Tuesday 30 December 2014

Year in Review

It's always fun to take a look back over the year to see what was accomplished.  I'm not sure if I shared some of these but thought it would be nice to see them altogether. 
I shared two little projects at the first guild meeting in January.  I made the hexie flowers as a little Christmas table topper and had fun with one of the guild groups putting together a crazy patch block. 
During the Past President's Mystery workshop I completed the flimsy using some of my lovely pink, aqua and purple fabrics.  This was my first stab at something that might be considered a little modern. 
The group that challenged me with the crazy patch block also challenged everyone to come up with a map.  I wasn't very creative with this one but did manage to put together a map of my backyard garden.  Don't you just love the cabbage trees?

       These little coasters and fabric boxes proved to be a fun diversion.
 
My second crack at modern quilts using a layer cake and some white fabrics.
A finished seven shirts quilt went to a good friend for his birthday.
Another little workshop finish.
A fun scrappy project using an old canvas bag I received as a workshop goody bag and some lovely teal scraps.
I picked up some orphan blocks and fabric from our guild's community outreach coordinator and put together this fun Cheshire Checkers quilt top
and this crumb block quilt top.
After collecting 30"s reproduction prints for several years I found a pattern that I thought would work to show them off.  Still needs borders.  After making this quilt top I think I might just have to go back to my original idea for the fabrics and make the boxy stars.  I think that will better suit the 30's reproduction prints.  This top is just a tad to modern for the fabrics.
 
It was also fun to try a few minis.








Making these Hallowe'en themed mug rugs was another fun diversion one afternoon.
I had a 2.5" charm pack and found the pattern for this cute little table topper.
Sewing this weave was a lot of fun.
One third of the Jelly Roll Race quilts one of my guild groups put together at retreat.
 A Guild Bee Day rolling waves flimsy.
A fun Quilt Along with Lori at Humble Quilts produced this cute little Cascadia Quilt.
The Temecula Quilt Co. hosted a quilt along for an alphabet quilt but I should have given more thought to colour selection instead of just going along with the colour of the month.  It needs a border and can be a little drag along quilt for a toddler.
I loved making the spool blocks during the RSC challenge and put them together to make a little wall hanging for the quilt studio.  Not quite finished but well on the way to being done.
And of course the RSC blocks were completed and sewn together into a quilt top that is awaiting quilting.
 
I had time to make two cute little mug rugs for Christmas.  Tea and cookies anyone?
 
Bonnie Hunter's Grand Illusion Mystery and leader ender lozenges are in the works and there are three patterns for scrappy quilts  waiting to be made.

2015 is just around the corner ...... What will it bring?  More finished projects I hope.

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Cascadia Mystery Quilt Along

I used floral print scraps for my version of Cascadia Mystery Quilt Along. 

Thanks Lori for a fun little quilt along.  I made one small alteration to the instructions.  When I tried to piece the sections together I discovered that if I removed a row from the centre and side sections they would measure the same length as the Seminole patch section and I wouldn't have to add coping strips to the Seminole Patch sections.  Other than that Lori's instructions were so easy to follow.   I'll definitely try another of Lori's quilt alongs.

Saturday 13 December 2014

First December Post

I just can't believe how that flu/cold bug got me down... two weeks.  Nasty!  

But I've been out and about for the last couple of days and feeling better.  I did squeeze some quilting in.  I decided to make an extra bright red Boxy Star block for a total of 12.   I can either go crazy with the sashing and borders to make this a good sized quilt or continue this project into next year and make a quilt top using only Boxy Stars and a border.  I'll have to hope for some inspiration.  Any thoughts? 
I was also working on a little alphabet quilt along.  I really should have thought this out before and looked carefully through my stash for fabrics for each letter but I went along with the colour for the month and my own choice for December.  Here it is scrappy and done.
I've been looking at that "I"  and thinking I would have liked to make it differently. I may just have to make another with careful thought as to fabric and a slight change to "B" and "I".
The pictures aren't great.  I didn't photo shop them but it's been a full day and I just wanted to get this post out. 
I'm looking forward to the Scrappy Challenge for 2015.  Looks like Angela has more surprises in store for us.  I'll be checking out the other posts tomorrow.  Looks like and early night for me.

Going Neutral

This year I opted for 4 different RSC projects.  All of the colours to date have worked well with the blocks but light neutrals will be a ch...