Quilt News! Color of the Month, Red, 4 Medallion Blocks Pieced Together

2020 Color calendar color for December, Red!

Red medallion block in process.

My Four Medallion blocks, 50" x 50", pieced together, 12/2020.

More piecing progress.

2 blue, 2 red medallion blocks, Maybe a final border with the b/w striped fabric?

The other red medallion block.

First blue medallion block.

I used this red print 'Wonderland' by Rifle Paper Co.!

 

Quilt News from the valley!

Where Christmas lights are twinkling around the neighborhood like stars.

Color Calendar color of the month Red! And I like the words chosen to describe red; festive, courageous,

bold... 

Color Your World Color Calendars are published by Trends International and can be purchased here; https://www.trendsinternational.com/catalog/product/view/id/12304/s/213069/.

In view of celebrating red I worked on my 4 Medallion Quilt and got it pieced together finally this week.

Two medallions red and two blue, I think blue and red work together well.

(When I say medallion I'm using it to describe the design process, beginning with a center square and working out from there with borders ) As a challenge to myself, I started with the small center squares to see where the process would go.

At first I wasn't sure if I would put the red and blue blocks together.

All four were variations of a theme, 2 red and 2 blue medallion blocks, that made a good statement, together they went!

More Log Cabin blocks have been pieced and added to the growing stack. Visit Temecula Quilt Co. where they have a QAL in progress, Down Home Darling, using Log Cabin blocks, one of my favorites.

I'm working at my own speed but getting lots of inspiration from Temecula Quilt Co.!

That's the quilt news where it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ( for around here )

and we are remembering to be thankful.

'Peace on Earth, good will to men' 

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News: Bright Sampler Finish, Happy Thanksgiving, Log Cabin Block QA with Carolyn Freidlander or Temecula Quilt Co.'s Down Home Darling!

 

Bright Sampler finished, 11/2020, started 2018.

Santa sighting at the Christmas Tree Farm, nice smile.

Last few inches hand sewing the binding.

Log Cabin blocks started for Temecula Quilt Co.'s QA, Down Home Darling.

My white Amaryllis blooming, four buds on this stalk.

Widthwise view of my finished sampler.

Lengthwise view, 84" x 74".

All four flowers open! and another stalk ready to bloom.

Quilt News from the valley, 

where we have sun and cool temp.s!

And a wonderful Thanksgiving was enjoyed here by all.

This week I finished hand sewing the binding onto my Bright Sampler Quilt started in 2018, a BOM, 'Times of Refreshing' by Piecing the Past Quilts Co.

I chose my own colors, block arrangement and border treatment.

I've been working on it for a while off and on, it's hard to believe it's finished!

And, always looking ahead, I decided to do a QA by Temecula Quilt Co., their 'Down Home Darling.' It's a Log Cabin block quilt and I enjoy piecing log cabin blocks, liberated or precision.

I'm adding some liberated piecing just to shake it up a little.

The centers are the traditional red square ( differing sizes) in prints.

Also, a quilt friend of mine, Debbie, who blogs @  A Quilters' Table is going to be Quilting Along with Carolyn Friedlander's Modern Log Cabin Quilt.

I'm going to keep a close eye on her progress and maybe start off in that direction soon.

The design is modern and I would call it 'liberated' and exciting for sure.

We went to the local Christmas Tree Farm on Friday and wouldn't you know it Santa showed up in his BMW.

He officiated over the hot cider and I had to get a photo of his great smile.

That is the Quilt News from the valley, where we are remembering to be thankful!

And progress is being made! 

I'm hurrying less and enjoying the simple things in life, 

after all, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

I'll be by to visit.....

Quilt News! Color of the Month Gray,! Summer 2 Quilt Finish, Hand Binding Progress on Bright Sampler Quilt

Summer 2 small quilt finish, close-up of hand quilting.

BH&G Christmas Ideas, 2020, good inspiration issue.

My Summer 2 small quilt finish in primary colors, binding and quilting by hand.

Color Calendar color for November, 'Gray, sophisticated...'.

This is my Bright Sampler quilt, the black and white stripe binding, below, is going on this.

Page 43 in BH&G Christmas Ideas, gray is classic with these colors.

I'm hand stitching the binding onto my Bright Sampler Quilt, back view.

How the binding will look from the front.

 

Quilt News from the valley!

Where temperatures have dropped and it's a windy day!

Color of the month according to my color calendar is gray. Gray is a perfect neutral, it can go light or dark and support any color combination.

I chose a photo from BH&G Christmas Ideas 2020 to show lovely, sophisticated gray perfectly supporting a flower arrangement of red, green and white.

Great issue too!

I'm hand stitching the binding onto my Bright Sampler quilt, it's hand quilted, started a couple of years ago. Hand stitching the binding is a little tedious but I take breaks often and keep mixing projects up so as not to get burned out.

Also my small Summer 2 quilt is finished. I hand quilted it and used the backing for binding and hand stitched the binding down.

And that quilt friends is the quilt news, where progress and a finish and appreciating the color gray has been on the agenda.

Hope you're getting projects worked on and enjoying the fall.

Remembering to be thankful here in the valley.

P.S. One of these days I'll take time and figure out how to arrange my photos in a more coherent way.

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News, Pumpkin Patch Visit, New Patchwork Hand Quilting and Binding, Quilted Zipper Bag Finish

Pumpkin Patch visit!

My newest Zipper Bag, pieced using scraps and machine quilted.

Summer 2, 16" x 15", pieced from Summer 1 left over scraps.

Hand quilting started and hand sewing the binding down.

Bottom view of my new zipper pouch.

Pumpkin Patch train ride.

Zipper Bag opened up, it's long enough to hold my scissors.

'Lady Bugs' in line for the train ride, adorable.

 

Quilt News from the valley! 

and yes, the photos are mixed up to spread the color around, and I still haven't figured out how to rearrange them without loosing them. Where do they go anyway?

We visited the local pumpkin patch, enjoying the scenery, we didn't stay too long, it still gets warm here in the afternoon.

This week I used up scraps piecing fabric together for a zipper bag to hold sewing tools, it's much easier to keep everything in a bag. That's called organized I believe. I use MSQ Co.'s zipper pouch tutorial.

Then I used scraps from my Summer 1 small quilt, featuring the primary colors, to piece another small quilt, Summer 2. For Summer 2, I pieced half square triangles and made four Broken Dish blocks on the right side. I'm still reading through 'Free Range Triangle Quilts' by Gwen Marston and Cathy Jones, published by AQS. It's full of great inspiration!

And that quilt friends is the news, where progress is being made and I'm spending a lot of time playing with my grand daughter, very important!

I hope you're all enjoying the fall and family when you get you get a chance. The best things in life are free.

Remembering to be thankful!

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News, October Color Calendar Color of the Month Orange! Remembering Past Oranges And Progress in Green

October color of the month orange!

Summer apricots from a farmers market.

Wedding Ring in orange.

October 2016 butterfly of the month, orange!

There's a lot of orange in the border and center here.

My little grandson a couple of years ago in the pumpkin patch.

Piecing together parts for the AHIQ hourglass challenge.

Borders in orange.

More piecing in greens to go with the hourglass challenge.

Zinnias from the local farmers market, they didn't forget to bloom!

One of my published quilts with lots of orange!

One of my liberated Log Cabin quilts featuring orange with blue complimenting.

Auditioning parts, look at all that orange.

Another of my liberated Log Cabin quilts featuring orange!

Cross stitch alphabet I finished this week to be used in a Crazy Quilt project.

Look at all that glorious orange in the backing.

My small Flying Geese quilt in Orange!

Another border in an orange floral, I love that fabric.

 

Happy October 1st, and my color calendar color of the month is, yes, orange! I believe it's one of my favorite colors, I'm being careful with my words so as not to cause jealousy among the other colors.

I've mixed my photos in no particular order just so I liked them color wise. 

And today I went with my daughter in law to the local HomeGoods store and enjoyed the fall decor and the pumpkin spice candles, you can never have too many of those.

Fall has not forgotten to come and bless us with hope and cheer, of course to all those willing to partake, it's a free gift after all.

This week I've had time to piece and plan, working on several projects at the same time. As you can see I also looked back on some of my previous projects knowing I had used a lot of orange in them.

Also note I have added another book by Gwen Marston and Cathy Jones, Free Range Triangles, in my list of good, inspiring quilt books in the right column.

And that is the quilt news from the valley. Where pumpkins are appearing at the local farmers markets.

I hope you're enjoying the fall as I am and remembering to be thankful.

I'll be by to visit and I'll be looking for orange.