Monday

I'm beginning my week with a FINISH!

A very. simple. finish.

This little quilt began with these two fabrics

found in the remnant pile at a VERY reduced price.

I liked that little print...

but wondered how I would add some color!!!!

GREEN was the answer.

I used ONLY what I could find in my stash.

It worked!

I'm sure I would NEVER have chosen that backing

 IF I had been shopping!

BUT....

since I didn't want to go shopping....

I found something that worked...

and....

I think it gives this quilt even MORE color!

The front of this quilt is nice soft flannel.

The backing is cotton.

Sometimes if you use ALL flannel

 the quilt becomes TOO Heavy and warm.

Ingredients for this quilt:

sixteen squares of fun fabric: 7"x7"

forty strips for sashing:  3"x7"

twenty five cornerstones:  3"x3"

Put it all together!

Baby quilt measures about 39"x39"

Mostly Modern

This quilt began with a very MODERN idea.

Four Large Simple blocks using half square triangles.

and.....

Straight LINES.

I'm sorry to say the straight lines and I did not get along.

There was too much puckering...

and I wasn't liking it.

:/

We parted ways YESTERDAY....

Thanks to my little seam ripper.

:)

I ended up loop-de-looping...

a quilting pattern that's in my comfort zone. ;)

So.... I guess this quilt is a little LESS modern

than I had anticipated.

When I went "shopping" in my stash

for backing fabric.......

These pieces of fabric practically FELL OUT

of my cupboard TOGETHER!!!

More often than NOT.....

I have to DIG AROUND

for quite a while until I'm pleased with

the collection of pieces to use for the backing!

Except for the TIME SPENT UN-sewing...

I loved making this quilt!

Those BIG pieced triangles have me thinking.....

Hmmm.....

So many possibilities!!!!

A Beautiful Beginning!

I received some stars today

for our STARRY QUILT!!!

THANK YOU!!!

What  a GREAT Beginning

for a WONDERFUL quilt(s)

to be donated to my local

Veteran's Hospital.

DETAILS:

Blocks are 12 1/2" unfinished.

ANY star block is welcome!

Desired colors are

RED, BLUE, YELLOW and WHITE.

Blocks should be mailed by:

JULY 1, 2012.

There was only ONE commentor

who I was not able to contact

because of the No-reply setting

on her profile.

There is a very GOOD

explanation about this topic here.

Please email  me directly

IF you have any trouble.

;)

Happy Sewing!

Life and quilts

Quilting MEETS us wherever we might be.

Whether it's a BIRTH, GRADUATION....

Or.....

Remembering a loved one like the quilts

I posted about yesterday.

A quilt JOINS us in all the

MOMENTS of life.

Fun moments...

like a picnic.

Sad moments....

Like an illness.

A QUILT is RIGHT there with us!

This Modern quilt

is for a wedding gift.

Another special MOMENT in life!!!!

Mission Accomplished

My quilt Commission is now complete!

There are TWO twin quilts.....

Pieced.

Quilted.

Bound.

and

OFF!!!

to their new owners!

My friend is Soooo looking forward to handing these over

to her Mom and Aunt!

Wish I could be there to see their faces!!!

I'm so Thankful to be a part of

a SPECIAL memory!!!

Isn't that why we quilt???

trash?

I've said it before......I'll say it again.

ONE quilter's trash...

is

ANOTHER quilter's TREASURE!!!!

These tiny scraps came from a bag given to me

by a quilter who was overwhelmed with the mess.

Some of us like fabric folded neatly in thirds...or...fourths...etc...

Some of us like raggedy bags of jumbled scraps!!!!

Guess who I am???

:0

I DO fold my fabric......most of the time.......

but, I also LOVE those nondescript bags of SCRAPS!!!!!

I sewed the scraps together after determining a loose color scheme.

I found a backing...

Just the right size!!.....in my cupboard.

I added some wool batting...leftover from a previous project.

I then basted the WHOLE thing with some

BIG. UGLY. STITCHES.

It will hold together nicely when I go to hand quilt!!!

Here are the orange embroidery flosses I found in my box of thread.

They're not all the same exact color.

You know what???

I'm not sure that matters!

I now have a new little "take along" project FRIEND!!!!

Starry quilt: a collection

I live very close to a Veteran's Hospital.

During the next month I'd like to make a quilt or TWO to donate!

Would YOU like to help????

If you're interested please send me

a 12 1/2" UNFINISHED star...

ANY kind of star!!!

Using the colors:

blue, white, red or yellow.

ANY SHADE....print or solid....dark or light.

;)

You know me....

I'm not fussy.

.

I made an OHIO STAR

SOooooo...

If you don't want to have to think about

WHAT KIND of star to make...

YOU can make one like I DID!!!

;)

Cut:

 FOUR 4 1/2" squares using LIGHT fabric

ONE 4 1/2" square using Dark fabric

Cut:

TWO 5 1/2" squares using Dark fabric.

ONE 5 1/2" square using light fabric.

ONE 5 1/2" square using medium fabric.

Using your 5 1/2" Squares

Lay ONE dark on a light

and

ONE dark on a medium.

Draw diagonal lines.

Sew on each side of line.

Trim.

Open.

PRESS.

You will have TWO of these sets.

(PHOTO shows only ONE set)

Place one on top of the other other...

making sure that the DARK half is on OPPOSITE sides.

Draw a diagonal line on each set.

Sew.

Trim.

PRESS.

FOUR nice little hourglass blocks.

Trim them to 4 1/2".

Arrange like this.

Sew it together.

Your OHIO STAR should measure 12/ 1/2".

Let me know with a comment if you'd like to help.

I'll email back an address...

so that you can put some LOVE into our

*****STARRY***** quilt!!!

I will be collecting blocks until July 1, 2012

IF you are a no-reply blogger....

I WILL not be able to email you back. :/

Happy SEWING!