Spring quilting

 I have been busy sewing away.  It is such a relaxing past time to sit at the machine and listen to podcasts or music and stitch away. 

I am forging ahead to finish more of my Rainbow Scrap quilt from the past (2021) .  Here is the 4th block of the design.  I did a yellow center in the color of the month on  soscrappy.

And I realized I had only ordered  regular yardage for the back of my fall flannel quilt.  So I used some of the leftover layer cake squares and charm pack to add to the beautiful pumpkin fabric. 

As last week closed, I checked my calendar to determine I had some time finally to visit my mom in Indianapolis. So I whipped up a butterfly quilt for her door in the nursing home.. These are 30s fabrics to go with the decade she was born in. The squares are 3/4 inch. 

I had a wonderful visit with her albeit short couple of days.  She knew who I was which is indeed a blessing. I brought a photo album her mother had made showing her grandparents and her parents and their first house all the way up to college and meeting my dad. 

We are so pleased that she likes this nursing home. The caregivers are wonderful.

RSC 2021

So after making the plan for my rainbow scrap challenge, I continued to cut more inch and a half strips for additional fabrics to add to each quarter of a circle.  

( Here is the link I utilized for measurements:  Curved log cabin) My block finishes at 5 and 3/4 inches and the full circle to 11 inches. I have had to check this over and over as I keep LOSING my copy. 

And here are three sections  of the design which I have completed over the last week:

Taking pictures are good : you can see the mistake so you can fix it. 

And on a whim, I had lots of 1 1/2 inch squares left that were or originally planned for sashing. 

I decided to try tiny piecing.   Here is the first block. 

I now have 5 1 and 1/2 inch blocks made. Pieces are 1/4 inch.

My goal is to make a 3 by 4 squares mini quilt for next year's quilt show. 

I did finish a spring wall hanging for my mom!  This monthly was was an applique where I went around the edges of the pieces as I quilted it since it was so small. Only 14 inches square.  I forgot to take a finished picture:  but here is the pattern in wool.  I just used cotton fabrics from my stash. 

And as a real cheater, I just double turned the edges for the binding and sewed them down. 

oops no photo!

Retreat time

 Don't you just love getting together with fellow quilters at retreats?  I sure do.  I don't know what is the best part:  sharing ideas, acquiring fabrics and patterns from each other, uninterrupted sewing time, or just comradery. And I can't forget the part about getting meals fixed for you and not having to clean up the kitchen.  Well, the snack table is also a "treat". 

Yes, retreats are the best!  It was a week ago, but I still wanted to post the progress and the other projects.

I was able to finish 2 quilt tops. 

The first one was started last fall for my daughter. It is a batik quilt which used the Moda Blockheads 5 blocks for group 1. 

This is my plan for the quilt using my RSC rounded log cabins made during the year 2021.

I had a box with 9 full circles and 36 single blocks.  During retreat I made at least 24 for single blocks for the setting. In between the blocks will be black sashing. 

Then I assembled the units for this flannel panel and pattern from primitive Gatherings and coordinating plaid fabrics by Bonnie Sullivan for sashing.

I fell in love with it the first time I saw it and have worked on it periodically. It has been in time out since fall. But now it is a flimsy. Hooray! 

Here are quilts from other friends:  Jodi

Chris

Corrine 

Karen: Tula Pink fabrics and pattern