Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks Week 10

Exploding Star

Geometric Star

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks Week 8

                                                               Cross and Crown
                                             Cross and Crown

Double Windmill

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks Week 7

Tilted Star

Wheel Of Fortune

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks Week 6

Mayflower

Crosspatch

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks Week 4

Week 4 : Moving right along.  The top block  is the Riviera block. I have had the floral fabric I used in the middle and the border for so long and every time I went through my stash I thought to myself, why do I have this fabric? I think I have always liked it because of its bold colorful busy- ness. I could never find anything to go with it so I have had it for a long long time. I found the perfect fit with this block and am delighted with the outcome.
The bottom block is the Dakota Star. This one is made with a vintage fabric. I love this block and wouldn't mind making a whole quilt of this one.

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks 3

Week 3 I worked on the Classic Art square block (above) and  Classic dove at the window block (below)

Vintage Quilt Revival Blocks 2

Week 2 just flew by and while I got my blocks done on time I didn't get this post up so for week 2

I made  the Classic diamond panes block (red and yellow) and the Classic mosaic no.19 block (pinks). I enjoyed making them both.

Vintage Revival Quilt Blocks

I started my first sew along of the year with Sukie. We are sewing the blocks from the Vintage Revival  Quilt book. We are sewing 2 blocks a week for 10 weeks and then putting the blocks together to make a quilt. Here are my 1st two blocks. The top purple block is the classic tea leaf block and the bottom green one is the the classic double Z block. My fabric choices are from my scrap basket paired up with Kona white. I have decided that I have more scraps than I will ever use so I am on a mission to use them and this is the perfect project. I have been making several projects with the never ending scrap basket and I will post again shortly with the finished projects.

Zakka Style Week 10 : Bloom Time Quilt

Quilt no. 2 in the sew along. Next time I do a sew along I hope that I choose a different vacation week. Making 2 quilts and going out to Santa Fe, New Mexico (DRIVING over fourteen hundred miles each way)  made me really manage my time. I admit I worked ahead but I still had quite a bit to do when I returned home. Now it is finally done and I am pleased by the results. This quilt will be a  wedding gift for a very sweet couple.

Life is good and the rest of the sew along should go smoothly.

I am so excited by next weeks project and I have the perfect place to hang it so everyone can get their mail when they walk in the door.

Week 8 Books For Quilt

I think quilting is starting to grow on me.

Orbit Quilt Along

My newest sewing challenge is the Orbit Quilt Along. I am so excited because I can use my scraps on this one. This is a 6 week sew along hosted by Lindsey @ LRStitched. Once the quilt is completed it will be given to a good friend of mine. She is a "shut in" and with the bright colors I think it will be cheery for her. This week I will be busy cutting and sorting. It took me a while but I laid it all out and have it pinned. This is how I did my organizing. There are 9 rows in this quilt and I have them sorted by row and numbered. This should be pretty easy to put together, one could hope, right?

Zakka Style Sew Along weeks 6 thru 10

 

Well, well, well, imagine that.

I got side tracked and forgot to  make another blog post .

Week 6 of the Zakka Sew-A-Long was these tiny quilt magnets. I am you telling you what, this project was difficult. I am not really great with tiny sewing projects, so  I was very happy when it was done.

Week 7 was a mug rug. I have to say I  never even  heard of a mug rug, but I own one now. I can use it when I drink my tea. :)

Week 8 was the block quilt. Surprisingly I have never made a quilt before.  I found it to be fun and will probably catch the quilting bug sooner than later. lol

Week 9 was the Stem messenger bag. I have made many messenger bags in my lifetime so I didn't find this to be a challenge, but I did like the pattern and have made a few more as gifts.

Week 10 was this great zipper organizer wallet type thing. I like everything about it except actually making it, HA. There were so many steps to the pattern and it also had some hand sewing involved.  As much as I complained about it, I have made 5 of them. And  before the year is over, probably more to come. :)

Well that's it for this blog post. The next 5 I promise to post sooner than the last time.

My daughter is so awesome !
Not only is she creative and talented, she is caring and thoughtful as well. Since she was a small child she has made handmade gifts and cards for everyone on every occasion. Whenever there is a birthday, anniversary, holiday or other occasion, she gets to work creating something special.
For Mothers Day she made me this wonderful quilt (and a handmade card). This is one of my favorite presents ever. She took my scrap fabrics , pieced them together and spent hours in front of the sewing machine assembling them.
She did a fantastic job creating a present that is personal, practical, colorful and fun . I will cherish it forever :o)