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Crafting, Finished Tops, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

Ending to the ending

So, because I didn’t pay very good attention to the pattern, I ended up with another whole set of the “bars” left over – well 44 to be exact!  So, what was I going to do with them…

I have seen this pattern around and it’s on my pinterest list, so I thought, why not, I’ve got just about everything I need to whip this up…so I did.

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This little one ( 56″ square ) really turned out so neat. It was so much fun using up those blocks. Because the red blocks were already done, I whipped this one together in a few days. I wish the quilting process was going to be that easy!

Now, what to do with the whole pile of left over strips and squares – I have enough to make both red quilts again!   It was so soothing and comforting cutting up all that red fabric – but now I have to use it!

Crafting, Finished Tops, General, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

The ending to the journey

I love this block – it’s not square for a change (but, I found that you really have to pay attention to the instructions when putting together the sub-blocks when they are not square.

 

So I figured out, almost too late that the key to putting this top together is to pay attention to instructions and most of all direction of blocks.

There blocks were 5″  x 8″, the directions tell you to sew them in 5 rows, 8 blocks long. Can you guess which way I did it?   Yep, I ended up with a top that was about 24″ wide and 64″: long – really?! So out came the ripper, what a mess I had everywhere.

But all in all, it turned out so nice, larger than I expected, but it really came together nicely, once I paid attention.

Completed Red

I did make a few notes in my magazine/book to help with this pattern, but the biggest thing I figured out, and I figured it out in the beginning is that putting the half “X” blocks together like this (below) made a huge difference on how everything fit together. And, I’m pretty proud of this block – it’s darn near perfect!

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Start to the end of the journey

Usually Christmas time is a busy time of year, but this year it’s pretty calm.

I am down to the last color of my color wheel challenge – Red. Good timing, being December and Christmas time. But I didn ‘t want to do a Christmas Quilt – too cliche.

I found my pattern early and started cutting up my fabric in strips and squares. I didn’t know I had so much red  – well, maybe I did, but just didn’t want to admit it.Red strips & squares

So I kept cutting and cutting and cutting.

I filled a bowl with both 2 1/2 x 5″ strips and a bowl with 2 1/2″ squares. I have a huge mound of red.

This months pattern I found in the block magazine from Missouri Star Quilt Company – Love her daily deals too – I have indulged in way too many of those deals as well!

A hint, to the pattern.

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Finished Tops, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

My favorite, so far – YELLOW

Hands down, this is my favorite project out of this series so far.

I had to buy some yellow, because I really didn’t have much in my stash. I found some black that has been in my stash for a long time and decided to stick with 1 color of black thru out. I am so glad I did that, many does it look great.

Basically I went from a tile design that I saw in a magazine Rebecca-Zajac_Kitchen-Dining_8_jpg_rend_hgtvcom_1280_853to my favorite project so far:

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I am just amazed how this turned out…I can’t get over how well it came together. One thing I did learn (well, remember more than learn, when you have to sew on the bias starch is your best friend!)

Who would have thought, someone that is an “Autumn” would love the color yellow, but I do, I do, I do!

In this picture, the sun is coming from the south east (Bright, crisp, Minnesota morning) and that makes some of the seams look large.

Finished Tops, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

It’s a bright, clear day here today

And in Minnesota in late November that means crisp morning as well.  10° when we got up this morning. But, when you’ve got pictures to take, you bear the cold, to take advantage of the bright sunlight.

So, rather than going out in the mass crowds of shoppers yesterday, I worked on my color quilts. I actually spent most of Friday afternoon/evening reduxing my “Extra Orange” quilt. It was bugging me so much, that I just had to redo it. I should have just torn it apart and reassembled, but no, not me. I ripped seams in areas and modified and assembled, then redid that because it went together funny, so started again.

Finally got it done though, and I do have to say, I like this one much better.  Good thing it was getting late, because i started having ideas of changing more on it, but I don’t have any more of the brown material so thank goodness I couldn’t do very much.

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Also took pictures of my favorite project so far…Yellow!

Crafting, Finished Tops, General, Quilting

2 Special Projects for October

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this year I was in the middle of doing my color wheel quilt challenge, and pink wasn’t really in the plan to include. But I had been collecting up Breast Cancer pink fabrics when I was out and about.

I had run across a pattern that I had seen on pinterest and everywhere I went on pinterest it kept showing up and I took it as a sign that I should make this.

I had a coupon for Joann’s and I used that coupon to get some solid/background fabric – and while I was there, they had some Breast Cancer awareness fabric out on display so I picked up 2 more pieces.

This little quilt top came together so nicely, I may make another one.

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I love, love, love how this one turned out. Next will be to actually quilt this.

After I cut the heart pieces out I had a bunch of left over fabric so I thought I would put one more small one together. I used the “10 minute quilt blocks” technique that I saw on youTube and it turned out so cute. It’s just darling. I may have to use this technique on a larger quilt.

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