My row by row is back

After 8 months and working on rows for 4 other quilters, the big reveal for all of us was at our last quilt guild meeting.  The row I provided for inspiration was the top one.  I had originally made the blocks to replicate a Carrie Nelson quilt in American Patchwork and Quilting magazine that you can get online. Link here

But I was unable to use them for the project intended and put the large and small blocks  together in an unusual setting

.  I am so impressed with the additions of the other quilters.  I may tweak the last row.  I am also going to add some wool accents: trees, cats, cars, etc around the buildings.  It really is amazing. If you look close you will see a cool car on the third row.  So exciting!

As for my quilting, I am making a table runner for my nephew's bride to be. There is a shower in Indiana later this week.  I need to cut and add sashing to these three blocks then sew them together, quilt and bind it.  It shouldn't be too hard if I stay the course. This is also a pattern on All People Quilt.  Link here

This is a project to go with our guild's raffle quilt.  There were 5 extra blocks after putting it together.  As we were organizing all the leftover fabrics from the last several raffle quilts to add to our bargain room, there was a yard of a beautiful orange/ rust batik that went with it.  I volunteered to make a small project out of these.  So far all I have is the connecting blocks and the sashings cut. 

Lastly, here are my two grandkids with matching shirts when we went to the library and had a Grandma day!