SSS BOM Block 2 ~ Step 1

SSS BOM Block 2 ~ Step 1 

 Pieced Background

Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt

created this beautiful block!

Click Here for all Carol's how to tips.

Free Pattern Download Here @ Carol's Craftsy

For the

Sun, Sand and Sea BOM @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

Here is how I pieced this background

The background for this applique block is easy pieced squares.

When I have carefully laid out the pieces for this type of block,

I do not snip the threads between the rows.

This helps to keep the squares aligned for me.

I just sew in strips and then sew the strips together.

I like to press the seams open as I go along ...

to reduce the bulk in the seams

for the pieced background of an applique block.

Here is my pieced background next to the sunny Block 1.

Because my background is so busy I will choose solids and textures for my applique pieces.

My quilt and fabrics are very scrappy because I am using up some I have in my stash.

A few years ago I participated in a 10" square swap of sun, sea and surf fabrics.

Lucky me!

I am ready for Step 2 ~ Applique!

I am loving this block!

:-) 

Thinking Summer & Different Drummers

Here is my February Block for the

Sun Sand Sea BOM Linky Party

@

Amy @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

Instructions for this sunny block may be found here ...

Sun Sand Sea BOM February Block 1

(Yes, my block looks wrong.
My sun has five rays instead of four as I used a  wedge ruler I had handy 
and not the templates helpfully provided.
Must be that different drummer I am hearing as the
snow melts and drips off the roof and onto the ledge outside my window.)

      Free Craftsy Shop Pattern Link HERE.

You can also join in the fun here

Sea Incredibly Crazy FB Friends Group Here

It is cold and sunny here and we have big piles of frozen white stuff 

around us here in New England.

The spring flowers are out there under all that snow.

The Butterfly is still with us,

snuggling under the quilts,

purring and dreaming of warm summer days.

<3

Thinking Sun, Sand, Sea and Fabric

I am back!

My laser eye procedure went well and I am recovering.

Thanks to all who have sent me supportive messages and well wishes

and who have stayed my followers through good times and not so good times.

My vision is already much improved.

Good timing as ...

Amy @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

has released the first Free Block

for the new

Sun Sand Sea BOM February Block 1

   Free Craftsy Shop Pattern Link HERE.

Also check out the beautiful block that

Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt

has made.

Sew Inspiring!

I am also inspired by fabric.

These are my main choices and color palate for this quilt.

All are from my stash.

It will be a scrappy quilt

I love scrappy quilts!

I love these fabrics!

Makes me feel like a taking a walk on a winter beach near me.

The Atlantic is very cold and the sand is rocky and hard and the wind is biting

at the beaches near me right now

but I love bundling up and walking and breathing in the frosty clean air

and dreaming of the warm sands where this vast body of water flows 

on distant shores.

Thinking of sun, sand a surf ... and fabric.

A happy day ... :) 

Think Sun, Sand and Sea!

Amy @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

is organizing a new free

Block of the Month for 2017

It starts February 1st.

I am not one of the designers this year 

but I shall be sewing along.

Time to find some fabrics and dream about warm beaches.

You can also join the 

Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends FB Group Here

to get more details. 

Hope to see you sewing, too!