Quilt News! Hand Quilting Finish! Scrappy Improv Piecing Revision, More Sunflower Pincushions in Progress

Barn Raising Medallion with Borders Quilt finished with hand quilting!

Scrappy Improv Pieced Units quilt revision, new border on left added, it now measures 15.5" x 15.5".

More Sunflower Pincushions are being made, I love them.

 

 

 

Hello Quilt Friends! 

Spring weather is lovely, Camellias, Quince and Azaleas are blooming in the neighborhood, lovely.

I finished hand quilting my Barn Raising with Borders Quilt, approx. 54" x 54". It's taken me about 2 yr.s to finish hand quilting it. Now onto the binding!

And in my last post I showed progress on my new scrappy improv quilt using leftover pieces and scraps pieced into units. I had added a new border on the left, a left over strip border from another recent project. The more I looked at that new border the more I didn't like it. The colors didn't work with the whole piece. And so I unpicked it and thought for a while and rummaged around in my scraps and put another border together and pieced it on and everyone is now happy! The colors work together and now it measures 15.5" x 15.5".

This week I'm making up more Sunflower Pincushions to give away. They are very cute. And I use Beth Shibley's Flower Pincushion YouTube tutorial, excellent tutorial.

That's the progress news from the valley. What Scrappy projects are you dreaming of?

I'll be by to visit!

 

Quilt News! Scrappy Sunflower Pincushion, Improv Pieced Units and Leftover Blocks Quilt Top, 'Scrappy Brick' Quilt Top, Jolene Klassen's Book Scrap Quilt Diary...

My Pieced Units and Leftover Blocks small quilt top progress, new strip on left.

My Sunflower Pincushion, YouTube tutorial by Beth Shibley.

This is my 'Scrappy Brick' quilt top, tutorial by Teresa @ TeresaDownUnder.

Scrap Quilt Diary by Jolene Klassen, this is an inspiring, informal look into Jolene's quilt thoughts.

 

 

Hello Quilt Friends! 

Spring is a very invigorating time of year isn't it? More walks, more sunshine, flowers and birds singing, uplifting, yes?

 I've been busy experimenting with new projects and I'm happy with the outcomes. 

Beth Shibley has a great YouTube tutorial on Sunflower Pincushions, I pieced one up and it turned out very cute! What a fun gift to give!

My small art quilt, Pieced Units and Leftover Blocks has a new strip border addition on the left. I pieced that border from left over strips from my new 'Scrappy Brick' quilt top. 

My 'Scrappy Brick' Quilt Top was  directly inspired by Teresa @ TeresaDownUnder. Her YouTube tutorial Scrappy Brick Quilt is excellent and this is a great way to use up some leftover strips.

My projects all seem related and they are because one informs the next one and I keep using leftover scraps and blocks from previous projects in the new projects. It just seems to work out better for me that way.

And after reading Jolene's Scrap Quilt Diary I was super encouraged because she thinks a lot like I do about design and color. Linda @ kokaquilts has a beautiful quilt in progress, Floating Log Cabins, and she recommended Scrap Quilt Diary as the inspiration for that quilt.

 

That is the quilt news from the valley, where the sun is shining!

I hope you're enjoying spring and starting new projects, what's on your list?

Hello Quilt Friends! My Log Cabin Blocks in CourtHouse Configuration Quilt Top Finish, New Scrappy String Fabric for Projects, Spring Flowers for April!

My Sweet Grand Muffin.

Spring bedding flowers.

My Logcabin quilt blocks in Courthouse Steps configuration finally pieced, blocks are approx. 13" x 13".

String Fabric for new quilt blocks, in process.

More useful items being made from strings and left over scraps.

 

 

Hello Quilt Friends from the valley!

 

We are enjoying spring weather:) rain and clouds with occasional thunder storms and sun. The spring flowers are braving the storms and rain fairly well.

Last few days I've been adding scrappy strips to my new string fabric, and using up my last batch of scrappy string fabric and left over pieces and scraps for useful items. I'm inspired by Carolyn Forster's book, String Quilts, published by Search Press, her book is full of great tips and ideas, lovely!

 

I also finished piecing together my Log Cabin blocks in Courthouse configuration that I started a few summers ago, blocks are approx. 13", some a little bigger, some a little smaller. As you might have noticed the top row left corner block is pieced in the traditional Log Cabin pattern. I wanted to shake it up a little. 

 

Teresa @ Teresa From DownUnder, has posted a fun You Tube tutorial, Scrap Quilt with Strips . I'm going to give those blocks a try and see how they turn out. The blocks will be 4.5" square and that will work perfect for me as I'm keeping projects on the smaller side to use in bags, and sewing accoutrements, etc. I'll show you the results soon.

 

And that is the quilt news from the valley where I'm thankful for warmer spring temperatures.

What is your newest inspiration?

I'll be by to visit!