Facets {RSC May 2016}

Since I finished my Farmer's Wife blocks last week, I decided to dig in my abandoned project box to see if there was anything I could work on to keep making a dent in my green scraps.

A long, long while back, I started working on scrappy birthstone blocks. At the time, only ended up making four blocks and then the project got shuffled into the box. This pattern is from No Hats in the House.

From my pile of greens, I was able to pull out a pile of fabrics that would work for an emerald block and a pile for a peridot block. Here are my two green blocks:

I had to work in a few more prints into the peridot block, but I think it still turned out good and will blend well with the blocks once they are all done.

Now I have six blocks done!

Top row: February amethyst, April diamond, May emerald

Bottom row: June alexandrite, August peridot, November citrine

I will still need to make a garnet for January, aquamarine for March, ruby for July, sapphire for September, opal for October, and blue topaz/tanzanite for December. That's three blue blocks, two red blocks and one white/rainbow block that will be worked in over the next few months. 

Sharing at Scrap Happy Saturday and Sew Cute Tuesday!

Good Karma Placemats {WIP Wednesday}

A while back, I started working on some place mats made from the scraps left over from my Frame of Mind quilt. I had the ends of all of my strip pieced pairs, and was able to cut 7.5 inch sections from the "stubs."

I ended up having to take some of the pairs apart to get my strips to alternate properly, but I had enough to make four place mats from my scraps. I had lots of my blue backing left over as well, so I layered them all up with batting scraps.

These sat on my quilt rack for a long time and I finally just sat down and got all of them quilted last night. I used the same swirly chrysanthemum quilting pattern as I did in my Frame of Mind quilt.

I didn't have enough of the ziggy stripe to bind it with the same fabric, but I found the extra backing that I had from my Square Pegs quilt will work perfectly for binding these -- and I won't have to piece them at all! Hooray!

I'm hoping to finish these tonight and it shouldn't take long since they are all trimmed and ready to go!

Sharing at Let's Bee Social!

May is for Makers {Week 3: Sugar Blossoms by Little Louise Designs}

It's week 3 of May is for Makers!

After my first two weeks where I picked patterns where I had fabric bundles/precuts in my stash that work well with each, I decided this week to pick something that could potentially work with scraps or a more random assortment of fabrics from my stash.

Enter Sugar Blossoms.

This pattern by Little Louise Designs caught my eye for lots of reasons -- one of them being that it is fun and bright. It's been rainy and dreary here in Maryland for what seems like weeks (although the sun is peaking out right now!) and I've been itching for some sunshine in my life.

I am strongly leaning towards this being a scrappy quilt (and potentially a scrappy baby quilt, because I always have to be prepared!) but also think this could be AMAZING adapted into some sort of a rainbow quilt!

So share with me: Are you a fabric before the pattern, or a pattern before the fabric kind of shopper? Or does it really depend? For me, it really depends, but more often than not I buy fabric before I know what I am going to specifically do with it.

Happy Monday!

Christmas Twirls at Moda Bake Shop!

I'm excited to share my THIRD Moda Bake Shop quilt pattern today! Introducing Christmas Twirls!

This quilt is made from two charm packs of The Cookie Exchange by Sweetwater, as well as some red and green yardage.

Each block is a pinwheel set inside four triangles.  Each pinwheel is made from one pair of charm squares.

Here's a picture of my quilt top before it was quilted.

This quilt finishes at 42" x 49" and is a perfect Christmas quilt to snuggle with!

Click here to go to Moda Bake Shop to see the tutorial! Don't forget to share your version of this quilt with me!

Sharing at Finish it up Friday, Sew Cute Tuesday!

Bali Batik Blog Hop!

Today I am sharing a fun block tutorial over at Benartex's blog Sew in Love with Fabric as a part of their Bali Batiks blog hop!

I call my block Aruban Puzzle as it is a fun twist on the classic Dutchman's Puzzle block!

Click on over to see the tutorial, but before you do, leave a comment to enter my giveaway for your own set of Bali Batik fat quarters! Click here to see the entire Rio collection.
Click here to see the entire Dolce collection. 

To enter, tell me about your summer quilting plans -- are you going to be starting any new projects or will you be tackling your WIP pile? I'll be trying to finish up some WIPs but I also have some new projects planned as well -- including some of the patterns I have bought as part of May is for Makers!

If you're coming from Sew in Love with Fabric, thanks for visiting! I hope that you stay a while and see what I've been up to lately!

The giveaway is now closed! Our winner is Janet!