First 6 blocks.............

By last night I was so tired all I could work on was the pink and green 16 patch blocks while I watched 2 shows on TV.  I have 14 blocks sewn, 6 different varieties as shown.  I have more different ones yet to sew.  

The art quilters will be here this chilly morning.  I think this is the last night I will have to cover the tomato plants for frost for this week.

Baking and cleaning.........

Cherrywood Scrap bags for Crazies

I finished baking the goodies for my granddaughter who just had her baby 9 days ago.  Someone is making the drive west to her town so I sent the goodies along.  I finished cleaning the basement for my art quilters group who are coming tomorrow.  

The photo is several of the Scrap bags for Crazies that Cherrywood Fabrics sells.  I worked for an aunt of the founder of Cherrywood and I started buying the packs when they first offered them many years ago so I have a great selection of colors.  As much as I would like to do some modern quilt design what I really want to do all triangles.  I just have to make a decision whether there will be more than one size and then I can spend a week cutting them.

Yummy!..........

My 2 friends came over to sew yesterday and I got a variety of things done including basting one small wallhanging.  After they left I started my baking needed this weekend.  One batch of dough needed to be refrigerated for a few hours so I made the pumpkin muffins next.  It makes 27-30 muffins so I can share with the whole family.

I went out and covered my tomato plants because of frost warnings.  There is another warning Sunday night.  I brought in 2 pots full of big Coleus plants.  I realize it is getting near the middle of October but I'm really not ready for the frost or freeze.

Ready for 24 blocks...........

A friend came over yesterday to use my design walls and after a few hours we decided the blocks were arranged nicely and ready to sew.

I pressed my stratas for the pink and green 16 patch and sliced them into pieces for 24 blocks.  Then I cut another 50 squares for my postage stamp blocks.  I think I have enough cut for 4 blocks now.

The cold front is supposed to come through today and we might get a frost or freeze Saturday night.  Then all next week in the 50s.  Fall is really here but I'll look forward to the Indian Summer after that and then maybe I'll get my yard work done.

Cutting little squares...........

 A few people have asked if I got tired of working on my postage stamp blocks.  The truth is I needed to cut some more 1.5" print squares, 32 for each block and that takes a lot of time.  I have repeated some fabrics as many as 5 times through the 40+ blocks I have already made but I needed some new variety.  I have solid color squares cut for 10 more blocks so that is 320 squares I need just for those.  And then there are the next 20 or so blocks that I will need another 640+ squares.  A lot of my scraps are large prints not suitable for these tiny squares so I'm even pulling yardage and cutting off of it.  So to sum it up this takes a lot of time so I'm still making blocks, and having fun with it, but it is a slow process.

Did anyone else buy this fun fabric that was printed in 1999?

You might have guessed it was an Alexander Henry print since they always had unusual fabric.  Enjoy these close up shots of the print.

Progress..............

Most of the day yesterday was spent preparing for and then presenting my live broadcast for the Colorwash 360 class. 

I didn't have anything else set up to sew while watching 3 hours of TV so I just continued working on the pink and green 16 patch stratas.  I have most of them sewn in 2s and only this many cut in half and made into a 4 strip strata.  Directions for the 16 patch is found under Free Resources on my website.  I have created a tutorial that makes sure seams are going in opposite directions at every intersection when blocks are sewn together into a quilt top.

The weather was beautiful yesterday but the only time I got outside was to fill the bird feeders.  I hope today will be just as nice.

Pink and green...........

As I continue my cleaning binge there isn't a lot of sewing going on.  I had a TV show to watch last night so I started sewing pinks and greens together for a 16 patch.  The pile of strips has been laying there waiting for a month or two.  This is easy mindless sewing so I can concentrate on the show.  

We have had several nights in the 40s and it is great to have the windows open and have a quilt back on the bed again.  As a child we had no heat in the upstairs bedrooms so we were used to sleeping with a pile of covers on us in the winter.