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Design Wall Monday – Flea Market UFO!

Design Wall Monday – Flea Market UFO!

Here’s a recent flea market purchase – “vintage” quilt blocks.  I don’t need another Loose Ends project but I couldn’t resist this unfinished quilt.  The improv piecing and use of solid fabrics looks like today’s modern quilts!   I plan to deconstruct some of the blocks and reassemble the quilt into a 5 x 6 set.

What would you do with 33 vintage blocks?

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Design Wall Monday and a July Finish!

Design Wall Monday and a July Finish!

Four Great Granny square blocks ready for trimming!  I love that I’m using scraps and strips to make these!  The background is scrappy white fabric, too.  Want to sew along?  Check out the Great Granny Along!

I’m excited to post a July finish!  Purple seems to be a hard color for my camera so I took this finished quilt outside for better results.

I used the leftover squares to make the quilt reversible!

I’m linking up with A Stitch in Time July Linky party to celebrate!

July Finishes
 

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

Thanks for looking!  :)Linda

Design Wall Monday – Great Granny Squares!

Design Wall Monday – Great Granny Squares!

My friend, Candace, of The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge  got me started on something to use my precuts and scraps – Great Granny Squares!  She found the information on the Bee In My Bonnet blog.  Here’s the link to the post with the tutorial.

 

Candace and I got together to make a couple blocks.  Here’s her block below before trimming.

 

 

You may notice that we decided to do the method that Jolene has a tutorial here on Blue Elephant Stitches.  This method uses 2 1/2″ white squares all around and then you trim the block to within 1/4″ of the first round of focus blocks.  Our thinking was that if we’re going to sash the blocks anyway, this used less fabric with similar result.

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a couple of my blocks trimmed and with some white sashing fabric on the design wall.

 

Here’s a before and after layout, too.

 

 

 

 

Now, after doing all that, I think I’m going to do the method that Lori explained in the Bee In My Bonnet post.  In her method, she uses larger background rectangles (white) for the outside.  The block can be trimmed to 12 1/2″.  When I trimmed my blocks to make them square, I had to get a little too close to a couple of intersections.

I did not sign up for the Great Granny Along but you can here!  I  plan to keep making blocks, because I’m looking at all the fabric I cut into 2 1/2″, 5″ and 10″ squares with a purpose now!

 

This is all you need to make the block!  A 2 1/2″ for the center and 1, 2 and 3 – 5″ squares!  Add your background fabric for the outside.

 

Thanks for looking!  Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects!

🙂 Linda

Design Wall Monday – Chevron Quilt

Design Wall Monday – Chevron Quilt

 

The designing is done and it’s all sewn together!  And then I realized that I really like how it looks rotated.

I found some extra-wide white on white fabric in my stash so now all I need is to find some time to quilt it!

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Design Wall Monday – Chevron quilt

Design Wall Monday – Chevron quilt

 

This is my design for In The Bag ~ Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge.

I’ve had it on the wall for most of the week and I still like it!  It reminds me of a picnic tablecloth.  I hope I can find the right fabric for the backing in my stash, too.

Thanks for all your earlier comments when I was deciding!  I appreciate them.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July to all of you Americans celebrating a day off in the middle of the week!

🙂 Linda

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