Feb11

PSQ Update – Design Wall Monday

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PSQ Update – Design Wall Monday

3584 charms

 

I’ve been sneaking time away from LAQ to randomly sew PSQ blocks together.  The 8 rows are assembled and ready for the last step.  I’m so excited to get this finished and on the longarm for quilting.  I love, love the look of 3584 charms with no border.

I still have lots of charms and if Mary at The Curious Quilter does another swap, I’ll be signing up for that!

Are you on Pinterest?  I’m pinning PSQ ideas on my Quilts to Make board.

Have you made a Postage Stamp Quilt (PSQ)?  Leave a comment sharing your favorite PSQ, I need more ideas!

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

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Feb8

Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

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Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

50 cent find

 

Retreats and Florida vacation, oh my!

Here’s one of my flea market bargains, finished!  It measures about 32 x 39 inches and I’m amazed how great it looks quilted.  The sewing is very “off” and several blocks were trimmed in the process of squaring it up for binding.  Even with puckered seams and unusual fabric, I love how it looks!  I finished it with some very old chambray fabric from my pre-quilting stash.  This would make a great little play mat or mini picnic quilt.  In case you’re wondering, I paid 50 cents for the unfinished quilt top!

I’m linking up with A Stitch in Time for a February finish.

February Finishes
Drew and Ma

 

Yes,Orlando was wonderful and we had a great time enjoying the sunshine and walks around the lake.  My son likes to grow a beard for Florida “winters”!  We visited a couple nice quilt shops, too.

Now that taxes, laundry and mail are caught up, I can get back to LAQ.  The next one is big.  The backing fabric uses every inch of my leaders!

no more room

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting!  🙂 Linda

Feb1

BlockBase Sew Along – Block 8

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BlockBase Sew Along – Block 8

Block 8

 

Here’s my block 8 for the BlockBase Sew Along. This time we could choose between 2 blocks, #1407a or #1401.   I chose #1401 to avoid set in seams!

I used Triangles on a Roll to make the 1 1/2″ finished half square triangles.  The other elements are squares and rectangles, easy.   I wasn’t intending my make a monochromatic block but the fabrics were in a remnant pile and they looked good!  It’s actually much prettier in person, my camera doesn’t like to photograph this color.

Here’s the link to see how others completed block 8.

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Jan28

Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

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Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

20 Big O Blocks

 

My quilting buddy, Candace, always has an idea for my fabric.  I had a fat quarter bundle, some solid fabric and no quilting plan.  Here’s a blog post at selfsewn that we based this quilt on.  Selfsewn called her quilt, “Shoofly”, I’m calling mine, “Big O”. I love how it looks and I hope I can find some time to sew it together!

Shoo Fly

 

In BlockBase this is #1645.  One of the published names is Shoo Fly.  It’s the same as my “Big O” block with the colors rearranged!

 

 

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

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Jan27

Retreat – Part 2!

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Retreat – Part 2!

Dawn's Friendship Star plus

A big thank you to Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt shop for letting me jump in at the last minute and join their second retreat weekend!  I had a great time meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends.

Like last weekend, I worked on my secret projects.  I sewed one quilt top together and finished the blocks for another.  I’m very excited to be this far along!

Show and tell was awesome, again!  I love Dawn’s quilt based on the friendship star block!  The placement of fabric creates a great lattice design.  Jane had a great convergent quilt, (sadly no picture!).  Both of these quilts have been added to my future quilts to make list!

Microwave bowls

 

I had fun showing how to make microwave fabric bowls.  Here’s my stack of finished bowls, ready to give away!!

Today was a bonus sewing day but everyone had to head home because of an ice storm!  Hopefully, everyone got home save and sound!

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

 

 

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