The Daily Block

365 Challenge ~ March 18

Mosaic

3" finished block

I was able to sew today's block.

Here is Pepper, my quilty helper while I am staying with My Girls.

Pepper and I are hoping for a little more sewing time 

after the Little Miss takes her nap.  

It is a lovely sunny spring day here,

a good day to go out and play.

The sewing machine will be waiting.

:)

365 Challenge ~ Feb 27

365 Challenge ~ Feb 27

Fair and Square 

3" Block Finished

Tomorrow I make the center medallion for this quilt!

The 365 Shuffle

365 Block ~ Feb 26

Economy Block

3" block finished.

The size of the square cuts were in the 16ths.

I have always liked the Economy Block.

Here is yesterday's block ...

Squares Squared

and ....

2 catch-up blocks from January.

That and I designed a new summery quilt for someone special.

It was a productive day.

A Day in the Life of a Quilter

Some blocks are easy ...

365 Challenge ~ Feb 24th

...like this "Broken Sash" block.

Some blocks are ...

Crazy!!!!

365 Challenge ~ Feb 23rd

Like this "Capital T" block

3" Finished Blocks.

I hope never to make this second block again ...

at least not that small.

This was my "catch-up block" of the day since yesterday was taken over by 

Toady Time

After that last block I may decide I like applique better than piecing.

;)

Daily Block + 1 Plan

365 Challenge ~ Feb 22

X-Quisite Block

3" Finished

plus

the catch-up block ...

Small Triangles ~ Jan 23

So far the Daily Block Plus 1 Plan is working well.

:)

365 Challenge ~ Daily Quilty Lessons

365 Challenge

Dutchman's Puzzle 

and

Broken Dishes

3" blocks finished.

I like making flying geese so the Dutchman's Puzzle block went together easily.

I have never made a Dutchman's Puzzle block before, though.

I think it was because it looked complicated to me.

Now I have learned it is not that hard at all.

Interestingly enough, it was the easy Broken Dishes block that I had to use my seam ripper on.

I discovered that if you sew the seam on the opposite sides when putting the two halves 

of the block together that you get a pinwheel block. 

I learn something new about quilting everyday ... :)

The Daily Blocks

365 Challenge ~ February 20th

Sawtooth Star Variation

3" block finished

My 365 for the day.  

I did the block for today and one from the past.  

The current plan is that if I make the daily block and one of the ones I missed,

I will eventually catch up ... hope this works!

365 Challenge ~ February 19th

365 Challenge ~ February 19

Tea Leaf Block

3" Finished 

I like this block ... :)

Here are my blocks so far.

Many more to go.

I really am enjoying sewing these little blocks.

The Daily Block Revisted

365 Block ~ Feb 18th

Attic Window

3" block finished

I am still catching up the blocks I missed.

I realized today that every time I sew one or more that I missed 

instead of the day's block

that I miss another one.

So from now on I am sewing the daily block first 

and then I will see how many of the ones I missed I can do 

until I am actually caught up.

I think this makes sense. 

Playing 365 Catch-Up

My quilting goal for the moment is to catch up on the 

365 Block Challenge

These are January blocks and they are some of the easier ones.

While I was quilting my snowman quilt and had the walking foot on my machine 

I got behind again on the February blocks this week

and now I really have a challenge to catch up on my hands.

I am determined.  I can do this.

Sewing every day is a challenge in and of itself for me.

I feel best when I do sew.

Today I am feeling quilty ... :)

365 Challenge ~ Feb 2 Block ~ Block 33

365 Challenge ~ Feb 2nd ~ Antique Frame

3" Block Finished.

The HSTs in this block were trimmed to 1".

'nuff said ... ;)

365 Challenge ~ Feb 1st ~ Block 32

365 Challenge ~ Feb 1st ~ Block 32

Hovering Hawks Quilt Block

3" Finished

My block is looking more like tropical birds

than hovering hawks. 

I have been thinking that these small blocks has been like making small units for larger blocks ...

... but now the units are having sub-units.

It is like babies having babies and the babies are preemies!

These are getting really, really complicated for me.

I am visually impaired and I do a lot of seam matching by touch.

I do not usually use pins or other methods of matching corners.

I tried pinning the last seam and then I had to use my seam ripper.

That last seam required three corner matches involving HSTs,

which can be tricky for me as the extra layers of fabric making feeling the match more difficult.

It came out much better without the pins. 

I am very happy with this block ... :)

365 Challenge ~ Block 31

365 Challenge ~ Block 31 ~ Jan 31st

Flock of Geese

3" Block Finished

Those small HSTs are trimmed to 1 and 1/4" 

I think that might be the smallest HSTs that I have ever sewn into a block.

I am pretty happy with how these little geese are flying.

:) 

365 Challenge ~ Block 30

Block 30 ~ 365 Challenge ~ Jan 30th

Grecian Square Block

3" finished block

" ... stitched together with good intentions ..."

 <3 

365 Challenge Block 29 +

365 Challenge Block ~ January 29th

Churn Dash!

3 inch finished block

I also caught up with six blocks ...

January 1st thru 6th

365 Challenge

I am really loving sewing these small blocks!

:)

The Daily Block

365 Challenge Block 28

3" block finished

I am really happy with how this one worked up.

I have always liked the Shoo Fly Block.

A scrappy Shoo Fly or Churn Dash Quilt has been on my quilty bucket list for a long time.

Maybe someday.

Time to go back and play catch up with the earlier blocks before the month runs out.

That is my quilty plan for tomorrow.

What are you working on?

A Good Morning of Sewing!

The last six Snowman Applique Centers are Done !

These are for my

Snowman in the Cabin Window Quilt

that I started HERE

To streamline the process, I like to use an "assembly line" method

so I made the last 6 center blocks one step at a time.

First I cut the 6" circles for the heads and appliqued them down.

My applique technique is improving!

I set my machine to a small stitch and it looks neat.

I change colored threads as I went along to minimize the thread changes.

I did the carrot noses last.

Ready to sew on the button eyes and mouths!

Then on to assembly lining the log cabins.

This morning, I also made ...

Today's 365 Challenge Block

3.5" unfinished

I am pretty happy with how this one came out

and it took me less than a half hour from cutting to pressing.

I can do this!

It has been a productive day of sewing so far.

I hope to have the snowman blocks completed tonight and ready to piece into the top.

Have a happy, quilty day!

:)

Good Karma & Quilty Mojo ~ One Day at a Time

365 Block Challenge - Today's Block

Yes, I am getting off to a late start on this one ...

but there is plenty of time to catch up ... ;)

I am finding my quilty mojo again.

One Day at a Time.

I decided that this HUGE challenge would be a good project for this ...

Click HERE for all the Info

One of the reasons that I am off to a late start is about finding and committing fabric.

At the beginning of the year I went through my fabric stash looking for fabric 

that would meet the requirements of this project.

I settled ... (or so I thought) ... on bin full of lovely batiks.

The more I looked at it the more I did not start sewing blocks.

The batiks were nice but they just did not feel right.

My fabric choices these days are tending to bright and light.

I went back to stash shopping ...

... Katniss inspected and approved these fabrics ...

a  FQB bundle of 

Good Karma by Stephanie Ryan for Moda Fabrics

and a roll of 

Moda Marble Ombre Dots

and a sizable piece of

Stitch by Michael Miller in Mint Green.

I have had this bundle a little while waiting for inspiration to strike.

I have a few of these bundles collected over the years.

I like to look at them sitting in my sewing space.

They make me happy.

I  don't know about you, but I have a lot of trouble breaking into 

one of these neatly stacked and wrapped bundles.

Do your ever feel this way about your fabric bundles?

Katniss decided that I really need to take the ribbon off of this one ...

and give it to her, of course.

So here it is in all it's beautiful fabric glory!

I admired it a few minutes sitting in my sunny window.

Katniss has dragged the ribbon off to her basket lair.

Then I picked some fat quarters for that first block.

The units in these blocks are tiny ... 

... trimmed to 1.5" square.

These are 3" blocks.
(3.5 unfinished)

It is not perfect but I am calling it good.

I am content to sew it to size with the state of my eyes.

First block done and labeled.

Ready for tomorrow's block.

I am going to have to find more light fabric for the background.
So I think I have decided to splurge and order
some yardage of the natural white  Good Karma fabric,
that is front and center in this photo.
It is a really good compliment to the Stitch fabric.
I will be using it for a year.

Back to the snowman blocks for the rest of today's sewing.

Have a happy, quilty day!

:)