Pages

Sunday, July 28, 2013

JULY'S BLOCK MAKING MONTH...RESULTS

LET'S SEE THE BLOCKS...
CHRISTMAS SAMPLER BLOCKS


CHRISTMAS XBLOCK

CONNECTING CHRISTMAS STAR

WHACKED PINWHEEL

STRIPS ON A MUSLIN BASE (10"x12" pcs)

GIRLY FARM QUILT (pinwheels/xblock pinwheels)

 

PLAYING WITH LEFT OVERS...STRIPS AND WEDGES FROM THE XBLOCK TRIMS
CHRISTMAS STAR BLOCKS...FUTURE QUILT

A NICE BLOCK FIND..ALL OVER DESIGN

 
 

XBLOCK FUTURE QUILT

SAMPLER BLOCKS FOR A QUILT...THE RESULT OF THE MONTH LONG FOCUS FOR MAKING BLOCKS HAD SOME SURPRISES!
 I was thinking of making nothing but template cut-out type blocks and had things ready to go but
when it came to doing them I found myself using blocks that were cut or made such as the half triangle and 3" / 5" squares.  I ended up looking for blocks that had those type of pieces in them and that did speed things up.  My buckets of scraps did not deplete at all and I realized that the buckets need work to get things ready...like iron, sort by size/shape, and pre-cut the square sizes I use the most of along with strip cutting of different widths for all those wonderful string quilts to make.  The other thing that happened was the search for blocks lead to potential over-all quilt designs.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

BLOCKS...BLOCKS...BLOCKS...ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!






200+ BLOCKS...FUTURE QUILTS IN THE MAKING! 


 
 
MY SPACE IN THE SUMMER!

ALWAYS TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT TREES FROM UNDER THEIR CANOPY!  THIS IS A GREAT TIME OUT FROM ALL OF THAT SEWING AND BLOCKS...KIND OF CLEARS THE HEAD AND EYES!




WHAT I HAVE BEEN USING...PRE-CUT 5" SQUARES...HALF TRIANGLES...3" SQUARES...WA...LA..

PRACTICE WITH CHRISTMAS FABRICS...HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO...GIVES YOU AN IDEA ABOUT HOW THINGS WILL LOOK ....WITHOUT A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT COLOR THEMES.  THE TWO CHRISTMAS BLOCKS SHOW WHAT I MEAN BY THIS COLOR CONFUSION...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH SCRAP PIECES...SO MUCH COLOR AND CHOICE...WHAT TO DO?  SO, I SAY...BREAK IT DOWN TO ONLY A FEW CHOICES AND GO FROM THERE.


Monday, July 1, 2013

VICTORIAN SUMMER

THIS IS THE CURRENT VICTORIAN PIECE BEING WORKED ON...SUMMER/OCEAN FOR A THEME IS BEING USED.
WORKING WITH TWO BLOCKS FOR EMBELLISHMENT

THIS IS THE NUMBERED LAYOUT WITH TWO BLOCKS SEWN TOGETHER