March One Block Wonder

Here is my March block.

I used fabric from the bundle I won in December.  Colour Weave by P & B Textiles is wonderful to work with.  The colours are beautiful. Picture does not do this fabric justice.  Sorry!!!

I am going to finish this with a 2 inch white border and the binding will be made using all colours in the blocks.  I will do the binding using a 1 1/2" (all colours) and a 1 3/4" black so that the black will show as a small piping.  I love using this method of binding.  You sew it to the back of the quilt and stitch in the ditch between the accent fabric (black) and the main fabric (all colours).  This is a quick and easy finish.  It does take a bit of time to make the binding but no hand sewing so that is a time saver.

I am thinking that the hint of black against the white will turn out amazing.

Linking up with Sandy here

Block 2 - Orange Quilt

Here is the second block for my Orange Quilt.

You can read about block 1 here

I am thinking, once blocks are all done, I might use a medium grey as sashing.

Linking up with Caroline as SewCanShe here

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Scrappy Mini Table Topper

 

 


I started this mini a week or so ago.  Not doing too much sewing these days.  I had cataract surgery on my right eye so I have glasses with prescription left lens and right lens clear glass.

This Mini was made with scraps from the October One Block Wonder.  You can read about it here.

I made two lengths using QAYG and joined them using the joining strip method I learned at a workshop with Marianne from The Quilting Edge.  You can visit her blog here.

Linking up with Leanne at She Can Quilt

January Block

Here is my January block for One Block Wonder.

I am not sure if I will be putting the black as a border.  If I do I may just make it 1/2".  I may also add a orange border.  Will be doing some playing around later today.

Linking up with One Block Wonder-January

First attempt at improv

Here is my first attempt at improv.  As I really didn't know what I was doing, this was made from my scraps.  The borders are from left over jelly roll strips.

It is straight line quilted in different widths using my quarter inch foot as well as my open toed foot.

I enjoyed the process of making this and hope to make more.

Linking up with Leanne here

The Start of my Orange Quilt.

I've joined another block of the month with Caroline over at SewCanShe you can visit her here

Here is the first block - the Bow Tie Block.

 

My plan is to make all blocks using orange and white Kona.  Going to try QAYG (quilt as you go) and use grey strips for joining.  

Linking up with SewCanShe.

Happy Quilting.

Proposed finishes for Q1 of 2016 Finish A Long

 I wrote down all my UFO's and the list was very long so I trimmed it back to the following. 

 This is what I hope to accomplish in the Q1.

 With fingers crossed I post the following list.

 1.  Bird House Door Hanging - needs binding and a sleeve.
    
 2.  Table Runner - October BOM with Sandy here needs quilting, binding.

 3.  Table Runner - November BOM with Sandy here needs quilting, binding.

 4.  Place mats to go with #2 - needs borders, quilting, binding.

 5.  Charity quilt - Polka Dots. - needs binding.

 6.  Charity quilt - from the EMQG Fall Retreat - needs binding.

You can view a picture of number 1 on my Instagram page - here

I do not have pictures of the charity quilts.  A member of the EMQG is doing the quilting and I will be getting the quilts back at the January 13th meeting.

This is my first year doing a Finish A Long.  It is time to not just make tops but to finish some as well. 

Happy Quilting!!!

2016FAL