A Crumb Quilt!

No good can come from trawling Pinterest!  I came across a crumb quilt and then started looking at other ones too.  Soon my head was filled with Possibilities.  I have two huge bags full of crumbs.  So what is a girl to do?  Start a crumb quilt of course.

A good starting point was to grab a strip and then attach some crumbs to the strip.  Next, iron them open and trim them off with straight lines.  You need straight lines otherwise your block will not lay flat. 

Then you build onto the pieces with strips, or make a strip out of crumbs.  I chose a 6.5" block.  When you have a piece of created fabric which is big enough, cut out your square.  If there are any interesting trimmings you can stitch that to a strip of fabric to build another block.  I work on several blocks at the same time so that I am not jumping up and down like a yoyo to and from the ironing board.  I have added sashing to the blocks already.  I plan to add a cornerstone too, when I put the rows together.  I have made a bunch of blocks and have just managed to fluff the fabric in the crumb bag to look like even more fabric!!!! This is a very fun exercise and I have enjoyed making the blocks immensely.

Working on a Tumbler Quilt for Fall!

In my endeavor to use fabrics from my stash, I thought it would be a good idea to find all my fall fabrics and make a Tumbler Quilt from them. I ironed and cut out many many tumblers.  Some fabrics are better quality than others, but they are all going in and being used. I love the way the colors mix. I really enjoy stitching tumblers to.

Here is the stack of tumblers neatly cut out and stacked.  I am using a 5" tumbler template.  I cut 5" strips of fabric which I stacked and sub-cut into tumbler shapes.  Next comes sewing those tumblers into rows.  I tackle them by chain piecing them.  I sew groups of two together, then groups of four together etc, etc.  Got seven rows put together and I am loving how it looks.

A Cute Halloween Quilt

I have been painting inside the house. I am currently busy with the kitchen.  After 10 days of solid painting I really needed a break.  So on Wednesday I had a sew day.  I have been building blocks from a Halloween layer cake.  I finished them up and then put the blocks together. I am really thrilled with how this turned out. The pattern is from "Block" magazine. Of course I had the inspector of works, come along to find out if I had done a decent job!!!

Here I have all the blocks laid out and ready to stitch together.

The Inspector of Works arriving for quality control.

Yes Momma, it is a lovely quilt top - well done.

A Knitted Jersey Finish!

I started knitting this jersey last winter!  In my quest to finish some UFO's, I decided to knit in earnest and get it done!   Two weeks later and it is done!   The pattern is from a Knit Simple magazine. I am so happy I decided to finish it.  The fit is so good and it is warm because of the garter stitch pattern.  In fact I am so happy with it I have started another one!

Another Mini Quilt Completed!

As if the last quilt were not enough, made from the little off cuts from snowballing a bigger block, I have collected more triangle offcuts from another quilt in the making.  I was on a roll with those little pieces, so I decided to make the second one too and get those pesky little triangles out of the sewing room.  I have carefully been moving them around on a flannel board for way to long now trying not to make a big mess.   It did not take too long to put together at all.  The fabric is from Petal, by Aneela Hoey and a purple Moda Solid.  The border is from my stash and not sure which line it comes from.

 A closer view shows the yellow is not so washed out as the above photo.

 Here are the two little quilts side by side.  This one too has a purpose which will be revealed in the not to distant future.  Finally I have no more triangles left in the sewing room.  It feels good to have these two quilts done.

A Mini Quilt Finish!

Once upon a time there was a crazy woman who quilted.  She was making a quilt that needed to be snowballed.  She carefully trimmed the corners and studies the sad little triangles which were cut off. Now this woman was a kind soul and felt very sorry for the sad little triangles.  She decided to stitch them together.  She stitched and stitched and stitched.  Life happened and the little project got neglected.  A few years later she found it and decided to finish the sad little project.  She went looking in her stash for the perfect border and binding and in no time at all the little project of of orphaned half square triangles became a cute little quilt.  The woman looked at her project and was glad she gave the little 0.5" squares a chance to shine!  The End!!!

I have a plan for this little quilt which will hopefully be revealed in a few days time.

 This photo was taken in my garden near a bed of pink day lilies.

 Look at the beautiful leaves on this geranium.    The photo below is of the beautiful day lilies.  I have never had pink ones before.

A Finished Afghan!

Well I seem to be on a roll with getting some UFO afghans out of the way.

I started this afghan about 9 or 10 years ago when we were on vacation at the beach!  The colors reminded me of the seaside.

 I used a solid blue yarn and a variegated yarn.  I alternated four rows of each color.

I like how the stripes read.

 Done and all nicely folded.  Now off to the basement to retrieve a box with another partially made afghan in it.