More blocks

scrappy half log cabin blocks

something new

(Started last year)

Benefit quilt in process:

Started with 2.5" strips, light and dark. Half of the dark strips are blue, half are red. (Some of the dark blue ones might be green or black, to add to the mix.) Sewed pairs of dark and light strips together, and then cut strip pair into 4.5" blocks. Made a lot of these blocks. 

Sewed blocks together as shown below.

I wanted a red zig and a blue zag, so I was careful about my placement of red and blue.

And then into larger blocks:

So far I have made 30 of these larger blocks. 
(Aiming for a good-sized bed quilt.)
Next step, put them together....
This quilt is based on Mary's two-rail fence.

(Started last Monday)
Another benefit quilt in process:

From Hawaiian fabric (leftover from our last benefit bee workshop), and solid white, I have been making Beth's freestyle half log cabin blocks. They use up a lot of scraps and are fast and fun to make. Both colored and white strips are various widths, from 1" to 2.5" and the unfinished block measures 8.5". I kept the block roughly squared up as I went along. Sometimes the outside row was colored, and sometimes white.

So far this measures 39" x 39"----I think I'll make more blocks to make a more generous sized baby quilt.

Jelly Roll Race

Here you see my entry in my guild retreat's jelly roll race.
Made all from 2.5" scrap strips.
(I came in 2nd to last.)

Liberated Round Robin step 1

I had the idea of making something round,
so I started out with an asterisk block

and thought I'd add to it, make it more of a starburst 

After cutting again, turning the blocks around seemed more interesting, so I abandoned the starburst and went with the idea of a wonky square in the middle.

This needed something else, so I added triangles to make it a square in square. 

From circle to square---completely different from my starting idea.

Hope I can make it work with the second step.

Big and little

Big Blue made it to the Lowell Quilt Festival last summer.

A little quilt went into our guild show last fall.

For 2012, I hope to finish some of the BIG projects currently hiding out in my upstairs closet.

a late valentine

Valentine's Day has come and gone, but I hope it's not too late to spread the love:

Have a chocolate covered strawberry!

What do you think of this for a doll quilt?
  It's 18 x 18.
Does it need more blocks?
Does it need borders?

I added more zig zags to this top. Again, it's from leftovers. Not sure what size it will end up being.

The blocks are 3" finished, so if I do the math, this is about 21 x 30.

 I have some green borders for this.

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Don't get too close to the screen:. there's been a lot of coughing going on around here. This has messed up our vacation/travel plans.... waaah!

After the snow

Here is my snow storm quilt trying to keep the Silver Blur cozy. I was working on this during the snow days using the never-ending pile of leftovers from the triple rail experiment.

This measures about 48 x 48, and I think I am going to make it into a wall hanging for our pink dining room. It goes into the "Needs to be quilted" pile, which is huge.

It's a beautiful sunny day today but super cold. The snow piles are solid ice.

I thought I'd pick a better name to sign in and out with. Big Sis and Old Sis didn't seem quite right, although I am Big and Old.

"Old Patchy" appealed to me, because I"m feeling very worn to bits, but that didn't seem too positive.

And then I thought of my old friend, Raggedy Ann, and "Raggedy Sister" sounded good.

So that's it.