It's getting there!

My red and white winding ways is almost ready to assemble. I just need a few more blocks.

I'm so surprised at how much I love curved piecing. I have a big drunkard's path planned next. 

Inevitable

When I finished my blue winding ways quilt, I knew I would just have to do it again in red.

I couldn't resist any longer and cut into my red and white fabrics. 

I'm so excited. If you need me, I'll be hiding in the sewing room. 

My sample block took a lot less griping than my blue and white one did. 

Happy sewing. 

Finished stars.

It feels so great to finish a quilt top. Now it's headed for the quilter!

Happy sewing!

Oh my stars!

This quilt is getting the best of me!  I think I will love it when it is completed, but right now it has me grumbling.

I am in the mood to make an easy quilt.  Of course, as I work on easy quilts I think I need a challenge.  

I am making the quilt on the cover of this book,  Sizzlin' Sixties.



I started it during a the polar vortex.  There was lots of simple sewing, pairing 2.5" strips.  Then cutting - which I always enjoy.  And using a fun tool made it even more fun.  I really like the Creative Grids 60 Degree Triangle.

Here is what I have so far on the "design floor".

I hope to have a clear floor and a finished top this weekend.

Happy Sewing!

Flimsy Progress

I am trying to concentrate on finishing. Like many quilters, I enjoy planning and playing with fabric.  Finishing is a discipline that is unnatural to me, but I am learning to love it.  It makes me so happy to see the finished quilt tops.  Here are some recent finishes.

The backing fabric is the same as the border, it has a softer look than the photo shows.  The inner border fabric has been in my closet for more than a decade.  It's so satisfying to shop from my own stash.  

I also finished this top, inspired by the LynneBobSquarePants quilt-along.   I cut my scraps larger, so my blocks are a generous 24".  The top finished at 72" x 96" which is good for the long, tall guys in my home.  I also have backing fabric to piece for this one.  I am eager to choose an all-over quilting pattern for this one.

I think all quilters know what finishing means, I get to start a few new projects!

Happy Sewing!

Reviving an old project.

I realized that I had 9 large scrappy blocks ready to assemble. They had been waiting for me for more than a year. I laid them out and remembered that I wanted to make three more blocks - I prefer rectangular quilts to square quilts. Don't ask me why, I can't explain it. 

So I'm digging in the closet for more fall scraps. I have piles to play with, these are my favorite quilty colors and my stash reflects that. 

Here's my design floor today. 

What are you working on?  Happy sewing!

So much purple!

I don't often work in purple, but I asked a special friend what color her quilt should be and she requested a light purple. It was so much fun working with this color range - and I think I needed to get out of a creative rut.

Again I am using my favorite "workbook", Scrap-Basket Beauties.  I have made most of the quilts in this book and I am considering a second round!  The directions make piecing easy and the blocks fall into rows that make pressing a breeze. 

All of those triangles are made from folded corner units, so the pattern looks complicated but the construction is actually simple.

And, no.  I did NOT keep the tiny triangles that were left over from the folded-corner units.  I like to use scraps but, sheesh, they are small.

I even pressed in purple.

I have border and backing fabric in the closet, so I hope to post a photo of the finished top next week.  

Happy sewing!