How about some red for Valentine's Day.................

I got the flannel quilt sewn together but didn't turn on the iron so I'll just talk about red today.  I went through my archives looking for finished red quilts and came up with this assortment.  My daughter owns the one on the bottom left and so far I still own the others. 

This group is all quilt tops.  I sold the three on the left.  The one on the right will probably be finished soon.  I have the perfect backing fabric for it.

I think of these as mostly red.  The two on the upper right are finished quilts.  I gave the one on the right as a shower/wedding gift and I own the one with the star blocks alternating with red 16 patch blocks.  The small Trip Around the World is my kitchen table quilt and the other two are tops.  I sold the one on the bottom.

30 blocks....time to sew a top.............

I cut the rest of the blocks yesterday morning and sewed them last night while I watched the two NCIS shows on TV.  I might exchange the 2 at the right end of the bottom row with each other after seeing this on my computer monitor.  I had one block left over, laying on my cabinet.

I didn't find any blue fabrics to add but did find one green.  It looks like aqua here but it is a teeny tiny green check.

The one that looks like Gingham is really a plaid if you click and look close at it.  Most of these fabrics are the Moda brushed fabrics that were introduced around 1990.  Some were yarn dyed woven plaids and others were prints.

I'm hoping to get this sewn together today but it might end up being my TV time sewing, 3 FBI shows tonight.

22 out of 30 blocks...............

 It took 3 1/2 hours to sew 13 twelve inch blocks last night.  I always think I'm faster than that.  I did all of the cutting for the blocks earlier in the day yesterday.  

The pieces for the next three blocks were cut but I was done for the day.  I have chosen the fabrics for the next 5 blocks but I think I need to change out rust colors that I had chosen for the big triangles for blues and greens.  I'll try to finish the cutting today plus more cutting for 3 other flannel quilts.  The new season of TV shows starts tonight so I'll want a line up of projects to sew.

Starting the flannel quilts............

 I cut pieces for 13 flannel pinwheel blocks on Friday and last night I started sewing them.  I have more pieces prepped for cutting today so I'll have more variety in the rest of the blocks.

I have pieces paired for 4 more blocks with the same fabrics as the first 9 blocks.  I am cutting for 3 more flannel quilts at the same time.  I'm using up some of the yardage pieces by cutting a 2.5" strip for 16 patch blocks out of the small amount left after cutting triangles and chisel shapes.

The red Amaryllis flowers are blooming on the 3rd bud stalk now.  There is one more bud behind these two.

The 4 Amaryllis bulbs that I had outside all summer and then in darkness for 10 weeks are starting to send up leaves.  I sure hope they will have blooms too.  This is their last chance year.  If they don't bloom I'm tossing them.

First finish for February 2024............

The scrappy batik Bear Paw quilt is finished.  I trimmed the edges yesterday and sewed the binding all by machine.  It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. 

It is 70" x 85".  The top was finished in March 2023.

Since the top is made of many colors I decided on a neutral color backing and binding.

It was in the mid 50s yesterday, the second day in a row, kind of unusual at the beginning of February.  It's way too early for any outside work here because we will still have another month of winter.

Some closer views............

The photo I posted yesterday was a night photo so I thought I would show a couple daylight photos of the border fabric next to the quilt.  The background of the fabric is orange and the flowers are pink and apricot.  The red in the Lotus Leaf fabric blends nicely into it.

Here it is next to a star with busier fabrics.  I have enough of this print to use on the back of the quilt too.  It will probably be the binding too.

I didn't do any sewing yesterday. I pressed backing fabric and a stack of flannel fabric.   Also I did a lot of planning for cutting 2 flannel quilts.  

I made this quilt in 2009 and I think I may use the Tilda fabric I showed yesterday for something similar, but smaller.  I created a lot of large blocks from smaller components and it was a fun quilt to make.

A few more photos of the quilt.  Click to enlarge them.

 

Sewn together and border audition............

There were 2 pieces of Lotus Leaf Citrus color in my stash and it was just enough for this quilt top.  I could have cut one more square but the rest of it is smaller pieces.  One of the surprises to me was that the Lotus Leaf became a background and the stars are still the most prominent part of the design.  I thought they would blend together more.  I'm really happy with my choice.  The top is 45" x 62" so I'm planning on a border and I think the Shaggy print is good with it.  I tried a couple others but they had too much of a pink cast and red/orange was what it needs.  A four inch border would bring it up to 53" X 70".  By the way I put this up on the wall upside down to the position in previous posts.  The reject blocks rotating in the opposite direction are now at the top, 2 of them in the top row and one in the center of the third row from the top.

I was telling a friend yesterday that I had purchased some Tilda fabrics so I want to show her what I have.  The red is a soft red, leaning toward dark rose.  I like the soft colors just as much as I like the bright colors of Kaffe fabric.  I started quilting in 1957 so I have used just about every type and style of fabric in my quilts. 

Here are a few more from an older line I found at a Etsy seller.  I love traditional quilt blocks so I'm still trying to come up with a plan before I cut into it.