Around The Block

I started making house blocks in March as we all started to quarantine at home. I made one each day, and put 68 into a wall hanging when our state started to re-open. However, I was still enjoying making the little blocks (3" x 5" finished), and kept making one daily. I now have a pile of little houses in my sewing room and am playing with different ways to use them. My guild decided to have a virtual challenge this year with houses as the theme. I used some of my house blocks to make a bright wall hanging to share at our virtual guild meeting next week.

The wall hanging measures 38" x 38". My corner houses were inspired by the Dresden Neighborhood pattern by Kim Lapacek.

The house fabrics remind me of past projects and what I was working on that day.

I found just enough of a pink and orange stripe for the bias binding.

I had fun using lots of bright fabrics and quilted clouds and wind swirls in the outer purple border. Everything came from my stash except for one yard of Kona purple. 

Linking up with Oh Scrap!

On The Diagonal

 Back when I made a bunch of 12" Split 9-Patch blocks, I arranged the second pile into a furrows layout (I posted about my first top here.) Lots of fun scrappy fabrics in big blocks. Sometimes I like the immediate gratification of using my stash in a comfort quilt! The top was finished a few months ago, but now it is quilted, bound and ready for donation.

Quilted with a square spiral across the blocks and elongated loops around the border, it finished at 47" x 59".

I found a perfect bright fabric for the backing. Given to me by a friend when she moved away, it made me remember fun times we sewed together when I pulled it out of my stash.

I also recently quilted this Quilt of Valor, pieced together volunteer topper. A simple design with big blocks, but I think the bold graphics of the star fabric and the stripe fabric are terrific! The fabrics do all the talking.