Swapping rooms last month shifted my focus and tapped my energy, but what a joy to be back in my happy place. Here is a look at a diversion and ongoing projects:
Disappearing Four-Patch Diversion
A little doll quilt for granddaughter Delaney, being modeled by Marvin
Bari J, who is one of Art Gallery's fabric designers, had a disappearing four-patch quilt on her Instagram post, and I found instructions on her blog. It is quite a simple little pattern, made by taking two 4-patch blocks and sewing outer seams together, then cutting on the diagonal to make quarter square triangles. The resulting units are arranged and sewn together. I used some fat quarters from Sea Cookies Island Batiks, which I won in a giveaway from Brenda at Songbird Designs - aren't they pretty!
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Doll quilt for youngest granddaughter measures 22-1/2" x 22-1/2"
Backing
This is Bari's version - I love her colors
Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) Blocks
Completed snowball blocks and nine-patch blocks in March reds and April pinks. I am making a dozen of the RSC color along with a dozen snowball units each month.
A Quilting Life BOM
Blocks so far - I accidentally made two March blocks!
Today I am working on Melva's Little House blocks. The blocks are really cute, and I love picking out fabric for each one. It takes me a long time to pick out fabrics for the log cabin frame!
I will be adding to the links below during the week:
Melva's Sew and Tell which is being hosted by Patricia this week!
Sometimes mixing things up a bit does stir the creative juices. I love that little quilt with the teddy bear. How adorable! Your family is so lucky to get all of the quilts that they do. I remember as a little girl having a pieced quilt in, I think, the wedding ring pattern that my grandmother had made. I used the heck out of it and it became a bit tatty with age. I don’t know what happened to that quilt. I guess my mother got rid of it. Boy, would I love to have that today.
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy, Linda - and such pretty projects! I love the doll quilt for your granddaughter - I went and looked at the tutorial to make the quarter square blocks and that looks like fun to do. Looks like you got all caught up on your RSC blocks, too. The BOM blocks are so pretty - love the Christmas prints! Have fun with the Little House blocks - they are time consuming, but yours are turning out just great!
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