Designing Monday

I finally got busy and made some progress around here.  I finished piecing the Cheddar and Blue quilt that I started about a month ago.  I really like how it turned out and am glad I kept it to a 5x5 size.  I think it is about 65 in. square.

The Threads of Memory Quilt from Barbara Brackman has been calling me to get another block done, so I finished the block for May.  It had paper piecing and set in seams.  I usually like to paper piece, but it almost got the best of me.  It didn't help that I cut my fabric backwards and ended up making the center of the block backwards.  The set in seams were a breeze in comparison.

I visited a couple of local quilt shops this week to pick up patterns for the Row by Row Experience.  I think that's what it is called.  The patterns are designed by the quilt shops and not at all what I expected.  I'll have to decide if I have time to fit this in.  Anybody else participating in your area??

Hop on over to Judy's to see some really beautiful designs.

Designing Monday

I spent the week visiting Arizona, so not much sewing going on.  I did take some handwork and got a bunch of hexagons basted.  I use freezer paper templates and baste thru the corners so this went pretty fast.  I have a few hexagon flowers sewn together.

I remade 5 blocks from the quilt on my design wall - cheddar and blue quilt from Quilt Sampler magazine.  I think 5x5 is as big as I am going to make it.  I am piecing the border next.

Have a wonderful week and hop on over to Judy's blog to see lots more beautiful designs in progress.

New Growth

I went out to the backyard today to look at our plants and found lots and lots of teeny, tiny grapes on our arbor.  We have one plant for green grapes and one for purple.  Last year there was very little growth on the purple plant, but it had lots of grapes.  The green plant grew very tall and had lots of vines shooting off the main stem and only two or three grapes.  So far this year the green plant has grown even taller over the top of the arbor and there are gobs of tiny grapes.  The purple plant is very stunted and has only a few grapes.  Can't wait to see what happens.  Here are photos of the green grapes today.  They are like microscopic tiny.

I'm making progress on my blue and cheddar quilt.  I have several of the Block 2's done and trying to decide whether to remake some of the block 1's.  I used two different neutral fabrics for Block 1 and now I am thinking the one with flowers is not very attractive.  Which of these things is not like the others?  Still thinking.

Designing Monday

I have really been sewing up a storm in the Emerald Woods.  Quilt Sampler magazine featured a Cheddar and Blue quilt that caught my eye and I got busy pulling out all my blues and got to work.  There are only two blocks in the quilt.

Block 1

Block 2

Ruh-Roh!  It seems that cheddar square wandered away from it's designated position.  I can't imagine how that happened!!!!!!

My sewing table went from chaos to more order as the pieces got sewn together.

Today I am back to chaos as I start sewing all the block 2's.

Here is my design wall today. It appears I have entered my blue phase.  The 4 squares in the top right are for the Threads of Memory BOM.  #5 is a real doozy.

Hop on over to Judy's blog to see more beautiful designs.