Greenbaums' challenge

Greenbaum's (LQS) every year hosts a monthly quilt challenge - they supply the pattern for a simple block and one single piece of fabric to be placed where they suggest. Then you add your own fabrics. This year all the fabrics are "rainbow brights" ... the first month they supplied the blue. I had a good chunk of the green dot and the red dot on white, so all my blocks will have those. The other piece was just contrasting.

Okay, what is up with this?

I have decided to really go through stash. I have some of those clear drawer cabinets, to organize things in (yeah, right - it's really just to hold stash). I thought I had a finished top inside a drawer and yet I found...unfinished quilt blocks. And not just a few...look at this! This is one...I have enough to make like 80 (I kid you not - there are at least 50 and that doesn't count the ones not together!) and they finish at 8". I know they were originally intended as pieces to more complicated blocks, but I put this together quickly to see the pattern and the size...what in the world am I going to do with these???!

I was going to set them alternating with hourglass blocks, which makes them appear to float (if anyone knows how to calculate the measurements to make an 8" finished hourglass I'd be so appreciative...), but this would make 2-3 queen sized quilts...argh.

New Project

So, in the current issue of Quilt Home (which is quite entertaining, if you've never picked one up) there is a pattern for this "Propeller" quilt (Jerry calls it some form of cross, a Maltese I believe - whatever. They look like airplane propellers to me)...only the pattern there calls for the use of selvages...which is clevar, but I wanted to get rid of some of the narrow strips I have...particularly 30s. So, what do you think? The blocks are huge..and it calls for 9 of these total to make a square quilt. I think it will be quite fun and use up some of those skinny leftovers. What I really love, the pattern purposely intends that things don't match perfectly...

Braid quilt

My mom bought me a book for my birthday that focuses on using jelly rolls - 2.5 inch strips. This was the pattern done up in the shop in Mary Englebreit fabrics - which I told my mom I really already have enough of...(of course the other Mary's are now coming to me too, but that's another story). I had this set of Building Blocks/Look and Learn to use up so I tried it. Unfortunately, the rows are supposed to be longer, and less rows. Somehow I misread, and just went with it. I like the pattern...maybe I'll do it in fabrics that will be more dramatic.

I did this a few weeks ago, when it was raining, so am just posting it now.

Star BOM #3

Here is number 3...really like it, but my least favorite for my fabric choices so far. Hopefully I'll like the color choices better when all the blocks are done.

Overall, I love this mystery...the blocks are very easy (except of course those of us who are math challenged need a little help locating "3/16" on our omnigrid).

Too little color?

I can't decide what to do about borders - if anything. I may just quilt and bind it, since it's HUGE already.


Okay, here is the 4th step of Bonnie Hunter's OTR mystery...kinda bright, huh???

Step 3 Finished

Here is Step 3 of Old Tobacco Road. Oh, my it is really bright - on to Step 4 and laying out the top...