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| New Broken Dishes Blocks pieced with HST's. |
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| My small Checkerboard Design Quilt with 1" finished blocks with borders ready to have binding sewn on now... |
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| My stack of scrap piecing for the centers of new Logcabin style scrappy quilt. |
Hello Quilt Friends!!
We're enjoying cooler summer weather today in the valley, a relief from the heat.
This last week I've been pulling out scraps and bigger pieces of fabric to interview for some new projects.
The smaller scrap pieces got cut into 1.5 to 2.5" squares and the bigger pieces were cut into strips 2.5 - 3.5" wide then into squares. I always save out pieces of yardage for use in backs. That way I feel like I have a head start on my coming projects. And of course I didn't get all my scraps and big pieces of fabric cut up but I now have a big pile of squares to have fun with.
I finished hand quilting and tying my small Checkerboard Design Quilt with Borders, the squares are 1" finished. I pieced them together as four patches to begin with, using a light dark, light dark pattern which of course is the checkerboard pattern. I then decided on two borders both light and approx. 3/4" wide finished. When I read Jesse Cutt's book Freeform Quilting and Patchwork I liked the look of a few of her quilts that she hand tied so I decided to hand tie every other small square on my quilt. And then I stitched a line of hand quilting along the borders. Binding is next.
A couple of days ago I read Linda's post @ kokaquilts about her piecing adventures and I noticed her Broken Dishes Block. I haven't stitched up a Broken Dishes block in a while and I like their puzzle effect pattern. So I have two blocks started, this will be a good adventure.
Then I like to have a Logcabin block project going on the back burner. I like the piecing process, figuring out the configuration and then sticking to it is a fun challenge and I'm using up small scraps as I go. I've started a new pile of centers. Here you can see my last Scrappy Logcabin Quilt top.
And that is the quilt news from the valley where I'm busy planning while walking in local parks enjoying the summer energy and color. Bar-B-Cue anyone?
I'll be by to visit.