Quilt News! Improv Logcabin Blocks with Sashing Quilt Top Finish, Red and White Snowball Blocks with Sawtooth Borders Quilt Binding Progress...

Improv Logcabin Blocks with Sashing Quilt top finish!

Red and White Snowball Blocks with Sawtooth Borders getting binding sewn on.

 

Hello Quilt Friends! 

It's a cool sunny/cloudy spring day, lovely. A couple of days ago we had a day of heavy rain with hail, yes, hail in May.

I've finished piecing together my Improv Logcabin Blocks with Sashing, 22" x 26". The Logcabin blocks are 3" square, the sashing is 1" wide. I taped the top to the window for a stained glass effect for the photo.

Today I'm sewing the binding onto my Red and White Snowball Blocks with Sawtooth Borders Quilt. Almost a finish!! The red fabrics are various Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons. The white fabrics are various Kona Cottons with an off white print mixed in. The backing is a print by Janet Clare, Astra for Moda.

Looking for new projects, I'm considering a tomato pincushion, not just one but many, maybe this one by Jayne @ Jayne Stitches with a good YouTube tutorial. I like to sew along with tutorials sometimes, it keeps me company.

And Jill @ Sew the Distance has an interesting commentary on an antique quilt she has recently aquired. I enjoy her thoughts and questions and appreciate her coming across as a friend and not a 'know it all.'

That is the news from the valley, where progress is being made and the sun is shining!

Got any new projects in mind, small or big?? 

I'll be by to visit. 

Hello Quilt Friends!!! Improv 3" Square Log Cabin Blocks w' Sashing Project, Spring Blossoms and Color, Binding Finished on 3 Small Scrappy Art Quilts, Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

Improv 3" Square Log Cabin Blocks (3" square) w' Sashing, layout progressing.

Camellia blossoms, gorgeous, at local arboretum.

 

3 Small Improv Scrappy Art Quilts binding finish.

Done!! Small quilts ready for gifting.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!! Pass the avacados and salsa please!! We lived in Texas for a while and they do know how to celebrate a good Cinco de Mayo!

Last week I finished the binding on my two smallest Scrappy Improv Art Quilts. 'Improv' because I used scraps and left over pieces and designed as I went. 'Art' because I imagined a skillful arrangement of color and design to brighten up a tabletop or room.

And I've been 'interviewing'/arranging my Improv 3" Square Log Cabin Blocks, 42 of them. Now I'm beginning to piece the sashing strips around them. The sashing strips are 1 5/8" wide. That's my current focus this week. Small finishes, small steps of progress, projects get done that way. 

I hope you're enjoying spring! Chips, salsa and a bar-b-que to celebrate a victory!

I'll be by to visit.