My August Schnibble Top is Done!

My August Schnibble

In the eleventh hour, I have completed Dimestore for the "Another Year of Schnibbles" Quiltalong.  The pattern calls for an outside border of the light background fabric, but I am not sure I want to add this border so for now I am leaving it off and calling this top done. 

The charm packs I used are an older Moda line, "Grand Finale" by Sandy Gervais.  I love fall fabrics and colors so when I saw these charm packs on clearance in the summer sale section at my favorite local quilt shop, I knew these were just what I wanted to use for my August Schnibble.

At 48" square it is already ten inches larger than the finished size of the original pattern.  I planned it this way by cutting my light background squares larger at five inch squares.  I am planning to use it as a fall tablecloth for my round kitchen table and it is a good size now.

Tonight, I am undecided as to how I am going to quilt this.  I had been going to make a very special pieced backing.  It has been suggested that fall leaves quilted in the cream squares would look nice.  I may work out a plan that would allow for both.  I may not. Time ... and my quilty muse ... will tell.

Tomorrow I am going to play with some other fabric and then I am going to quilt the bright sunflower table topper which is ahead of this top in the "quilting queue."

Sweet Quilty Dreams!

 

:-)


 

Sashaying Along

Sash As You Go

I am making progress on my August Schnnibble.  I may or may not have it done by the end of the month, so it may become a September Schinibble.  It's all good. 

I am using a "sash as you go method" for adding the pieced sashing to the blocks.  This way I will not have to deal with lots of long strips when I piece the top together. 

If you are unfamiliar with the method, it is very easy.

Here is the how-to ...

Add one sashing strip to one side of your block. Then turn the corner and add another side.  You will have sashing on two sides and can then easily piece the blocks together, sashing as you go.  Easy peasy.  I like easy.

 

I like to call this "sashaying" ... ;)

 

Square dancing along with my quilt squares here today.

 

Have a happy quilty day ...

 

:-)

 

 

A Small Burst of Color ...

... happened upon my cutting table early this afternoon. ;)

Not quite what you were thinking you might see on my blog today as I said in my last post that I was working on my August Schinibble quilt.

This is what resulted ...

 

This is how it happened ~~~~~~~~~~~~~>

During my lunck break I ventured upon the

 

Blogger's Block of the Month Quilt Along

 

running at Canton Village Quilt Works  and the colors in the block that Amy from Amy's Creative Side designed grabbed me.  I had to find some colors of my own and make a block.

I think I like it!  :)

 

Photos of the quilts of many colors coming together for this Bloggers BOM Quilt along may be enjoyed here on their Flicker Group.

I think I may make some more of these blocks soon.  Maybe I will even catch up on the blocks before this quilt along ends.

But for now, back to my regularly scheduled quiltyness ...

I am going to call this quilt "Autumn Crossing"

 

Have a happy quilty day, my friends!

 

:-)

August Schinibble

 

A Schnibble For Fall

Shhhhhhhh! .... I am working on the Another Year of Schnibbles quilt for August.  I love Carrie Nelson's easy little patterns for charms and such.  This is actually going together very quickly.  I may actually get the top done in August.  ;)

I did finish the last of the current Quilty Auntie blocks.  These are for Kyle.  Happy Blocks with "Boy" I Spy centers and blue and brown borders.  This quilt is going to be so darling and will be one a boy can enjoy and treasure as he grows. 

Happy Boy Blocks for Kyle

Time to sew more schinibbles!

 

Have a happy quilty weekend!

 

:-) 

LIfe In The Scrapatch Lately

Katniss got a "lion cut" !  ;)

When we adopted her at the shelter, Katniss had nasty fur knots all over her back.  I have never had a cat with such a problem.  Since she had been a stray, she must not have tried to keep up with grooming her long silky fur.  These knots must have been painful for her as she could not really arch her back and we discovered afterward that the probelm with her back legs was related to this.  We had thought it was an old injury. Whenever she sat or crouched, she would put her right rear leg out and she walked with a limp and could not jump much at all.  Poor kitty.  After a month of trying to work the knots out ourselves, my hubby finally decided to take her to the groomer and get her a buzz cut.  She is very happy with her new haircut and is running and jumping and playing like a kitten.

Katniss has also been running and jumping with a kitten.  We were taking care of one of my four-legged grands while my daughter made her vacation escape.  Katniss enjoyed having Pepper for a playmate.  My daughter is back and Pepper has gone home now and Katniss is looking all over for her ...

Where's Pepper?

Pepper was also a big quilty help while she was here.

Pepper is getting big!

On the quilty side, my big beautiful Janome has come home!  :)

I have been making baby blocks for the grandbaby boomers on the Quilt and Needle Quilty Auntie Quilts.

For Kendalyn ...

For Dougie ...

For Dougie's baby brother on the way, Pete ...

More baby blocks to make today for Kyle.

Have a Happy, Quilty Day!

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