I got this bound & finished this week for Christmas gifting. I’m calling it “Around the Neighborhood”. The pattern is from “Miss Rosie’s Farmhouse Favorites” & I varied it a bit. There are supposed to be 5 houses on each side of the courthouse steps center with sawtooth stars in the corners. But I swapped some houses for stars & did my borders & star points in grays rather than reds like the pattern. The top was made all from my stash so I’m happy about that scrappy accomplishment.
This flimsy happened this week. All the members of my (now virtual) quilt group bought this pattern when it first came out & we intended to do it as a group project. The other two members bought the Fig Tree Quilts fabric featured on the pattern at the same time but I said I would make it from my stash. Because I have stuff here. (wink) They were anxious & separately just made theirs on their own. I kept putting it off because I was trying to imagine it with my bright oranges. It never made me happy. Last week I had to run into my local quilt store for some backing & they had kits for this pattern with some of the Fig Tree fabrics & similar that matched. I just totally splurged, grabbed one, came home & got going. It’s going to the quilter this weekend & I’ll get it bound for me for this fall. So happy to make something for me!!
I’ve only tried one QAL & had to drop out because life got in the way, although I did eventually finish the quilt. So I’m giving it another go with the Clear Sky Quilt Along with Andy Knowlton of A Bright Corner. I love her patterns & figured this was a great way to make one & use an old Lori Holt print that has four “fat quarters” printed on a yard. I have 3 yards of the same aqua & brown print that I got on clearance when my local store went out of business, so will still have a bunch leftover with the other stash fabric I’m adding in. But it’s a start. These are the Week 1 blocks.
And these are the Week 2 blocks. So cute! But they are not that dark IRL.
And this week’s July-August Covered in Love block drive blocks include Block #2-Bulbs from Pat Sloan’s A Flower Bouquet free sew along. I’m finding stars wherever I see them in my patterns. Even though it’s a bit of a pinwheel, I think it still works as a star shape.
These are Split Star blocks from the free tutorial at blue feather quilt studio. That makes 15-12.5″ blocks I’ve made so far. Wow! I’ve been having so much fun making stars that I think I’ll see if I can get a couple more made next week, then ship them off.
So I’ve been busy, busy, busy, even though the Clear Sky blocks are the only aqua happening here. Hope you have a scrappy week ahead!
What wonderful quilty goodies you have! in all stages…that’s awesome!
Quilt alongs is always interrupted by life happening. Know the feeling, it took five years to finish the first two, the last one got done in a year. Amazing finish! Have an awesome week.
Love your bright and happy neighbourhood quilt. And the pumpkin top is wonderful. As you say, you have been busy indeed.