Tuesday, March 19, 2024

My "Use Up the Fabric" Quilts



Everything time I look around my sewing space, I see fabric I plan to use, fabric I love but have no plan for, and then all the rest of the fabric that I am confident will never make it into a quilt. 

So what to do with this perfectly good but just not likely to get used fabric? My goal is to make quilts for my guilds community giving project. We are focused on kids in the foster care system so quilts with modern design and bright colors are the best.

That pile of HST has been sitting waiting to be trimmed for some time now so I plan to tee that up for a nice sunny afternoon on the back porch. Once trimmed, it should be quick to get a top done.

For my second quilt, I decided to take advantage of the Seattle MQG's free BOM and use some coordinated large scraps to make a second quilt. 


I made some large flying geese using some colorful scraps. The background is a cream Bella solid of which I had several cuts of that hopefully add up to be enough for the quilt. I followed the instructions as written for the first 2 months of the BOM. Cutting instructions are tipped towards a beginner quilter so things are cut big and trimmed quite a bit. I'll likely modify things for future blocks since I need to conserve background fabric.




Have a wonderful day! Patty

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Stitching Rainbows


I had the pleasure of taking a workshop with Jo Avery at QuiltCon. I love her work - so whimsical - and really enjoyed the opportunity to sit and learn about her rainbows and needle-turned applique.


I went with low volume backgrounds for my 9 rainbows and had fun mixing and matching solid scraps for the rainbows. Now the real fun has begun - adding the hand quilting! This project is about 18" square which makes it quite portable. I brought it to my last guild meeting and enjoyed stitching away!


I am undecided if I'll add additional quilting into the background - maybe just an X at the intersection of the blocks. 


Have a wonderful day! Patty

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Local House #3 - The Minkos


Welcome to the MinkosA friend organized a fun QAL using the Local pattern by Carolyn Friedlander. Each month, we'll each make a house and read the back story about the owner. Several of us plan to add our own homes to the neighborhood.  

 I've printed off the pattern at 50% scale which really caused some challenges with this house. Typically, FPP patterns pieces may be spread over multiple pages so that you don't need to piece/tape many of them together. That isn't true for this pattern so it was more challenging then it should have been. And, frankly, it turned out a bit wonky but I think I'll just leave it as is!

Here is my neighborhood so far - the Carlos, the Cahills and their new neighbors, the Minkos!


My blocks are~ 8" x 10".


Have a wonderful day! Patty