Baby 4 -patches

QuiltCon Together begins on February 18.  It will be a virtual event this year and I'm planning on entering at least 3 quilts into the show. I've signed up for a class too and hope to spend an afternoon virtually walking through the quilt show with a friend.

Last Tuesday, I saw a couple of things go by on Instagram suggesting QuiltCon Together was 100 days away.   Better yet, I saw several friends starting 100 day projects to help mark the passing time.

For my 100 days to QuiltCon, I decided to make mini 4 patches using scraps of solids.  These cuties are 2 1/2 '' x 2 1/2 '' so it will take many (many) of them to make an actual quilt.

How many? Quick quilt math - a quilt 60'' x 60'' needs 900 of these baby 4-patches.  Yikes!

So my goal for the next 100 days is to make baby 4-patches and then start sewing them into sets of 9.  These blocks are 6 1/2'' x 6 1/2''.   100 blocks - i.e. a 10 x 10 layout - will give me a throw sized quilt!

So while I aspire to make 100 of these 6 1/2'' x 6 1/2'' block, my goal for the next 100 days is just to make these baby 4-patches and continue to sew them together as I go!  I'll source everything I can from scraps embracing multiple shades of 'white' as I go.  At some point though, I'll just cut into yardage for the background.

I've got a pile of 2 patches next to my machine and I am ready to rock!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

43 Days to Christmas

Celebrating the holidays will be different this year for all of us.   I've been thinking about ways that I want to celebrate the holidays, simplify things where I can, and still make gifts for people who are important to me.

I'm loving the process of making these journal covers and think they will make a fun stocking stuffer gift for a few friends and family on my list.  I'm using these moleskin notebooks - you can get them with lines, blank pages or dots!

These Hipster Bags (see my previous post)  are a lot of fun to make and thought I would make at least one more for a family member.  The pattern is available to MQG members.

Last year, I made several pillow as Christmas gifts (see that post) and they were a big hit.  I am going want to make a new pillow for my Mom to compliment the VW pillow I gave her last year.

I usually make something for each of my 3 kids too.  Not sure what it will be this year so need to get to work on ideas!

43 days to go to Christmas (even less when you account for package mailing) - time to finish my list and get sewing!  Its always a magical time of the  year!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

My Pebble Pop blocks

At the end of September, I took a virtual workshop from Daisy (@warmfolk) to make blocks for her Pebble Block quilt.  (You can read more about that class here.)

I've been wanting to make a quilt for a family member using grays and blacks and decided this would be the perfect pattern.

I've got 4 blocks so far.  They have been the perfect block to work on while we wait for the election results to settle down.

I decided to use whatever scraps of white-ish fabric I had in my stash and think the different color whites will add some interest.   I'm aiming for a throw size quilt - since these blocks finish at 9'', this means making 36 of them.  

4 down, 32 to go.  I've got plenty of grays to work with!  (Although I imagine a little fabric acquisition will be needed along the way!)

Have a wonderful day! Patty