Sunshiny Day Mini Quilt

Oh, the siren song of quilt alongs! Last year, unlearned in the hazards of craft blogging, I joined two quilt alongs at the same time: the Kaleidoscope Quilt Along at Don’t Call Me Betsy and the Warm/Cool Quilt Along at In Color Order. Too late, I learned that there is more to quilt alongs than sewing: they are rich, social experiences. Unfortunately, I had neither the time nor the energy last year to fully participate in either quilt along that I joined. I managed to complete my Kitty Kaleidoscope quilt at the end of 2011, and finally finished my Sunshiny Day mini quilt this month, eight months after I started it. Luckily, it was worth the wait.

I pulled a variety of cool solids and warm prints from my scraps and stash, used a bright gingham print for the back, hand quilted it in white Perle 8 thread and bound it in a yummy lemony solid. It now hangs on the wall of my sewing nook, where I can enjoy it every day.

 

Linking up with Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations and Finish it Up Friday at crazy mom quilts.

UPDATE: Also linking up with the Festival of Half-Square Triangles at Canoe Ridge Creations.

WIP Wednesday: July 6, 2011

What with a quilting class and a holiday weekend, I’ve been doing quite a bit of sewing lately. I didn’t realize how much progress I’ve made until I sat down to write this post.

Check out Freshly Pieced for more WIP Wednesday goodness.

Current Projects

Color Book: All eight pages are finished!

Kaleidoscope Quilt Along: I started cutting recently and it is slow going. So far, this Quilt Along has already taught me something: I don’t like working with templates.

Valentine’s Day Half-Square Triangles: Started piecing the blocks. I think I’m going to need to buy more fabric to make the size quilt that I want to.

Warm Cool Quilt Along: I finalized the layout and started piecing the rows together.

Yellow Brick Road Baby Quilt #2:  The binding has been machine sewn to the quilt. The last step is the hand sewing on the binding!

On Hold

Blueberry Pie

Call Me Crazy {17/42 blocks complete}

Scrappy Nine-Patch {12/70 blocks complete}

Stats

New projects: 2

Completed projects: 1

Total projects: 15

Warm Cool Quilt Along: Fabric Selection

I do love Half-Square Triangles. When I saw the Warm Cool Quilt Along over at In Color Order, I instantly wanted to join. I talked myself out of it because I already have so many WIPs and other projects I want to start. Then I saw that the mini version can be made with 5” squares, and I caved. I have been cutting my scraps into 5” and 2.5” squares, so I have a bunch of squares already cut, just begging to be used for this project. My stash is heavy on the cool colors and light on the warm colors, so it took me awhile to pull together the fabric selection for this project. I’m using warm prints and cool solids.