Projects
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2021 Designer Mystery – Month 1
I have been participating in the Fat Quarter Shop’s Designer Mystery quilt since nearly the beginning. I did take a hiatus when I took a hiatus from quilting. I have been doing them again for the past 2 years. I decided to participate again this year.. I love this fabric line, Strawberries and Rhubarb. By Fig Tree Quilts. Related Images:
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Rose in Bloom – Month 4
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Joy in the Journey
Saturday was National Sew a Jelly Roll day. I decided to participate, but I wanted to use something from my stash. The main reason was because I didn’t find out about it until the middle of the week. The other reason is that I have so much stash fabric, that I really didn’t need to buy anything. I had a mini jelly roll (Robert Kauffman calls them Rollie Pollies) from a Sew Sampler box a few months ago. I also had bought a yard of fabric for binding when I got it as I do with most of the fabric I like and plan to keep so I at least…
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Rose in Bloom – Month 4
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Summer Moon – Checkerboard Block
This has been a project that has been on the back-burner for a while. I have had several other blocks of the month that I was wanting to work on prior to working on this one again. Part of the reason is I was really dreading this block. I think I have 6 each of 9 more blocks, 54 or so blocks left to make. Give or take a few. I finally decided to bite the bullet and get it done. I did, however, draft it in EQ8 so that I could make foundation paper for the blocks. I definitely was NOT going to make this without paper piecing. I…
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Rose in Bloom – Month 4
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Going Batty
I’ve decided that I would participate in the Fat Quarter Shop’s quilt-along for Bats and Boos. I will admit to being a bit behind though. Life, as always gets in the way. I bought the kit from FQS. It came with the black spiderweb fabric instead of the black bat fabric – I purchased that separately. I started last weekend and got the bats done. This weekend I had all intentions of completing the top, but then life happened. I had vasvular surgery last month so I had to have a followup angiogram on Friday. I had a bad reaction to the contrast material and spent Friday night in the…
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Rose in Bloom – Month 4
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Bright Side Blocks
I am now caught up with my Bright Side Blocks. These are from the free BOM patterns from Fat Quarter Shop in thier monthly Sew Sampler boxes. I am using Sunday Stroll from Bonnie and Camille. Related Images:
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Rose in Bloom – Month 4