I sewed the blocks with the dotted fabric to add to the kitty blocks. Now it is up to 30" square. It is getting closer to baby quilt size.
I finally got around to pressing the remaining sashing strips on the 35 batik star quilt. I know it is almost 96" long because it is almost end to end on the 96" double design wall.
This is the fabric I have chosen for the border. I won't get it sewn on today because my art quilter friends are coming.
I was baking and cleaning most of the day yesterday so I didn't get to the sewing machine. When my friends were here on Friday I put the blocks from a couple of my solids and print series on the design wall. This quilt will be all conversation type prints and I only have 11 blocks made so far. I have to check out the blocks all together every so often to decide what I will do next. On this one the solid color rectangle can be verical or horizontal and there are 2 positions of each of those orientations so I have to make a variety of each of the 4.
This quilt so far is all conversation type prints but I may add other fabrics into it eventually. I have 15 blocks. I think I will be making 63 blocks for this quilt. These quilt blocks are fun to make when I have a small amount of time and nothing else I want to work on. All of my inspiration for these and several others I am working on came from this blog. Go to her label list and click on solids on prints series for directions and measurements of every single quilt.
My friends and I had a fun day yesterday. I worked on several things. One of them was another 12" block for my Farm Girl Vintage quilt. The needle needs to be embroidered on it yet. I have some embroidery on a few other blocks so I'll probably do them all at the same time.
I sewed the sashing strips onto the left and bottom edges so this star quilt would be ready to sew together.
In the evening I sewed it all together while watching 2 TV shows. I hope to get it pressed today. I have chosen a border fabric so maybe I will get that cut too.
Here we go again! This little piece of cactus that broke off of a plant has been in this cup for over 3 years and has bloomed every year. The cup is all lime encrusted because we have such hard water here. I only add water to the cup about once a month and the cactus piece has a huge root ball on it. Every year I say I going to plant it but I never seem to get around to it.
My granddaughter started a blog about fitness and nutrition a few days ago. If you would like some tips for healthier living check it out here.
I did a lot of housework type things yesterday so not much sewing. I did manage to get 2 more blocks made for my solids and prints series of quilts. I also did some more quilting on the African quilt. My 2 friends are coming today so it will be a play day.
I didn't do any quilting on the African quilt for 3 days so I spent more time with it yesterday.
All of the extra lighting on this machine really helps to stay in the ditch. This post shows the lighting I added to it.
I also looked for some large pieces of flannel to sew together for a backing for the flannel quilt top I finished last week. I found 5 pieces that I think will work so it will take a little calculating to see how to sew it together.
Here is my final layout of the batik star quilt. I need to sew on the left side and bottom edge sashing strips and then I can sew it all together. I'm predicting it will be about 69" x 96" when sewn together. I might consider a light print batik border but I won't know until I sew it together and then look through my fabrics.
I found the dotted fabric that I thought might work for some alternate blocks on the wonky heart quilt but I only have a quarter yard so there is enough for 8 blocks. I also have enough of the kitty print left to make 4 blocks. Added to the 16 blocks that are done I would have 28 six inch blocks. There will still be a little bit of the black print left so I'll keep looking for one more bright fabric.
I showed 4 of these blocks that I made shortly after getting the Wonky Heart die for my die cutter. I cut 12 more blocks yesterday and got them sewn last night. They are only 6" finished and I only have a little more of the bright kitty print so I'll have to figure out what I can do to make the quilt bigger than 24" square. I have enough of the black print to make quite a few more blocks so I really just need to find another bright print I like with these. I'm thinking a dotted fabric might be the answer. The other option is 2 borders.
I cut one block with another new die, Hattie's Choice. This may just be an orphan block or part of a new scrap quilt. This is not an immediate project. Many other important things to work on. A friend is coming over today to sew and I will probably do the layout with my batiks stars. I will have to build it sideways on the double design wall because it is way too big to do it the other way.
I saw a big bird in my neighbor's tree and used my telephoto lens to try to get a good photo. Unfortunately it is a little blurry but now I know it was a hawk. The funny part is 2 squirrels were eating bird seed under the feeders and didn't notice it. Then I saw it take off and one of the squirrels jumped on the closest tree and flattened himself against the trunk. I don't think he moved for almost a full minute.
