Y-Seams

Not just one or two..but lots and lots of Y-seams today. I mentioned previously that in 2006 I juggled 13 different BOM's and actually finished at least piecing most of them and quilted several of them.

One of the BOM's I didn't finish then was Lillibet's Garden by Beth Ferrier. She offered it as a free BOM on her site in 2006. It's available now as a booklet and can be ordered on her site.

It's a beautiful quilt, but I still don't know if I'll ever make the whole quilt as it is designed, even though I love applique. For now I decided it was past time that I at least finished making the remainder of the pieced blocks. So I spent all afternoon on the final three. Beth always has some creative ways to make difficult piecing easier. But they still took me longer than I had expected.

This one is called Turkey Tracks

This is Climbing Roses--16 Y-seams!
And this is Goose Tracks--12 Y-seams

The other 5 blocks I pieced in 2006 can be seen here
I'll have to let my thoughts percolate awhile and decide what I want to do with these.

Last but not least..the Dutch Treat block I made last night. It's called Cocoon. I now have 128 of them made.

Quilt Give Away

Be sure and hop on over to Suzanne Earley's blog and enter for a chance to win a quilt. You heard right..a finished quilt! It's a cute heart quilt..just in time for Valentine's Day!

Oops

I'm sorry if I messed some of you up trying to view my post from last night. I accidentally uploaded bigger pictures than I intended. Thought I had deleted the too big ones and added the correct size. But sometimes Blogger doesn't react the way I think it logically should and then the ubiquitous red x's rear their heads..not right away so you are aware and can fix things..but later, after you think everything is okay.

Hopefully the pics are all working properly now.

A Little Of This and a Little Of That

Progress on several fronts..........

Two Dutch Treat blocks. This one from last night called Chocolate Box

And this one finished tonight called Circus. It's one of my favorites I think

Amy, at Block by Block Quilt Shop in Carthage, MO is offering a BOM based on the quilt called My Secret Garden by Cindy Lammon in her book, Gathered From The Garden. Today I made January's blocks...two Tulips in the Garden.


Then I made February's block for our guild's 2009 BOM. We are using patterns from the Florida Cabin Fever Quilt Guild's website ..their 2007 BOM. We are all using the same background fabric, so whoever wins the blocks will have some continuity when they put them together in a quilt. The light fabric is the common fabric.


This month's block was a rail fence. Here's mine for the block lotto.

Next I decided that I would use a lighter background and make blocks to keep for myself. The quilt is called Old Time Sampler. If you haven't noticed I like sampler quilts, especially those with traditional blocks.


Here's the February Rail Fence I'll keep. The block isn't actually crooked..I cropped badly.

Here's my January Honey Bee

And then I jumped ahead and made April's 16 Patch Star.

Wonder what mischief I can get into tomorrow.

January Progress Report

It's hard to believe January is now behind us and we're already into the second month of 2009. Though I was only able to finish three projects I'm fairly satisfied with what I accomplished this month.

• 40 Dutch Treat blocks made
• 7 Dear Jane blocks made
• 33 red/white Christmas four patches made for an undecided project
• One block made for a new Mystery Quilt
• 43 blocks made for my One Block Wonder quilt
• Queen sized Stack 'n Whack top pieced except for outer border
• Funky quilt top made from 60s/70s fabric squares
• Bouquet of Rose Mini started & finished
• 2 nap quilts started & finished

Here are the two Dutch Treat blocks I finished last night

Segments Remembrance

I modified this one a bit. The center was originally more wavy..but the "ins and outs" were so slight I found them almost impossible so decided to just go with a plain circle.

Here's hoping February will be just as productive if not more so.