Busy Month

The last time I posted was Jan. 6th and my resolution then was to finish up and use up. I have done a pretty good job of that this month.

I think I have found my new favorite block. I don't know what it is called but I shared two examples in the last blog. Then I got to thinking about my 2 1/2 inch strips so I cut them into 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch rectangles and made the same block just bigger. In the above example I didn't sash the blocks just turned them so that I still didn't match any seams. It is all brights and I think would make a great kid quilt. 

I work with Diane Long and she just have a new grand baby. She is a big Alabama fan so I made this one for her. I then found her son is not an Alabama fan but the daughter in law is, so I guess that is okay. 

One of the cashiers is having a baby boy in a few weeks, so I made her this one, I am not sure what to name it. It is a simple sashed nine patch. Having the center patch smaller color framed in same light and then using it also as corner stone changes the look completely. 

David and his wife are having a little girl so I went back to my favorite new block again but this time I put pink on one side and lights on the other like a log cabin.  This was Donna Nix's idea and I loved it. I may use it again on quilts for triplets that are due early summer. Definitely something going on at work with all these babies. 

I have still got to finish this one, but have gotten side tracked on a larger size block of another Bonnie pattern, will take pictures later.

Back to stitching and better use of my time 

New Years Resolution

Welcome 2015, I don't know where all the time goes but I sure didn't get much done in 2014 or at least as much as I wanted to or needed to if I am ever going to finish all these UFO's. I have always heard the old saying what ever you do on New Year's day you will do all year long. So this year I wanted to finish something so maybe I would finish things all year long.

I had these blocks put together just need the borders, so I added the border to them on New Year's day so that I could at least finish the quilt top.

I had seen this block on another blog and thought it would be a way to use up a lot of civil war scraps. I even went ahead and made the binding, so now just need to get a back and get it quilted.

Another of my resolutions was to clean up and organize the sewing room. I know this has to be done in little steps and just working 30 minutes at a time has made a difference. While I was cutting up scraps that were piled on all corners of the ironing board I decided to cut them into the same 2" x 3 1/2' pieces of this first quilt and see if I could make an ugly quilt using everything I found in the scrap piles.

I have to say the blocks were pretty ugly, there was every kind of fabric in them but when I sashed them whit the bright yellow I think it turned out pretty nice.

I have already made the binding for this one too. I think that will be another resolution, make the binding when I finish the top even if I am not going to be able to quilt it for a while. I plan to give this top and binding to Ivy for her Habitat quilts.

Before I got side tracked on those two quilts I had made all the red and white nine patches for this
Sisters Choice pattern by Bonnie Hunter I got back to putting them together today. Got to work tonight so won't be able to sew long.

Stay warm, happy stitching