Quilt News! HourGlass Blocks Medallion Quilt Top Finish, My BrambleBlooms 2 Challenge Quilt Top Piecing Borders, Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman, Carloyn Forster's New Book

Borders have been pieced onto my BB2 Four Tiles with Borders quilt top and more borders and corner blocks to be added.

My sewing machine and I have been busy piecing borders and blocks...

My small Hourglass Blocks Medallion with String Borders quilt top finish, 15" x 15".

 

This is Thanksgiving week and I'm thankful for our many blessings! Last week we experienced a wind storm or as the media likes to call it a 'bomb cyclone', which is to say an intense wind storm. Our electricity was out for 3 days in our area and longer for surrounding areas. Big trees and power lines were downed. We had no heat, no internet, and no way to cook. Deciding to drive to another town in hopes of finding warmth and warm food, we found blocked roads and detours and backed up traffic, yes, other people were trying to find the same things. The traffic lights weren't working so it was slow going, we all had to stop and take our turn crossing the intersections. It was a unique experience. But our local power company and police worked hard to keep everyone safe and get the trees off the road and the power lines up and running again. I'm thankful for all their dedicated, hard work!

And now this week I've slowly started piecing again some borders and blocks adding to several projects. I'm slowing down to get ready (baking pies!) for celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday.

In cutting and piecing blocks and borders I've been using Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman; Banana Pepper, Mango and Glacier to name just a few. If I don't have a big enough variety of Kona Cotton Solids to choose from I get anxious. I like to use a mix of prints, batiks and solids in my projects, kind of like a recipe.

I've been reading through and I highly recommend, Carolyn Forster's new book String Quilts. She has packed so much practical quilt knowledge in her new book it's amazing and Search Press, the publishers, have done a fabulous job with her new book.

That, Quilt Friends, is the quilt news from the valley where we are so thankful for our many blessings!

I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News! Inspired Small Miniature Hour Glass Block Quilt Top Finish, Ruby Star Society Fabric at Fat Quarter Shop , Half Square Triangles in Barn Raising Formation Medallion with Borders Quilt Hand Quilting Progress, November Fall Colors Around Town

Persimmons at local farmers market.....Orange!

My small Hourglass quilt top, 10.5" square, blocks are approx 1.5".

More exciting fall color at the market.

Ornamental Kale...lacy edges...beautiful color...

Hand quilting progress on my Half Square Triangles in Barn Raising Formation with Borders Quilt.

A fat quarter I recently bought at a local quilt shop, by Ruby Star Society, so happy!

 

Hello Quilt Friends! Happy November! 

The holidays are upon us. And we're remembering to bless and share with our neighbors around us. 

This last couple of weeks I was inspired by Debbie @ aquilterstable and her project with Hour Glass Blocks. I like the challenge of Hour Glass blocks, the piecing and the color placement. I didn't want to get a big project going so I decided small would be a good place to start. My small quilt top measures 10.5" square and will probably get a few more borders added for a table mat for a Christmas gift. I used the Ruby Star Society pink and red print in a few of the Hour Glass Blocks.

And hand quilting my Half Square Triangles in Barn Raising Formation Medallion with Borders Quilt , 56" x 56", is almost done. Yey! 

If you haven't seen Ruby Star Society's fabrics lately Fat Quarter Shop has a good selection with affordable prices. The colors are inspiring.

That is the quilt news from the valley. Have you finished any holiday projects or are you just starting?

I'll be by to visit.