Among all the “homework” I had to do to prep for weekly virtual quilt group, I managed some aqua sewing this week. My quilt group is working on a Knitted Star top, each of us working on our own quilt in our own homes, but sewing the same things each week. But now we’re on a time schedule as it has to be done before June 10, since one of our group is leaving for a year. So I spent hours cutting, sewing, & sub-cutting strip sets to be ready to start sewing the strip sets during our time together. So that was good progress, but pulled me away from my own sewing projects. Totally fine, but ya know.
I made 4 of the resized Cozy Stars from the Pat Sloan QAL called Cozy Things . The secret to these blocks is making the dark pinwheel pop out of the light middles, so it’s fun to pick the fabrics out of my scraps & try to make them look cool. I get excited about this future quilt each month when I make these blocks!
In January I did all the cutting for this quilt called “Hip to be Square”, from the book “Splash of Color” by Jackie Kunkel. All the block pieces are pinned together & sorted by colors, which are primary & secondary. I decided to go ahead & do the blue blocks, even though they are probably more appropriate for the next blue month. But I wanted to sew them. The light on my design wall yellows these up, but they are B&W backgrounds. Not so many blues in the pattern: 5 full blocks & 4 half blocks for the edges.
This is a column for the Brickyard quilt inspired by Julie of Me and My Quilts. I don’t have a ton of variety in my aqua pile, so I’m only making one column in this color, then more blue later in the year. Simple but cute!
I have a couple more projects to finish up next week & then I’ll be ready for May’s color! Happy sewing, y’all!
