Free Pattern Friday ~ Made & Found Sew Along

 I Made & Found Block One.

This was very much a spontaneous quilty happening.

I saw an announcement for this new free sew along on my IG feed 

during my morning coffee break and signed up,

 found some fabric, cut and sewed.

Usually I dither when I see a new sew along.

I tell myself I do not have time,

that I have too many projects in the works,

that I have too many UFOs in my closets.

Maybe I will think about fabric.

Then  I will dither over fabric.

Maybe start to pull out a few fabrics,

soon to be too many choices.

Then I will maybe take a photo or two of my possible choices.

Then I will dither some more.

Then I will talk myself out of it or put it aside to haunt me awhile

before it sinks to the back of my consciousness 

and to the bottom of my fabric piles around my sewing corner

and eventually gets put away when I clean up. 

Not today.

Today I pulled together this fabric plan in a matter of minutes.

It did help that I have started my spring cleaning and the basket 

with the Kona Solids precuts surfaced.

It did help that the Alison Glass Sunprints 2023 charm pack 

was near my pressing board for some unknown reason. 

It did help that when I thought ... hmmm ... background? ... 

that I walked directly to a fabric storage cube, opened it

and my hand landed on this good sized cut of

Thatched Blizzard,

which every time I see it I fall in love with the bright textural tones,

and every time touch it I am in love with the thick feel of the fabric again.

It is just my most favorite bright white background fabric, ever.

It felt like quilty magic happening.

My kitty quilty helpers did not agree

 because it was only a few minutes until their lunch time

 and my hungry kitties do not like to wait.

Maestro expressed her displeasure to my getting ready to cut and sew

by attacking the fabric.

I promised my kitties I would be quick.

I was 37 minutes from "thinking about fabric" to "finishing the block."

But, I was 9 minutes late to feeding the hungry horde of cats

meowling around my feet and jumping on my sewing space.

Maestro expressed her displeasure by attacking the block

 when I went to snap a photo.

I smoothed it out and snapped.

This is the tail ... er, tale ... of my block

and my new quilty start.

If you wish to sew along ... 

... here is the link to join in this free quilt along:

Made & Found @ Alison Glass

Blocks are sent directly to your email after you sign up.

I am looking forward to next week's block.

Back to regularly scheduled quilty plans for the day.

It is still cold and windy here.

Mr. Scrapatch had to clean snow off the car and steps and walk again today.

Not much, but it flurried  heavily overnight.

Mr. Scrapatch has a long weekend and Monday off. 

Hopefully, we will get some more spring cleaning done inside.

The yard is another matter, covered in leaves from last fall 

and fallen debris from winter storms.

Major yard clean up commencing soon, 

if it does not blizzard in March.

I shall be staying in this weekend and stitching 

Have a Happy Quilty Weekend! 

Trinket Sew Along 2023

It's Back! 

This is happening again! 

Trinket Sew Along 2023 ~ Landing Page

@

Alison Glass

In 2019, I joined in this fun: 

My Trinket Sew Along 2019

My plan was rather ambitious:

 Two Quilts ~ One Stash

In addition to the daily Trinket Blocks I was sewing my

Ventana Quilt ~ Started Here

I sewed my trinket blocks and a 

  I was on a quilty roll at the time and I made good progress. 

Then Life Happened.

Family matters required a short trip out-of-state.

Then I had some health issues. 

I sewed along and did my best to get

Trinket SAL ~ Back on Track 

I got as far as these "Things" Blocks

Ventana Quilt ~ Halfway Home

Then ... dud=h-duh-duh-da >>> 

What Happened ~ I bought a long arm!

My sewing room had to be emptied to make way for my quilting room. 

It has been a wonderful adventure

but my trinket blocks and fabric when into a project box 

for the duration and has not been opened in a long, long time.

I enjoyed seeing all the quilts completed in the sew-along that year.

Wistfully, I wished to sew along.

The years have turned and this adventure is coming around again!

This time I hope to finish my quilt during the sew-along.

Wish me luck! 

Sew Far ~ Sew Good

Ventana ~ Day 10 ~ Lines #10

Trinket Sew Along @ Alison Glass

Two weeks in and I am up to date

I am making three blocks for each trinket design
so I will have 120 Trinket blocks when I am done. 

One Stash ~ Two Quilts

I have doubled the personal challenge by sewing both

the larger Ventana Blocks and the daily Trinket Blocks

Which I Started Here

Day 9

I have really been enjoying this sew along. 

There is a fun and supportive

Trinket SewAlong FB Group Here

Lots of inspiring quilts n the making!

Ventana Block 8

I had a bit of a setback early in this week when my sewing machine 

started having major stitch issue while I was trying to quilt a quilt.

Lines 8 Blocks

Although I am going to have to take it in for cleaning and adjustments next week,

I am able to do basic stitching (no quilting) and have a back-up, no frills machine.

So I have been able to make adjustments and keep up with each day's 

Trinket block challenge. 

Day 7 Blocks

By Wednesday I had caught up with my blocks 

Tuesday was  a bit rough as most of the day and Monday was spent 

tinkering with my machine and reorganizing my plans.

I did get the one block done I needed to meet the challenge.

Day 6 ~ Lines 6 Trinkets

Monday I had the blocks all ready

as I sewed on Friday.

I am loving the way the 10.5" Ventana blocks showcase larger print fabrics. 

I am ready for the weekend break to catch up with other things

and get my back-up machine out of the box in the closet

and up and running for next week.

May you have a happy quilty weekend! 

A Happy Week of Sewing

My first foundation pieced block in a few years.

I started this quilt Here.

and I am really enjoying fussy cutting and sewing these blocks.

This is 

Ventana Pattern @ Alison Glass

I bought a kit for this pattern about four years ago and never got to it.

I am happy that I am finally getting to it.

I felt all thumbs for the first few minutes,

but my foundation paper piecing skills came back 

like riding a horse.

I feel achy and accomplished now.
 I am pleased with myself for getting back in the saddle.

My FPP Tutorial may be found here

Here are my next four blocks.
I am going to love this quilt
and I am now pulling favorite fat quarters
from my stash to add to the quilt.

There is a two-fold reason for starting this quilt now.

One:  I love these fabrics and pattern and want to sew it.

Two:  I want to use the  scraps from making my Ventana block in my 

Trinket Sew Along Quilt

This sew along is a personal challenge for me.

The piece with the selvage on the bottom right

 and the skinny scrap on the upper left 

are my "scraps" from the fat eighth I cut for Ventana Block #1.

Here are some of my Week #1 Trinket SAl blocks.
My background fabrics right now are four shades of blue
Uncorked by Windham Fabrics

I am making thee of each of the daily trinket blocks
and will determine final blocks, layout, background, etc, as I sew along.

It has been a happy week of sewing.

One of the things I like about this sew along
is how has been thoughtfully set up to sew Monday though Friday
and my weekends are open to sew other things.
I have been able to keep up with these challenge blocks and
with my other sewing.

This weekend I dd not make more blocks but I did play with my scraps on Saturday.

I made a March Mug Rug for next to my computer.

Also, I have been working on a project for a blog hop later in the month.

Here is a sneak peek.

More soon.

I did some slow stitching on my embroidery project.

While watching an old movie,
my hubby petted the Nutmeg
and I stitched.

I  finished the pink bleeding heart flowers,
added the darker pink stamen stems
and started the yellow french knots on the tips.

I hope to finish the french knots tonight
but right now I am enjoying a cup of tea and
I am going to visit with the talented stitchers at

Slow Sunday Stitching

What have you been sewing this 
Worldwide Quilting Day
weekend?

Ventana FPP Quilt Start

Aren't these fabrics gorgeous?

I love the colors and designs.

This is a Fat 8th Bundle that has been in my stash for a few years.

I purchased it as a kit with this pattern...

Ventana Quilt Pattern @ Alison Glass

This is a Foundation Paper Pieced Pattern.

Here is ... 

Block 1

and

Block 2

I am sewing one block a day until I have the 30 needed
for the quilt.

The background fabric is my favorite from my stash,

Grey Architextures by Robert Kaufman

The Fat 8th cuts from the kit are very generous.

The big piece with the selvage on the lower right 
and the small strip on the upper left are the "scraps."

I have plans for these scraps. 

I am, also, working on a How-I-Do FPP post.

More soon.

Have a happy quilty day! 

Fabric Pandemonium

Pink Pandemonium
I asked my hubby for a word to caption this photo using the word color,
and he said "Pink Pandemonium."
Good choice,
so I am using a variation of it in my post title, too.

I did point out to him that there are a lot more colors than pink here.
The blues on the top are my background fabrics,
intended to cool down the palette.

These fabrics are my stash pull for the

I'm in! 

Trinket Sew Along @ Alison Glass

Starts Today! 

I started with these fabrics.

Added these and then did some stash spelunking 
and the pandemonium of color in the top photo happened.

Waiting to see what block to sew first.

Ready,

Set,

Sew ... :-) 

Sometimes I Get Sew Crazy

Here is the fabric pull to start a new project next month.

Really I do not need another project.

This one is paper piecing and one day at that.

It does seem a little crazy.

It is for the

Trinket Sew Along @ Alison Glass

However, I have not bought anything but the pattern for this one.

I will add and subtract fabrics from what I have as I need them.

I will find something for a background in my stash.

It will not be a race,

It will be a journey.

I will see where it leads.

I found this image somewhere on the internet.

It is my Valentine for my Valentine,

whom I love every day like it is Valentine's Day

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