Playing with strips

Not that I needed another project, of course, but I had been wanting to try the Crayon Box pattern from quiltville for awhile. I've been making some placemats for a town harvest festival, but was a little bored with the repetition, so I dipped into my strip bin and played. It's so bright and unmatched, but it makes me happy!


There are lots of little bits of fabrics with great memories. Even a bit from a dress my mother made for me in high school. I think I'll add a dark pink border, and quilt it on my friend's gammill with simple swirls and such. It will be a nice cuddle quilt for the sofa.

Lots of Irons in the Fire

I always seem to have so many more ideas swimming around in my head than time to actually create these ideas. But, I keep squeezing in some stiches whenever I can!


In a huge box of quilting fabrics and unfinished project donated to my Linus group there were 10 sunbonnet sue blocks all prepared for applique. My 8-yr-old daughter loved them and I told her to pick her 4 favorite. The other six of them I machine appliqued and made into a Linus donation quilt. The 4 I kept I hand appliqued, and now I'm adding this and that to make it into a throw size quilt for my daughter. When I had all my 30's scraps pulled out for the spring fling round robin and my 30's crumb blocks, I found a bunch of 2.5" squares and triangles that would be perfect for small flying geese. I added them to the sue blocks, and now it's mellowing on my hanging quilt rack. I'm thinking of adding 4 basket blocks to the corners and then something else along the edges. My daughter keeps stopping by my sewing room to see how it is progressing!



I finished up a simple rail fence variation quilt at my guild's comfort quilt workshop this week. Glad to have a top ready to be loved by someone in need.

I attended my guild's Mark Lipinski workshop last week, and I'm finishing up the "throw me a curve" mystery quilt. He was very entertaining and I think everyone had a great time at the lecture and the workshop. I'm also sewing together some bricks and 4-patches to create my own variation of the Quiltville Tobacco Road mystery quilt. I'm just not inspired right now to make all the pinwheels in her design, although they do look really terrific!

Round Robin and Playing with Scraps

I've finally made some decisions about my additions to the lovely center square I received for the SFRR swap. I must have pulled out dozens of fabrics to give them a try, but I've come up with something I like and I hope the recipient does as well!


While sifting through my fabrics in my sewing room, I found a bag of 30's scraps from a quilt I made several years ago. I decided to make a few maverick stars with the triangles and crumb blocks with the other pieces and I like what I ended up with. I might just keep it this size for a small runner, or perhaps I'll add some more if I have another inspiration.