Left Overs Make Eight Point Stars!

Happy June!  The heat is here and I have been busy in the AC.  I have alot of green, brown, and blue fabric left over from making the Crayon Quilt Challenge quilt, so I used some of it to experiment with eight point stars.  I happen to have the Bloc Loc set of flying geese rulers.  I have never used the largest one, so I decided to give that a go.  I made nine blocks using the large flying geese ruler and this is how the quilt turned out.

If you wish to give this a try, I figured out how to 'add a page' to my blog.  Look to the right and you will see the heading "Tutorials".  Click on the Eight Point Star tutorial and see what it is all about.  Not so very hard.  Give it a try and let me know how you do.  See the tips portion, as the half-square triangles border was made using the part you cut off from the flying geese.  Amazing!  

Five Projects Going At Once!

I have been so busy.  I work 40 hours a week. My husband and I just took a week and went to South Dakota in our new-to-us RV.  We had a fun, relaxing, yet adventurous week on the road from ID to SD and back.  We went to see Mt Rushmore, and decided to see some other things along the way.  I will be getting a post on my travel blog in a day or so.  I have the first day all typed up . . . I did that when we had our blow out about ten miles east of Dubois, WY, but I have not had a minute to get more typed up.  I took a lot of photos and only had a chance to look at them last night.  It has done nothing but rain here, since we got back from SD.  

A peony in my front yard. It is one I transplanted from our previous house

Last weekend, I got the binding sewed onto Dianna's quilt. On Monday evening I finished quilting Dani Jo's two-year old quilt and started the binding. Tuesday I finished the binding on both Dani Joe's big girl quilt and her doll quilt.  I need to get those triangles cut out to finish the stack n whack that is on my design wall, and get the binding on Teresa's b&w mostly quilt, then I promised A that I would put the binding on her quilt.  I got three quilts all finished up in one week! Crazy!

Dani Jo is turning two, so I made her this big girl quilt.  I used my stash of cupcake fabrics to make it and the matching doll quilt.  I quilted them both on my home machines.  I do the stitch in the ditch on my Husqvarna, and the free-motion on my Necchi.  I made some fun loop-d-loos in the purple polka dot borders.

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This is the doll quilt.  It is 22 X 22 inches.  It has the same purple polka dot fabric as the big one, but I used it as the backing.  Below, is a photo of the back of the big girl quilt:

I will post a couple photos of Dianna's fabulous quilt after I get some bodies to hold it up while I photograph it.  It is B-I-G.

What's on the design wall in January? A Reverse Round the World Quilt!

I have had nothing on my design wall since last September.  Well, those fishies are getting covered up by a new quilt top.  It is a "reverse round the world".  I got this kit from my friend, Caryl, in December.  I think it has been calling my name, so today after I sandwiched my gold and green exploding pineapple baby quilt, I started putting the RRW on the wall.  I must say, I was a tad negative toward a couple of the fabrics.  The maroon and the greyish pieces just look too solid and too bold for the rest of the quilt.  I did some substituting: I removed the maroon barn board fabric and replaced it with some pinkish-maroonish with tangerine mix with tad of lightness. I like that description.  I also replaced the greyish blocks with a similar shade of fabric that had a little pink and green activity on it, so it does not come across so very bold.  See my photos, below.  You can see how checker-boarded the first one looks and how the second one seems to flow together better.  I am leaving the green as it is. 

I have the blocks on the left a tad crowded, due to not
having a wide enough design wall.

This is my second version. I think it looks better.