Small Quilts and Doll Quilts: March 2021

Monday, March 29, 2021

Design Wall Monday - March 29, 2021

Good Morning Quilters! Here is my design wall as it looks right now:

There are 14 Lemoyne Stars that are yet to be completed - most of them have the center star parts sewn together, and just need the outside background edges attached (with the set-in seams). I pinned them up on the wall. There are only four that do not have the center parts sewn together. You can see where these four will go - in the blank spots on the design wall. I will have to trim all the blocks to the right size, as I tend to make the outside corners/triangles in the Lemoyne Stars a bit bigger that the instructions call for - as I dislike blocks that are too little when I go to trim them up. The four remaining stars are in a stack in the picture below too.

So here is my assembly line of Drunkard's Path blocks. I am on the home stretch, with only about 20 of the concave/convex parts to sew together. Yeah! I should finish that part this week, and then the assembly of the quilt top will be easy-peasy. I have enough to make it 5 X 5 blocks, I think.

Last two pictures are of the doggies. Our rescue dog, Mojo, likes to be at my feet wherever I am. If I move to another room for ten seconds, he is there, and then follows me when I leave. I tell him to stay, that I'll be right back, but he doesn't believe me. He likes to keep an eye on me. LOL This picture was taken when I stepped into the quilt room to take a picture of the design wall, and I looked down, and there he was. So cute.

Penny Lane is usually wherever my hubby is when he is home, and comes and joins me when he is not here. She's a daddy's girl. Right now she is also at my feet while I write this post at the computer. She knows I have "snack" biscuits on the desk to give out when I'm finished writing the blog. So wherever food is, that's where Penny Lane is. Her tail is a blur because it is always wagging, sometimes even when she is sleeping. So cute.

What is on your design wall? Design floor? Or table? Please show us so we can see your progress. Thanks for participating. Please provide a link back to this post from somewhere within your blog. I really enjoyed looking at all of your blogs this past week, and at your progress pictures.

Monday, March 22, 2021

Design Wall Monday - March 22, 2021

Thanks for all the well wishes and your prayers. I am feeling much better and am back at getting the two brown and white quilts finished. They are off the design wall and one is ready to go to the long arm quilter. Here are two pictures of each side of it hanging over the stairs railing. I am needing a place to hang up a quilt top for a picture. There is a new project on the design wall, so I can’t use that for a picture.

I am looking forward to seeing feathered wreaths quilted in the white squares, or something equally pretty that the long arm quilter suggests.

I am also making good progress on the Drunkards Path curved stitching. I have gone back to the “use 1,000 pins” method as it is fairly mindless to sew them this way. I am hoping they will all be finished by the end of March. I really do like the pattern when it is together......but sewing convex pieces to concave pieces.....not so much.

The design wall has a new UFO on it! I am wondering why I quit working on this quilt when I had about half of it done. I don’t remember. But whatever the reason was, it’s on the design wall now and I can see that I have only 14 LeMoyne star blocks yet to sew. And some of the edge 1/2 stars. I will be working on this one on Monday nights when my friend Joan comes over. She is also working on a LeMoyne star quilt.

I talked about it in early February, (Here) and am eager to get started again on it.

What’s going on this week in your sewing room? Please link up so we can see. Remember to provide a link back to this blog post from somewhere within your post. Thanks!

Monday, March 15, 2021

Design Wall Monday - March 15, 2021

Hello friends! My plan is to quilt and quilt and quilt all this week. Why? Because here is what happened last week:

I was sick with a sore throat all week, and spent most of my time in my bed or on the couch. I did go to the doctor Thursday and test results ruled out Covid and strep throat. But I didn’t even reply to comments on last week’s blog post. Please forgive me! I am feeling a little better every day, and will soon be back to normal. Here’s a picture showing what I got accomplished since we last talked:

In other words......nothing much. Penny Lane and Mojo kept me company which was good for me. And hubby did all the household things I usually do, and also took care of me. I am blessed.

I hope you are well, and have lovely things to show us on your linkups to Design Wall Monday. Please add your blog below and we can follow the link to read about your progress. I would like you to mention Design Wall Monday and also provide a link back here from within your post. Thank you.

Monday, March 8, 2021

Design Wall Monday - March. 8, 2021

Good Morning Quilters! My design wall is looking different, and I am making progress on the two brown quilts. Progress had to show if I kept working on them, right? Here’s the Drunkard’s Path, which has grown:

And here is the Wedding Ring middle - all in one piece finally:

This quilt has a two inch border around it of brown, and then a wider border of white. I had fun amusing myself trying to hide the one seam on each of the borders. Below are pictures of the four borders, front and back:

What have you been doing to amuse yourself this week? Show us what is on your design wall. Please link up and tell us what you are working on. Mention Design Wall Monday somewhere within your post, and don't forget to link back to this Design Wall Monday post. Thanks!

Monday, March 1, 2021

Design Wall Monday - March 1, 2021

Good Morning Quilters!

March 1st, a new month, and I have been working on the two quilts on my design wall. Plus other projects as well. I think March will be a good month of progress on the UFOs. Here is the design wall:

Still lots of brown and white, but the Wedding Ring quilt has all the edge triangles now cut, and the rows are getting assembled. I can see the finish line, which will spur me on.

The Drunkard's Path is moving along nicely too. I sew a few concave/convex pieces each day:

And when I have enough; sew them into a larger block:

All the convex and concave block pieces are cut and stored in baggies, each holding enough pieces to make the block above. I think there are about 15 baggies yet to put together. I am getting better at the curves, that is for sure. It is slow....take 3-4 stitches with needle down when I stop.....then adjust the fabric, take 3-4 more stitches....repeat. I think it was named by the person who drank a whole lot while she was sewing this quilt pattern.

The log cabin quilt has one more block, and I am loving working on it. (The shiny new project). Here are the blocks now:

What are you working on? I am so happy to look through all the pictures and go to your blogs and read about your quilts. You are such a talented bunch. Thank you for participating. Please provide a link back to this blog post somewhere within your post, and also tell your readers about Design Wall Monday.

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