Monday is a school holiday and we are spending a blissful few days in the mountains chopping wood and planting trees. Winter was hard and we are busy clearing up downed logs and turning them into fuel for the fire. We have borrowed a log splitter from our neighbor in exchange for sharing some wood.
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These are the bits and pieces that make up my life.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
ScrapHappy Saturday
Hen & Chicks - Spiral Stairs
Hen & Chicks - Old Maid's Puzzle
This is the only truly difficult part of the block. I got it wrong the first time which is why I had to use photos from the tiny block (the larger size photographs better. Think about the yellow parts of the HST blocks as all forming groups of three and pointing toward the center. The background squares march proudly down the center diagonal.
Hen & Chicks - Petals
This block is inspired by the buttercups of spring. It is another simple combination of squares and rectangles. You may choose to use two yellows or three. I used three.
Hen & Chicks - Opposing Corners
Saturday, April 13, 2024
ScrapHappy Saturday - Spring Yellow
Not much yellow went on last week, but I do have a new quilt on the frame. It has a pieced backing from 10.5 inch squares which took a bit of time. I still honestly quite low on fabric with enough yardage to make progress with backings and borders. I will have to keep working on that.
My daughters BF is in business school working on a class project. He has a group working to find out the opinions of quilters on the AQS. If you have a few minutes to take the survey, it would be great!
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
AQS Quilting Survey
My daughters BF is in business school working on a class project. He has a group working to find out the opinions of quilters on the AQS. If you have a few minutes to take the survey, it would be great!
Saturday, April 6, 2024
ScrapHappy Saturday - Now in Yellow
I love the start of a new month! Regardless of where I am on the old color, I am always happy to dig in and find out what the new scrap bin has to offer. I found a few extra yellow half square triangle blocks to use in the border of this wonky star and shoofly combination. The binding got a little hand stitching time when I bounced back from work on Monday realizing that I sounded and looked horrific. I am feeling so much better now. That little extra time to rest seems to have done the trick.
I thought that would combined nicely with this combination of pink and purple yardage that needed a good home. Large scale prints and stripes don't work as well as rainbow scraps, so getting them used here was a win for me. Now I have some official yellow scraps to dig into. Block patterns for Hen & Chicks is on the top of my list for today. It is a glorious birds chirping sort of spring morning here, so I am feeling that a nice long beach walk at low tide will follow shortly. I hope that you have some cheery yellow to brighten your day as well.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Last Purple Saturday
We took a quick trip to Jamaica for spring break and managed to catch a bit of a head cold on the trip home. I think a nice calm day at home is just what the doctor ordered.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
ScrapHappy Saturday - Purple
I bought a piece of wide backing fabric and then ended up using enough up on the front that I had to add a strip to the back to make sure it would be long enough. I used purple in honor of March. Evenings this week were spent sewing the purple binding so this one if officially done! I was waiting to get a nice outdoor photo shoot of the finished quilt, but it is wet and dreary outside right now.
There is still time to get a bit more done with purple. Next Saturday is still part of March. I hope your purple projects are coming along nicely.