Design Wall Monday

Well, I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted.

You know how it goes:

Life,

travel and

a quilt guild challenge quilt that can't be revealed

have kept me from blogging.

Let's see how I will adapt to the new blogger template...

The moment I saw Anna Maria Horner's Patchwork Prism quilt,

I was in awe.

Then I came across the quilt along

hosted by Sweet Diesel Design

and that was it.

Since then I have been contemplating fabric,

cut a few triangles in the evening,

checked out the flickr group for inspiration.

What a perfect (free!) pattern to use some Kaffe fabrics!

I am taking my time selecting fabric -

see how my Patchwork Prism quilt is evolving:

Hopefully soon I will get photos with better light

that show how bright the colors really are.

Linking up with Judy's Design Wall Monday.

Have a great week,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

My latest project is finally coming to an end:

Hometown Star -

I made it following the Made in Cherry quilt along

and what's left is to sew on the binding:

I already attached the binding to the back

and now will use a decorative stitch from the front.

Yep, machine binding is my method of choice...

So this wedding quilt will hopefully be done

by Monday evening.

Linking up to Judy's Design Wall Monday.

Have a look and be inspired

by all the other DWM links,

Barb

Festival of Scrappiness

Hot of the sewing machine and ironing board:

my submission for the Festival of Scrappiness

organized by Rachel of

Stitched in Color!

As I have mentioned before: 

I loved the Scrap Attack Quilt Along -

so many great ideas and tutorials,

so many beautiful blocks and quilts!

Here is my interpretation 

 "Mix & Match Scrappiness".
And all the scrappy quilt along blocks

that I have not yet tried,

will be tested in a future scrap quilt.

Please check out all the fabulous submissions

linked up for the Festival of Scrappiness!

Barb

Design Wall Monday

For a while now

I have been fascinated by Scrap Attack 

hosted by Stitched in Color.

I checked out the tutorials and beautiful scrap quilt -

and finally got started.

But I couldn't make up my mind

which scrap block I liked most -

so I had to try several.

Have a look:

There is still some fine tuning going on

and not all rows have been sewn together yet.

But I like it!

It has scrumb blocks, left over HST's, strip blocks,

Granny square and hour glass blocks, and postage (well, a bit bigger).

I still meant to do the Japanese blocks as well,

 but ran out of time. Oops.

First my lay-out

did not have the added white sashing,

and looked a bit dull & dreary.

Now with white it looks so much cleaner & fresher,

nice!

And the racing flag border (?) gives it a more finished look,

even though I will keep it on 2 sides only.

Hopefully I will be able to submit a finished top

to the Festival Of Scrappiness,

taking place March 26th - 28th!

Please go and check other Design Wall Monday's

on Judy's blog!

Barb

Design Wall Monday

I am finally ready to join DWM by Judy again.

Have a look at my UFO Flying geese:

I have sewn all the blocks into long rows 

and now need to add the sashing.

And right behind it

are my first 2 Swoon blocks:

(sorry for the poor lighting)

only 7 more blocks to go...

Please go and check all the other beautiful creations

linked up on Judy's blog!

Barb

National Quilt Day

Happy National Quilt Day and

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Hope you will find some time

to fit some Green Sewing into your day.

Flying Geese quilt update - and yes, there is some (lime) green in it!:

I added a few more geese and finished sewing the top long row.

Current lay-out is 15 x 5 geese with 3 inch long sashing:

Who knows -

maybe I will finish the top this weekend?

Can you see the sunshine in the bottom left corner?

We are enjoying a great Spring here in SE Michigan

with temperatures in the 70s! 

Unreal!

Linking up to Pat Sloan's NQD post,

Barb

Friday Night Sew-in...

Somehow I felt like starting a new project,

but instead ended up pulling out

my Flying geese blocks and added about 20 more!

Not yet sure if this will be the final block count.

It still needs sashing strips between the (long) rows.

Linking up to FNSI and Whoop Whoop,

Barb