Yellow Scrap Happy Saturday

For some reason today went so fast.  It felt like it took me all day to make these four Sand Castle blocks (pattern by Bonnie Hunter in her latest book, String Frenzy.)

I love these blocks.  They won't go together in the final quilt like this, but it's fun to play with them.

I'm linking up with Angela's blog, So Scrappy for the RSC19.

WIP Wednesday 2.6.19

Welecome to Wednesday!

This week I DID start another project.  I'll call it Parallelogram Strings.  Basically it's a little crib quilt that will help me tackle the strings in my string basket.  



This is what the string block looks like before it is cut with the Accuquilt die. 

I finished all of the blocks for January, 2019, for the Temperature Quilt Along.  I am making kite blocks in specific colors for the high and low temperatures for the day.  I sewed them all together in one row for now.  This is not how they will end up.  I wanted to keep them together and in order.  Most likely I will stitch rip one seam and combine the rows the desired width.  I haven't decided how that's going to work just yet...  Rows for January and then a blank piece to fill in the rest of the month in the average color, separated by a 2.5" strip?  Don't know yet.  I need to do some math/planning.

I'll be working on this embroidery bear crib quilt this month as my OMG project.



I made two Owl's Well That Ends Well blocks in yellow today to participate in the RSC19. 



I had an unusual Friday finish.  This is a dog sled that our son had to build for a 5th grade project.  I did some sewing on the raised platform and the straps.

I stitched on my Sunday Slow Stitching project in my sew-to-go bag.  I'm still working on the January clue.  I'm going to move on to the February clue ASAP and eventually go back to the January clue.  The February clue is an outline of where the other clues will go.  It will be pretty important in the up-coming months.



I started another new project this week.  It's called Parallelogram Strings -- 2019 String Along at Humble Quilts, started 1.31.19.  I have 70 projects in the works.

Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from Mama Spark's World 

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

4.  Picadilly Circle

5.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

6.  Go Four It! -- Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender June 2017

7.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) -- hand work for school

8.   Soul Searching -- need 2 more blocks
9.   Leah Day Building Blocks QA
10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA
11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM
12.  Mod Mod QA (turning this one into a baby quilt) (from block Lotto, mostly circles w/lines)

13.  Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1.26.19)

14.  Linen and Threads - Mystery Sampler SAL Sew-to-go bag project started 1.21.19

15.  Temperature QA (2019 block-a-day according to high and low temps.)

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons & Porter Magazine) (only one house block complete.)

19.   2.5" Scraps from Dani making "cracker" blocks

20.  EPP mini table topper (grey, maroon, blue, cream...)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a second quilt.)

23.  Dot Dot Dash bag -- (new to the list April, 2018)

24.  Scrappy Hourglass Quilt 

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- need blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March, 2017 (Will make baby quilt.)

27.  Super Mario QA

28.  2015 Orange, pink, grey kite blocks (from Accuquilt die, RSC17)

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA (started again with Angie at Gnome Angel, August 2017) (2019 QA)

31.  Crown of Thorns in blues

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching blocks)

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

34.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) 

35.  Secret O - H - I - O quilt.  Shhhh.  Can't show this one--but it's cool!

36.  Jelly Roll Rug

37.  Sand Castles -- Bonnie Hunter string quilt started January, 2019 -- an RSC project

38.  Parallelogram Strings -- 2019 String Along at Humble Quilts, started 1.31.19

  

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

2.  Scrap Crystals (working on blue pieces for RSC15)

3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

4.  Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)

5. Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt (my seams don't match Julianne's seams...)
6.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt

7.  Kim Diehl's Table Topper from her book Simple Charm (Started August, 2017 for to-go bag.)
8.  Block Lotto December Scrappy Stars (blue/purple) -- I won the star blocks in December, 2018.
         

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Tall Fly 

7.  Fortune Teller (RSC14 started)

8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt 

9.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blocks 

10.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks (New QA starting 5/7/17 Gnome Angel)

11.  Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

12.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May, 2018 sew-to-go bag)

13.  Bonnie Hunter Garden Party (started 3.18.17.)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done) 

1. Card Trick (pink and blue) HUGE charity quilt for local quilt guild
2.  Hunter green large (bubbly -- will be a challenge to longarm) charity quilt for the local guild
3. Bubble Gum pink and navy charity quilt for local quilt guild
4.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Quiltville Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018.

Ready to longarm
1.  Little Letters QA Quilt (A RSC14 project)
2.  Customer quilt with special block in the center (CM)

3.  Catchin' Some Rays needle turn applique crib quilt started March, 2018 (adding EPP hexies!)
4.  4-patch customer quilt (CM)
5.  Blue and 4-patch customer quilt (CM)
6.  Camo and Ribbons & Stars customer quilt (CM)

Needs binding
1.  Embroidery Bear with balloons and hearts crib quilt.

I'm linking up at Silly Mama Quilts. Check out the giveaway!!!

I'm linking up at Esther's Quilt Blog for WOW!

I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers #161.

Slow Sunday Stitching

I'm still working on the cross stitch on my peacock.  Here it is in science class.  By the time I got to this point of the peacock the school announced on the loud speaker that students would not have school for TWO days due to extreme low temperatures (-12 was the lowest I saw).  That's cold for kids to be out, so no school.  I resorted to staying home with our son and stitching by machine.

I'm linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Nines in the Middle Jelly Roll Quilt from Moda Bake Shop

I love this quilt pattern.  I'll be using it to thin down some of my 2.5" strips some day.  For now, I will just post the pattern reference here.

It's a Moda Bake Shop pattern by   Check it out here.   This pattern is by Doris Rice, The Quilting Queen www.quiltingqueenonline.com This quilt/project finishes at 68" x 90".

Owl's Well That Ends Well -- Yellow Scraps

I made two Owl's Well That Ends Well blocks in yellow today to participate in the RSC19.  The owl on the right has a bunch of stars in the brown fabric.  It reminds me of Wonder Woman.  LOL.

 It's called Owl's Well That Ends Well.  It's from the book Quilts for Scrap Lovers by Judy Gauthier.  I got the book from our local library.  In the book the blocks are 20.5" (20" finished size).  I reduced the block down to 12.5" (12" finished size) because I incorporated using Accuquilt dies to cut all of the pieces.  This is a happy project!

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC19 Scrap Happy Yellow Saturday.

February OMG with Elm Street Quilts

It's time to set my OMG (one main goal) for February at the link-up at Elm Street Quilts.  The number picked by Judy at Patchwork Times for the February UFO is #10.  That means that this month I will be finishing this embroidery bear crib quilt:

It always makes me smile when I know I had help from my mini me quilt holder. :)

Fortunately the last time I worked on it (near the end of December) I had finished quilting it.  Here it is on the frame:



I need to trim and bind it for a happy finish.

An Unusual Friday Finish -- 5th Grade Dog Sled Model

Today I have an unusual Friday finish to show.  It's not a quilty finish, but there was some sewing involved.  It's our son's model of a dog sled.  He is in the 5th grade.

I put it next to a pop can so that you could see the size.  It was a family project.  My husband drew the wooden frame.  Owen cut it out with the saw and drilled the holes.  My husband put it together.  I made the raised platform by sewing a mat with fabric and batting.  I sewed each piece of felt to represent fur to each of the pieces that tied to the frame.

The fabric threaded through the drilled holes easily with the help of pushing them through with a pair of scissors.  Below is the underside of the dog sled.  Extra felt was cut to make a rope and extra ties for "other" cargo.  I think it will work for his purposes.  He had to write the card and memorize the speech.  Happy February!