these Granny square blocks.  So far I've been using white and white on white stash fabric.  I don't have much more and I still haven't decided how much bigger this will be.

On Easter my niece asked me if I'd make her a new quilt. 

(but of course!)

Sea foam green -to match her newly painted bedroom walls, I even got a the paint blotch from the paint can lid! Silver and White.  She's 14-I told her to give me a month or so...I shopped my stash and have a good silver and a good green batik, just not enough of either.  I already have plans to go to a quilt shop next Thursday so will start there-just love when it all falls in place like that.  I'm thinking something more modern for a cool young lady.

I have been doing some customer quilts and working on the Dresden plate blocks.  I never did get the little Peep mini made for this Easter.  It's on the back burner now.  

I'm working 4 days a week and enjoying the heck out of it but it sure has disrupted my sewing time.  

Design Wall Monday

Well I finally have some blocks done for the Scrappy Dresden's. These six are blanket-stitched.  I have them on the wall on point as I'm thinking about it as a layout....

Underneath the 2 blue blocks are actually going to be pillows to go with the quilt that is on HQ-it's a customer quilt.

The little green piece way down there on the right is the background for a little mini Easter quilt from Bloomin Minds that I hope to get done tomorrow, or Wen. or Thursday. :)

Here is what it will look like when I finish it.

Here's the other design wall with my four (so far) Granny Squares blocks.  I'm thinking I'll try to make one a day. I'm trying to just be scrappy without too much planning.

(9" finish Gr.Square blocks)

And here's a final picture of the primitive pinwheels. 

It's all done.

 I love it.

(11x12)

I'm linking up with Judy today.

DWMonday

The two plates on the top are already blanket stitched to the foundation.

The one on the bottom I just finished sewing together and it's just pinned to the foundation block.  

I'm loving making these...

Last week Libby and I took a little trip to this quilt shop.  Libby needed to pick up a quilt kit she had requested and I wanted to get the additional 6 yards of grey fabric for the Dresden backgrounds.  I was so relieved that they still had enough yardage left.  Since usually I would be a day late and have to scramble to try to find it elsewhere. Whew!

H-o-p-e-f-u-l-l-y I will get it washed, pressed and the rest of the blocks cut out tomorrow.

I finally got going on quilting one of Libby's quilts.  I have the SID done around the applique blocks and the feather border is finished.

It's real pretty.

While we were at Peace by Piece, we also got the primitive pinwheels twister pattern.  I finished sewing the top (11x12) yesterday. 

 At the top of the picture you can see all my dresden blades piled up. It's a very sophisticated organizational process.
I just keep moving them out of the way from the cutting table to the sewing table, to the ironing board....I will probably continue until I drop them and get ticked off and take the time to put them somewhere safe.  I don't want to put them away and get distracted for a month or two and start a new project...
what ME? do something like THAT....Nooooo!

 and I got this pattern too.

 

oh isn't that pretty?   

Could be a possible distraction I was speaking about above....

It's queen size.  

I don't think I'll be making it that large but we'll see.  I just love the blue background.  

Dresden blades

yes it's the same picture.  

Time is NOT on my side today, nor has it been for over a week...but that's OK.

My sister and her two youngin' (7 and 9) are visiting from New Mexico.

I have been making some progress on the Dresden's. All the blades are cut and arranged and stacked into nice piles. I need 30 plates but lost count and have 31 plus a good stack of leftover blades too.  

620+ blades, ah that was a LOT of cutting, I used way more than 20 fabrics and tried not to repeat a fabric in one plate. It's going to look very nice but probably explains why my left shoulder/neck is hurting.

I also have about 20 of the center circles fused and cut out ....no hand applique for me!  I ran out of fusible so can't finish getting those done until I can get to the store for more-perhaps today after dropping my sister and kids at the airport.

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I'm still walking, not every day with working part-time I sometimes just can't get it in, which is an excuse but it's the one I'm using! I'm still getting 3-4 times a week in so it's not like I'm the horrible slug that I immediately start thinking I must be when I miss a day or two- (old mental images die hard, apparently.)

I am still not completely convinced that this new routine and eating changes are here to stay.  I've been down this road before...

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Paul and I went on our first 'official' ride last week, just a couple hours and dinner out; froze my butt off on the way home still to early in season to be out after the sun starts to go down-cold, cold, cold.  But it was fun.  

2 blocks made

I'll call it a good start.

The block on the left I made with the 4 inch blades. It's on a 12 inch background.

The block on the right is 5 inch blades and a 14 inch background.

I love them both, but the bigger block will be what I use for my quilt.  The background is a light grey, a Buggy Barn basic fabric.  I need to get some more of it...isn't that always how it goes with me or so it seems.

I tried a few different backgrounds and even a white (yikes-so not me) but this one I love.

I'm using my stash of civil war fabrics for the blades.  

My cutting table is a mess.

I have a quilt on the frame almost done...three quarters...two thirds done...maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday.  It's all good.

Design Wall Monday

(60x84)

Well, bother, this is the same picture as before.  Honestly, I took an 'it's all together picture' and I must have deleted it...obviously it looks quite the same as this or I would have noticed it...right???? 

I do have to sew an 1/8 inch seam around the entire outside edge so it's ready for quilting. I plan on doing that today and then down it goes for a bit of rest before quilting.

Last night I did finally start making the blades for my Scrappy Dresden Plate blocks from Bunny Hill Designs.  Of course, I cut a bunch of 4 inch blades and then when I started sewing them together decided I wanted 5 inch blades so technically I've started but now I must re start!

I just found this tutorial here for a Granny Square block -using 2.5 inch squares (which are breeding like rabbits in my 2.5 inch drawer) --too graphic for Monday morning?  Perhaps.

I found this link from Denise in PA.  When I looked at the block all I saw was all those little triangles around the edges--yuck bias galore.  But the tutorial shows you use squares and then trim off--excellent.  

Well it's going to be a beautiful day here!  

I have so many things planned for today and tomorrow morning.  

I don't work again until tomorrow afternoon so I've crammed into this day and a half off enough stuff for a week.  

It ain't getting done while I'm on this computer...as we all know. 

And if I even pick up the 3rd book in the Hunger Game Trilogy I'm doomed.  I'm trying not to even look at it sitting there by my chair.....tempting me...

Toodles.

a few finishes

I forgot to post a picture of this one. I made it for my sil for her Bday.

She liked it.

My bunny pillow is done.

(19 x 19)

And Winter Scraps is done and hanging in the living room.

I put Scrappy Happy rows back up and sewed them together so it's now a 60 x 84 flimsy.  I forgot to take a picture tho.

Here's the old one.

fun times, fun times..Life is Good.