Quilting

Each month I’ve been making the square-in-square blocks for the color of the month throughout the year. Then in November I sewed all the B&W strips to the tops & bottoms & sides of the squares. Got the columns sewed and it’s a flimsy! It won’t get quilted until sometime next year because I’ve got tops in the queue already and it costs dollars, but I love this! I can’t stop looking at its colorful goodness.

Rainbow Stairsteps is a flimsy with a backing & at the quilters. The inspiration for the quilt came from blocks showcased by Julie. I fiddled with the layout so it’s inspired by her but has my own take. It’s a fun quilt!

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy. She made hers with selvages but I just used scrap strips. I also changed up the layout. I made the rows during the correct color months and sewed some sections together, then did the brown & black rows at the end of October & sewed the rest of the rows. Found border fabrics in my stash & turned it into a cute little baby quilt. This is my first tumbler quilt, so that was fun. This is also at the quilter.

It’s yellow this month. I am making Rainbow Stairsteps blocks from a layout by Julie. I put what I have finished up on the design wall to make some decisions about the layout. I determined that for what I want, I only needed a six blocks in yellow. I sewed those up this week & will make some black blocks to fill in the edges.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and I made the yellow row this week, then sewed it to the completed sections from previous months. This top only needs a brown & black row at the bottom to finish the center. It’s small so I will need to troll the stash for an appropriate border fabric.

These are the yellow blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 kit project. The only blocks left now are gray, then there are small white/black pieces to cut & add to two sides of each block, then layout & sew all together to construct the top. Hoping to finish this before end of year.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in yellow. This is my current L&E project but I’ve been doing them in the monthly color lately to go with my rainbow projects. I only have a few more of these to make, so it’s a 2021 finish for sure.

I made 5 yellow checkerboard blocks to add to the pile. It’s kind of a preview of a 2021 project.

Red for September! I have the red crumb blocks already done for the Irish Chain & there aren’t any red blocks in the Alison Glass kit, so I didn’t have as much red to do. These Rainbow Stairsteps are based on a layout by Julie and this is block #9 since I’ve done one/month. That’s all the blocks I need to do her layout, so it’s time to lay it out & make some black blocks to fill in the edges.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and I made the red row then sewed it to the finished pink & orange rows from previous months. This top only needs yellow, brown, & black rows.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in red. This is my current L&E project but I’ve been doing them in the monthly color lately.

I made 4 red checkerboard blocks and since this was a mid-year addition to my projects, it’s going to finish up sometime next year.

Here are the blue & purple blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 project. Last month I didn’t make the blue because I thought there weren’t any in the kit & never got the box out, so when I went for the purples this month I was surprised to find blue. (eyeroll) So lots done this month.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and got a purple row added to some of the rows already finished.

We got to a month that needed crazy patch blocks! These will be cut into small blocks & used to create End of the Rainbow from Melissa Corry’s Irish Chain Quilts book.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in purple. This is my current L&E project. I have the string sections & 4-patches made, so I’m putting them together as L&E’s.

I made 6 of the checkerboard blocks for my low priority project that will drift into 2021. It wasn’t in my original plan so I’m fine with that. One day I’ll just decide I want to focus on it & it will get done.