I am so glad spring is here! We still have some snow on the ground, but with the calendar saying it is spring, it makes me glad. The daffodils are a present from my hubby, as a celebration that spring is officially here.
Lisa Bonegan started a free triangle blocks sew-a-long. (link here - for instructions) and I saw lots of pretty blocks from their group on the internet. I love triangles, and am easily drawn into a project using them, so I pulled out my box of small half square triangles, and began laying out some of the blocks. Lisa is calling the project "Triangle Gatherings", and it was a lot of fun making the blocks, and so easy when the hsts are all made ahead of time.
Two days later, I have them all made so far, and I don't know what the finished quilt will be like. But that will be decided later. There are instructions for 21 blocks right now, and I think a block comes out each week. My blocks are using triangles that finish at 1 inch, so the blocks are 4.5" x 4.5" unfinished size.
This week I worked on an unfinished sampler quilt that was 90% finished in 2011, and for some reason, it never was completed. The goals for 2017 are to finish some of these quilts, so it is now ready for the outside borders to be sewn on. I will post some pictures when the borders are attached.
Today I took another picture of my design wall, with the Valentine's Day quilt up there. It will probably be taken down soon, but I am still enjoying the process of adding another grid section of 10 x 10 squares.
Here is the design wall for "Design Wall Mondays" as I like to link up with Judy Laquidara's blog to see all the design walls (Here). The three longer grids have the columns sewn together, but not the rows. After sewing the rows, they will be as short as the grids on the left side of the picture.
Lisa Bonegan started a free triangle blocks sew-a-long. (link here - for instructions) and I saw lots of pretty blocks from their group on the internet. I love triangles, and am easily drawn into a project using them, so I pulled out my box of small half square triangles, and began laying out some of the blocks. Lisa is calling the project "Triangle Gatherings", and it was a lot of fun making the blocks, and so easy when the hsts are all made ahead of time.
Two days later, I have them all made so far, and I don't know what the finished quilt will be like. But that will be decided later. There are instructions for 21 blocks right now, and I think a block comes out each week. My blocks are using triangles that finish at 1 inch, so the blocks are 4.5" x 4.5" unfinished size.
The three quilts that I sent to the machine quilter are finished now, so I just have to go pick them up, and put on the binding. I can't wait. One is a wedding quilt for a newly wed couple, and the other two are for my home. (Pictures are coming after they are bound.)
This week I worked on an unfinished sampler quilt that was 90% finished in 2011, and for some reason, it never was completed. The goals for 2017 are to finish some of these quilts, so it is now ready for the outside borders to be sewn on. I will post some pictures when the borders are attached.
Today I took another picture of my design wall, with the Valentine's Day quilt up there. It will probably be taken down soon, but I am still enjoying the process of adding another grid section of 10 x 10 squares.
Here is the design wall for "Design Wall Mondays" as I like to link up with Judy Laquidara's blog to see all the design walls (Here). The three longer grids have the columns sewn together, but not the rows. After sewing the rows, they will be as short as the grids on the left side of the picture.
Oh, the Valentine design -- it's a beauty! I look forward to seeing it completed. The triangles are an appealing sampler. Our daffodils are about 4" tall so it's a few weeks until they flower. But the crocuses are in full bloom.
ReplyDeleteI like the sampler quilt project you have started to work on again. The colors and the zigzag setting.
ReplyDeletedon't you love how mixed neutrals enrich a quilt? I'm keeping up with the 365 project, and have some extra blocks, booboos that somehow became a booboo :) They will never stand out as wrong, bucause with this quilt everything is right hugs Sharyn
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