Stretching the Scraps

Earlier, I showed a picture of the scrappy purple blocks in progress.  Tonight the borders went on.  A plain border would have been boring, but it was kind of a challenge to put any kind of border together with what I had left.  ALL of the purples used were already on hand and I was not about to start cutting new fabric at this point in the process.  (I would have had a little more to work with if I hadn't taken that side trip to piece the "purple haze" letters - still in progress.)

    

More Purple

Tonya!  Just look what happened last night after I got the little purple blocks finished!

ha ha ha ha .....

(Purple) Work in Progress

Wow, this is fun!  I zig-zagged squares on top of squares.  

I whacked them up, mixed up the pieces and sewed everything back together.

I was just playing around when I made these six blocks, but I like them so well that I'm working on six more.  That will make enough for a nice sized lap quilt.  Not like me at all.  Raw edges!!!

Liberated 9-Patch

It's finished and registrated. Now I have to wait for the number and then I will send it in May.

I removed the stitching in the small nine-patches and replaced it with new stitching with  embroidery floss. Then I added the circles in the purple patches , now I think it's way better. Thank you for your suggestions !

Making small quilts is fun, this won't be the last one :-)

Heidi

Shattered

Sometimes I feel like I lead a double life ... I started out making very traditional quilts with very matched points and corners.  Sometimes I still do that, when necessary!


This small quilt 12" x 30" was made in response to a guild challenge "I am ____".  Well, I don't know what 2011 was like for the rest of you, but we had a series of disasters including hurricane damage, home break-ins and more.  It was pretty easy to decide that I was feeling SHATTERED.  I've enjoyed making Tonya's crooked letters ever since I found them on Bonnie Hunter's blog and of course I am now the proud owner of my own copy of Word Play Quilts!  (Before you worry too much about my mental health, also understand that I am a HUGE Stones fan.)


The real fun began when I quilted this piece.  I had already decided to try some sort of free form quilting when I ran across additional information and inspiration on a blog called iHanna.  No hoop, no marking, no pattern;  I had a grand time and will quilt more like this in the future.  I used both pearl cotton and DMC floss to get all the colors I wanted.

Does it need more stitching ?

 

So this is it, my very big quilt  ;-)   Ready to be bound  or maybe... should I add more stitching ?

This one will be donated to the AAQI.

Heidi

My Amish Challenge So Far

I chose this quilt for my challenge, because it is a real challenge for me. I have never been crazy about the bow tie block, so we'll see if I can come up with something that I like.



I have made a few blocks so far. I will do more and then get more firmly planted in my mind what I plan to do with them. To be continued.



-- carol e.