Full Stop Is Finished -- March OMG

 I completed my Full Stop quilt today.  It was my goal for March to finish this quilt.

Full Stop was designed by Angela at SoScrappy.  It was the quilt along project for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2021 (RSC21).  You can read about all the details an Angela's blog here.

I'm super excited I chose the grey print for the background and used solids for the most part to give this quilt a more modern feel.  It measures 55" x 72".  I longarm quilted it using the Circle Lord giant template board called Egyptian Eye.  I used yellow thread for the quilting.

I used a gently used, vintage sheet for the back.  It's super soft.  I found a vintage piece of solid light green for the binding.  I felt that it matched both the back and the front.

I'm linking up my happy finish at Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal March Finish Link-up.  Seriously, you have got to check out Patty's (at Elm Street Quilts) quilted jacket.  It's AMAZING!

Linking up at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

Linking up at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 325.

Monday Making

 I cleaned up my table and sewed the rest of my 1.5" rail fence blocks.  I was using these as leader/ender blocks, but they were piling up and falling over.  827 of 900 of the 3.5" blocks complete already.

I'm linking up at Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making.

Full Stop Progress

 I haven't shown any progress on my Full Stop quilt because I wasn't happy with some loose stitches on it from the cold longarm.  I spent time during the last two weeks ripping the entire thing out.  I finally finished that part and then finished the quilting on it this week.

Poor lighting in the quilt room today.  It SNOWED again.

I quilted it with my Egyptian Eye template and backed it with a gently used flat sheet.

This quilt was designed by Angela at SoScrappy as a QA for the RSC21.

RSC22 -- Folk Art Birds

 This week I concentrated on more yellow scraps and made the blocks for my Folk Art Birds quilt.  That pattern is in the book called Making Quilts.

I also concentrated on making 3.5" rail fence blocks as leader/enders.  After I used all the 1.5" scraps for the Folk Art Bird blocks (above), it was easy to quickly cut the 3.5" pieces for the rail fence blocks.  Mission accomplished.  Yellow 1.5" strip scraps BUSTED!  I made 67 of these.

I amazing how fast this RSC project is going as a leader/ender project.

Can you believe it's the last Saturday in March already?  Wow, time is flying.  I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC22.

March Table Scraps Challenge

 Can you believe it's time for the March Table Scraps Challenge at The Joyful Quilter already?  This month the challenge was to use the scraps on your cutting table to make a little topper project that incorporated yellow.  The theme was flowers.  Here's what I had to work with in those categories:

And here's the mug rug I whipped up:

Link up!  Join the fun.

RSC22 -- Yellow

 This week I made the yellow Ohio Stars that I needed for my RSC22 project called Random Ohio Stars.

Bonnie Hunter has a free pattern on her blog called Random Ohio Stars!

I also got busy and made all the yellow/grey HST 3.5" blocks for my Rainbow HST quilt.

Today is the last day for our son't bowling league.  He has been bowling seasonally on Saturday mornings for about five years.  Next year he wants to try out for the high school bowling team.  It will be time to open a new chapter of his bowling career in the fall.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC22.

The Grocery Bag Holder -- a Friday Finish

 This week I started making a sewing project to enter into the Project Quilting challenge at Persimmon Dreams.  I made this grocery bag holder using the tutorial I found here.

Sorry for the sideways photo.  I never figured out how to rotate a photo on Blogger.  Anywho...  I realized that I couldn't enter this as a project quilting project because it wasn't quilted.  I didn't really feel like putting batting between the outer fabric and the lining.  Let's just consider it a finished project.  I made a mug rug from the scraps of this project to enter the contest for Project Quilting.  It all worked out.

Off the Wall Friday with Nina Marie

Brag About Your Beauties  at From Bolt to Beauty 

Peacock Party  at Wendy’s Quilts and More

Friday Foto Fun  at Powered by Quilting

Finished Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Project Quilting Challenge #6

 Here we are at challenge #6 at Project Quilting.  The challenge was to make something quilted using at least five flying geese blocks.  I made this simple mug rug.

Yes, I'm still sewing with light blue and yellow.  It measures about 5.5" square.

I'm linking up at Persimmon Dreams for Project Quilting Challenge #6 dhere.

Yellow Rail Fence Blocks

This week I only played with a few yellow scraps that were in my rail fence leader/ender project.  I made 24 blocks.  Only 7 of them were made of yellow scraps.  This makes 445 of 900 (3.5") blocks complete.

Last week at this time we were outside riding our four wheelers in the driveway.  It was a gorgeous Ohio day in the 60's.  I debated if I needed a sweatshirt or not.

Goldie the barn cat sat on top of one of the chicken coops and supervised as I moved yucca plants.

Today we have almost five inches of snow again.  Maybe I'll get my random Ohio star pieces or my HST cut this afternoon.  It's a good day for a crockpot meal anyways.  No longarm quilting for a little while longer...

Linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC22.

 

WIP Wednesday 3.9.22

It's been a slower week quilty wise.  We had a couple of warm days in the 60's and we have been playing outside getting the much needed vitamin D.  But I do have a few things to share.

 I made a cute little quilt to hang above the door of my quilting area.  I joined in on the fun for challenge #5 of Project Quilting.  This challenge was Rhythm & Repetition.  Hence the hearts in a row.  The hearts were inspired by a QA that Bonnie Hunter posted about on her blog.

We also had a day of snow-covered ground.  (It's spitting snow today again after being 70 a couple of days ago...  Welcome to Ohio...). I'm happy to be able to take another item off of my WIP list. 

Stay Centered is a free pattern that is available as a free pattern download  on the APQS site here.

  I made a few more Ice Lollies quilt blocks this weekend.  Ice Lollies Quilt pattern is by Latifah Saafir.

Here are some photos of our fun in the mud.

We are changing the chicken/garden area.  This berry barn that used to be where my husbands grandparents sold fruit at the end of the drive is being moved again.  It's such a cute and sentimental shed.

The building has been moved.  Now I need to work on the plants when the snow isn't flying.  It won't be long until all of this stuff is green.  :)

Of course we took a selfie before we got all muddy.

I'm linking up at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers.

45 Items remain on the WIP list.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

 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.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  Random Ohio Stars -- started January, 2022

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

12.  Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 421/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15.  Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019  

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (2.5" blocks)

22.  Ice Follies pattern by Latifah Saafir, started 2/26/22

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

 1.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

 4.  Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

 5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

 6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto)

 7.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

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

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January 2021) Still on the frame

3.  Rescue Quilt from my SIL (patchwork squares)

4.  Pink Patchwork Quilt (CM) longarm quilting for a friend with Cosmos

5.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

6.  GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

7.  Plus Quilt (Be Positive) started in 2016; quilt top completed 1.1.22

Ice Lollies Quilt Blocks

 I made a few more Ice Lollies quilt blocks this weekend.  Ice Lollies Quilt pattern is by Latifah Saafir.

I'm linking up at Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making.

Project Quilting Challenge #5 -- Rhythm & Repetition (Inspired by Bonnie Hunter's Next Sew Along)

 I made a cute little quilt to hang above the door of my quilting area.  I joined in on the fun for challenge #5 of Project Quilting.  This challenge was Rhythm & Repetition.  Hence the hearts in a row.

I'm linking up at Persimon Dreams for Project Quilting Challenge #5.

I really like the way I simply quilted this 23" x 6" banner by going around the edge and the hearts.  I used the pillowcase method and a nice, thick piece of batting to make it fluffy.  

These hearts were inspired by Bonnie Hunter's post about her next sew along called Hearts of Hope.

Check out all the details on Bonnie's Blog, Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!!  I'm so excited she's doing a SA!

RSC22 -- Playing with Yellow Scraps

I had fun using more light blue on the backgrounds of the Ice Lollies quilt (pattern by Latifah Safari).  Well... it was fun until I realized I didn't have enough of the blue.  That's okay.  My design change will incorporate some other light blue backgrounds for other blocks.  I used some yellow and then went back and made the red block for January.  These blocks go pretty fast.  I doubt if this will be an RSC quilt for long.  I may just start playing with other colors so that it can be a spring finish.  ...and yes, I didn't trim the blocks yet.  I'll do that before putting them all together.

Yellow is the color of the month for March.  I grabbed the yellow 2.5" strips in the strip bin and cut the ones that were long enough to make waffle blocks.  They have been in that bin long enough.  I made 18 waffle blocks.  Once the pieces are cut, these blocks go together rather quickly.  I started making waffle blocks in August of 2019 of the RSC19.  It's time this project got moved forward.

This week I finished another RSC project.  I started this one in January of 2021.  It is called Stay Centered.  You can read more about where to find the free Stay Centered pattern and size and such on my blog post here.  And on a happy, happy note... all the snow has melted and it's supposed to be in the 60's.  I LOVE the texture of this quilt quilted with the Egyptian Eye design.

Linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC22.

March OMG at Elm Street Quilts

 The quilt I will be working on to finish this month is Full Stop.

Full Stop was a RSC21 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge, 2021) project.  Angela at SoScrappy designed the pattern.  Each month we made a different punctuation sign.  The back is made. I had it on the longarm frame, but some of the stitches were too loose due to the cold room where the longarm is located.  I ripped most of them out.  I still need to quilt and bind it.

I'm linking up at Elm Street Quilts for the March One Monthly Goal Setting Party.

Stay Centered is a Friday Finish

I finished Stay Centered!  I think it's super cute.  And yes, it was 54 degrees on Wednesday and then it snowed Thursday morning.

I started Stay Centered in January of 2021 as part of the RSC21 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge).  This is a challenge that works on busting the scrap color of the month at Angela's blog, SoScrappy.  So many creative quilters link up each Saturday.  It's a super fun group!

Stay Centered is a free pattern that is available as a free pattern download  on the APQS site here.

I longarm quilted it with my Circle Lord Giant Template board called Egyptian Eye.  Look at that fun texture.  I backed it with a gently used neutral sheet.  Then I finished it off with a fairy frost medium blue that just happened to be the February color of the month for the RSC22.  It measures 60.5" x 72".

I'm linking up with:

Off the Wall Friday  with Nina Marie

Brag About Your Beauties  at From Bolt to Beauty 

Peacock Party  at Wendy’s Quilts and More

Friday Foto Fun  at Powered by Quilting

Finished or Not Friday  at Alycia Quilts

WIP Wednesday 3.2.22

 Wow, I haven't done a WIP Wednesday since 2/16/22, so here it goes...

This week I finished Gobble Gobble.  Pattern is by Lori Holt.

I started and finished this table topper for March in three days.  I never even made it on the WIP list.  It was inspired by a pattern I saw at Primrose Cottage Quilts Etsy Shop! 

I finished this little improv table topper for Joy's Table Scraps Challenge.

Last week I finished Cabins by the Lake (pattern by Fons & Porter.)

I finished the Project Quilting Challenge #4 and made this long shelf runner for our living room.

I made a lot more 3.5" rail fence blocks.

The quilt I am currently working on each Sunday is Full Stop.  It has made it onto the quilt frame.  Full Stop was designed by Angela at SoScrappy.

I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 321.   Come join the fun and inspiration!

I'm also linking up for Wednesday Wait Loss.  (That's where I got the cool button on my sidebar!)

46 Items remain on the WIP list.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

 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.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  Random Ohio Stars -- started January, 2022

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

12.  Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 421/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15.  Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019  

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (2.5" blocks)

22.  Ice Follies pattern by Latifah Saafir, started 2/26/22

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

 1.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

 4.  Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

 5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

 6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto)

 7.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

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

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January 2021) on the frame now

3.  Rescue Quilt from my SIL (patchwork squares)

4.  Pink Patchwork Quilt (CM) longarm quilting for a friend with Cosmos

5.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

6. GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

7.  Plus Quilt (Be Positive) started in 2016; quilt top completed 1.1.22

8.  Stay Centered started February, 2021