Scrap strings With that odd color.

Yep, I said odd color.  Not my usual background color. Really going out of the box with this.  But it was a friends scraps.  They were free, so I went with it. 

This honestly started as a crazy batch of strings that I sewed up over the last year.  I randomly sewed them and squared them up into 8 inch squares.  Then they kept multiplying and sat in a bin for the last year. 

Well, I set a date last week to finish. I jumped in my big scrap bin to find a background.  What did I find but these already cut 8 inch squares!! A friend doesn’t do scraps, so of course I took them!! 

 I had to add a few pieces of  another Aqua fabric that kinda matched it was all the cut off backing from another quilt.  It was a little interesting cutting all the pieces from scraps, but it worked.

Then the backing some of the last fabric another friend gave me. Doesn’t match, but my goal is sooo getting rid of stuff.  The label from my growing collection!! 

So excited to finish another quilt out of a pile of scraps.  I just have too much more to do!! On to next months challenge! 

Scrappy Timber Trees

It’s another finish, just in time to enter the Persimmon dreams, monthly Scrap Quilt Challenge!! The June theme, was trees!!  This quilt is like usual, a design of  my own! 

This quilt top is made completely out of scraps!! All of the triangles are cut offs from multiple things, but mostly binding.  They are seen together using a flip and stitch method then squaring up. 

Each tree triangle section ranges from 1 inch to 3 inches high, by 3.5 to 4.5 inches wide. The trunks are honestly about the same dimensions. 

The trees each have 5 sections and each row is 5 trees wide! I kinda love the odd number in most things.  The rows are stacked from the shortest tree to the tallest tree. I then added a section to even each row out to match the tallest tree. 

The quilt seemed to need something else.  So the star was introduced. Honestly they added width to the quilt and the perfect finishing touch!! The star centers are 3. 5 inch squares. The points are also made with the flip method. 

The rows were then trimmed for all to have matching widths.  To finish it off, I added a 2 inch strip of white to the top and bottom. 

I quilted it with grass like rows across the bottom of all the trees.  Then swirls around each tree. 

The binding, is made out of leftover binding pieces from other quilts. 

Then there is this cute little tag!! It was part of my Christmas collection.  It matched perfectly!! 

Then look at this cute family of bassets!! On some if our recently cut trees! 

May Finishes

I did not hit my May Goals, but I sure did get a bunch done!! Most of my May sewing Occurred at the Quilters Of SC Spring Retreat at Camp Kinard. 4 nights away with lots of Sewing!! 

Sooo excited to get away and sew!! I finished my Guilds Quilt Block for the month! 

The Harvest Road top.  Excited to really finish this one, as it will go in my spare bedroom! 

Then another leader and Ender brick block quilt. 

I sandwiched these 3 sister quilts from last months retreat.  Then I quilted and bond them this week to finish!! 

Then I finished the top for the tree block challenge!! 

June Goals—-

So I did not meet my block goals for last months Sewcialites.  That means I am further behind, so this month, that is one of my top Goals.  The last blocks come out this month, so I want to try and catch up and finish! 

My others goals are to finish the tree top to enter into this months challenge.  Work on the string blocks for next month and to finish some pillow covers for a paid job I took.  If I do all of that, then I can start on a patriotic quilt I really want to do!! 

Goals of 2021!!——

1- House quilt- lots of pieces and few rows. Finished!!

2- Small old antique embroidery quilt- only the original blob lock and fabric pulled.  Plan to box the blocks in, maybe like a log cabin. FINISHED!!!!!

3-Harvest Road Quilt- blocks cut, a few pieces sewn together Top finished, needs borders

4-Debbie row by row- omg, so much to do

5-Rooster on board- one section done.  I think this will be a retreat quilt for this year

6- Pumpkin quilt-  fabrics pulled and all in a box

7- Pineapple place mat- needs to be put together and quilted

8- Jelly roll quilt-  undid it for a race demo in class.  Sewed a few corners and now it’s sittin a box. 

9- Moma quilt- I need to make several of these, but for 2 years,  I’ve had fabric pulled for at least one and sitting in a box. 

10- Sunflower quilt- made with my friends daughters clothes for her kids finished

11- Sunflower 2- same as above finished 

12-Sunflower 3- yep, same finished

13- Bow tie quilt-  I cut a bunch of scrap squared to make this and never did it. 

14- Bea Lea Jumbled Sampler-  Accuquilt quilt fit the year

15- Sewcialites- 17 blocks out of 36 blocks done

16- Ultimate beginner Sampler- FINISHED 

17- T quilt from years ago-  at least 2 blocks done.

18- Stained glass window-  lots of blocks done years old

19- animal embroidery-  needs just a few blocks. 

20- Kaffe embroidery quilt- needs borders.  Top done,  at least 2 years old

21- Yenter embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

22- batik embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

23- crown of thorns.  Has a few blocks cut out. Several sewn together 

24- Tree quilt- not started  Top Finished!!! 

25- Scrap log cabin quilt- not started

26- Selvedge aqua quilt-  some selvedge blocks done

27- string block quilt-  random sized string blocks 

28- pineapple sampler quilt- 3 blocks started. 

29- batik HST quilt- lesson from class

30- persimmon dreams block of the month

31- Pat Sloan star quilt

New 2021 desires- 

1- Liberty box quilt

2- cider quilt

3- pine cone quilt

4- chicken quilt

5- bee fabric quilt 

Hanging Tomato Update

Here we are at week 5.  Look at all the little tomatoes and flowers!! I swapped all the pots around.  Things grown better on one end of my porch then the other. So I am riatating around in a row.  Last to the end.  I think the swap only slowed it a little.  Soo excited to know that I will soon be harvesting a crop!! 

Here are all my Zucchini!! Look how big they are! I soo love the weather this time of year and all the new growth. 

Yenter Explosion in All The Good

A few months ago I took part in the “All The Good”, quilt along by “Jittery Wings Quiit Company”.  I decided to go out of the box and use some of the Jason Yenter Fabric I was holding onto.  

This was my pull, a mix of yenter solids, blenders, and prints.  I used the border print on the top right for my color theme. I usually don’t go big with black in most patterns, but knew the color selection favored that. The span of his fabric probably ran thru a 10 year span. I wasn’t sure of this, but after the pieces were cut up small, it ended up amazing! No one would ever realize they were from totally different directions. 

As the sew along started, back in January 2021, I followed along with the pattern and the Sew/quilt along here 

All The Good Quilt along.  Each step gave you a week to complete.  Truly a lot to do,  but soo worth it.  And I mean it was a lot of squaring up. Lots of HST and flying geese truly seem the quick method. 

From cutting to sewing each step in the pattern, blog and videos were laid out well. 

My only issue came with laying it out.  I had the challenge of the deadline and set a day to do it.  The issue was, it took all day to lay it out. Yeah, 384 pieces later.. I didn’t have a mental plan of what I wanted at first.  Just the colors I wanted to start in the center of the diamond.  I laid the colors together.  The quilt was made with an improv plan.  The only real direction was for all the flying geese to face the same direction.  I finally had to let go of the control in the quilt and the normal.  Then wouldn’t let myself move much around.  That ended up working for me and I was halfway satisfied how it was laid out.  

Then came the time it took me to sew all those pieces together. It truly took me forever.  I took a breath and a photo when it was done.  Then I folded it and laid it to the side. 

A few weeks later, I received some bulk Jason Yenter material in the mail I bought on a sale post.  I found, yet another piece from one of his collections in the same color way. I sewed it up to make a backing and it simply worked out perfectly. 

Then I want to quilt it a little more modern.  I did a switchback kinda straight line FMQ.  I really don’t like the quilting.  Might have now done something different, but in the let it go world, I let it go.  I did not make it for show, so it is what it is. 

Then came the binding.  I couldn’t really decide.  I grabbed the leftovers and saw the border fabric I used as my color theme. So with that idea, it became the binding.  The perfect finish to one of my now favorite quilts!! 

I am soo happy with the photos BBC and the beautiful location at Luthridge!! It’s the chapel there.  God truly gave me an amazing place that matched the quilt he provided me with the gift to make! 

Sewcialites Catch Up!!!

Last year I challenged the ladies in my guild to help keep me accountable to finish this 36 week plus long quilt along.  Besides a paper piecing program, my longest ever! Well, way back in September we started, and by block 12, I was distracted. Here in April, I put myself back on the rocker! 

I was able to finish block 24, 26, 27, and 28 all in the last week.  

Now I am challenging myself to get 8 blocks done in May! That will leave me 9 blocks to catch up, with 5 weeks left in the sew along.  

So cheer me on and maybe I can get there.  I am truly trying to make this the year of finishes and scrap clean out!! 

And here’s Annie with her head stuck in the gate!! 

April Finishes

I was pretty busy this month between working on the house, work and a quilt retreat!  But, in normal fashion, I was able to get some things done!! 

I went to a quilt retreat at Lutheridge early in the month.  I walked out of the door with this pile of jeans quilt.  It’s huge! I finished it!! 

Before I left,  I quilted this quilt from a Jittery Wings pattern I did.  Then I finished the binding before leaving! 

Then last week I finished this simple but adorable Paddington Bear Quilt. 

After that I finished a few more quilt blocks for the Sewcialites quilt.  

Next month,  I already have sooo many Goals.  I finished 3 T-shirt quilt tops at my retreat.  My goal is to sandwich and quilt them this weekend,  then bind them next week.  After that, I have a star quilt to finish by the 15th.  Followed by another quilt retreat that I am praying will be an awesome finishing event!!

Goals of 2021!!——

1- House quilt- lots of pieces and few rows. Finished!!

2- Small old antique embroidery quilt- only the original blob lock and fabric pulled.  Plan to box the blocks in, maybe like a log cabin. FINISHED!!!!!

3-Harvest Road Quilt- blocks cut, a few pieces sewn together 

4-Debbie row by row- omg, so much to do

5-Rooster on board- one section done.  I think this will be a retreat quilt for this year

6- Pumpkin quilt-  fabrics pulled and all in a box

7- Pineapple place mat- needs to be put together and quilted

8- Jelly roll quilt-  undid it for a race demo in class.  Sewed a few corners and now it’s sittin a box. 

9- Moma quilt- I need to make several of these, but for 2 years,  I’ve had fabric pulled for at least one and sitting in a box. 

10- Sunflower quilt- made with my friends daughters clothes for her kids top finished

11- Sunflower 2- same as above top finished 

12-Sunflower 3- yep, same top finished

13- Bow tie quilt-  I cut a bunch of scrap squared to make this and never did it. 

14- Bea Lea Jumbled Sampler-  Accuquilt quilt fit the year

15- Sewcialites- 16 blocks out of 36 blocks done

16- Ultimate beginner Sampler- FINISHED 

17- T quilt from years ago-  at least 2 blocks done.

18- Stained glass window-  lots of blocks done years old

19- animal embroidery-  needs just a few blocks. 

20- Kaffe embroidery quilt- needs borders.  Top done,  at least 2 years old

21- Yenter embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

22- batik embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

23- crown of thorns.  Has a few blocks cut out. Several sewn together 

24- Tree quilt- not started  sewed a few blocks 

25- Scrap log cabin quilt- not started

26- Selvedge aqua quilt-  some selvedge blocks done

27- string block quilt-  random sized string blocks 

28- pineapple sampler quilt- 3 blocks started. 

29- batik HST quilt- lesson from class

30- persimmon dreams block of the month

31- Pat Sloan star quilt