Quilting

It’s yellow this month. I am making Rainbow Stairsteps blocks from a layout by Julie. I put what I have finished up on the design wall to make some decisions about the layout. I determined that for what I want, I only needed a six blocks in yellow. I sewed those up this week & will make some black blocks to fill in the edges.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and I made the yellow row this week, then sewed it to the completed sections from previous months. This top only needs a brown & black row at the bottom to finish the center. It’s small so I will need to troll the stash for an appropriate border fabric.

These are the yellow blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 kit project. The only blocks left now are gray, then there are small white/black pieces to cut & add to two sides of each block, then layout & sew all together to construct the top. Hoping to finish this before end of year.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in yellow. This is my current L&E project but I’ve been doing them in the monthly color lately to go with my rainbow projects. I only have a few more of these to make, so it’s a 2021 finish for sure.

I made 5 yellow checkerboard blocks to add to the pile. It’s kind of a preview of a 2021 project.

Red for September! I have the red crumb blocks already done for the Irish Chain & there aren’t any red blocks in the Alison Glass kit, so I didn’t have as much red to do. These Rainbow Stairsteps are based on a layout by Julie and this is block #9 since I’ve done one/month. That’s all the blocks I need to do her layout, so it’s time to lay it out & make some black blocks to fill in the edges.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and I made the red row then sewed it to the finished pink & orange rows from previous months. This top only needs yellow, brown, & black rows.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in red. This is my current L&E project but I’ve been doing them in the monthly color lately.

I made 4 red checkerboard blocks and since this was a mid-year addition to my projects, it’s going to finish up sometime next year.

Here are the blue & purple blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 project. Last month I didn’t make the blue because I thought there weren’t any in the kit & never got the box out, so when I went for the purples this month I was surprised to find blue. (eyeroll) So lots done this month.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and got a purple row added to some of the rows already finished.

We got to a month that needed crazy patch blocks! These will be cut into small blocks & used to create End of the Rainbow from Melissa Corry’s Irish Chain Quilts book.

Here are two more Bonnie Hunter Sandcastle blocks in purple. This is my current L&E project. I have the string sections & 4-patches made, so I’m putting them together as L&E’s.

I made 6 of the checkerboard blocks for my low priority project that will drift into 2021. It wasn’t in my original plan so I’m fine with that. One day I’ll just decide I want to focus on it & it will get done.

I did the pink blocks for the Alison Glass Sun Print 2016 project. Economy blocks are a little tedious to put together so doing a few each month makes this project fun each month when I come back to it.

Rainbow Stairsteps based on a layout by Julie. This project gets more & more exciting with each color I finish. I can’t wait to get to the end of the year & start assembling it.

Tumbling Strings is inspired by a selvage quilt by Cathy and got a fun pink row, plus I made 3 more blocks for the checkerboard project that’s a low priority.

Since I finished the Diamond Strings, I got distracted by an Arrowhead Puzzle quilt I saw here. I fell in love with it & downloaded the pattern from her link. It’s all 2.5″ squares & I have piles of them already cut in all colors, so it became my L&E project. I quickly caught up with the earlier colors from the year & now here are the pinks. They are accumulating on my design wall & I predict it will be done long before the end of the year! 🙂