String Blocks of February

 I am continuing in my String Progress.... although this month - I did not do a string block a day - I did two every other day. And I sorta ( an big emphasis on the sorta) got organized... I made piles!

And then I used a cooking tray to move my strings on and off of my sewing table. It made it easier to work on them a little at a time...

With a 28 day month... I give you:

My 28 string Blocks!!!  The nine in the top corner may just become their own quilt.... but I had to use up all the scraps from Januarys Red Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I knew if I just let them sit around.... they would just do that.... maybe for years!!!

The others , very obviously, came from my QOV String bins.... and you know what - Some of those bins now close... Oh yeah.... progress...

Wish me luck that I can do it for March too!!!

Linking to:

Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

TEAL/AQUA Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects and Hats

 I am reporting for February!!!

Teal/Aqua is just one of my most favorite colors.... we just accented our Kitchen with it!!! so this was a fun one to play with!

Here is my Teal Steppers Top!! All finished, and I actually even picked out a backing for it.

When it is all finished - you know I will have to show it again for FInished (or not) Friday - hosted right here on this blog...

Then I went down a Squirrel trail... Jan over at The Colorful Fabriholic showed her basketweave top.... and don't laugh... 2 1/2 inch strips were just sitting at my feet....so you know I had to jump right in!!!

I've made a few similar to this - but her instructions were just so easy and right there... and so!!! You know... you will have to watch it grow... I will need to use ALL of the strips that were at my feet - I can not leave one out and make it lonely!!!

And then!!! My February Hat Report!! I got 11 Done this month!! Go!!

I might have had some fun experimenting - that top hat right corner - it was a variegated skein... 

I made a hat for one of my sons and it just turned out variegated - but I made these a little smaller - and it rowed.... or striped or ... anyways - I thought it was cool. But then I thought what if I mixed the colors... I use two strands on these hats - so the far right is the same Variegated with navy blue, and the one to the left of it is the same Variegated with Cream.... totally different... I thought it was fun.

and I am very grateful for spell check - apparently Variegated is not a word in my typing vocabulary!!!

Linking up with   Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Brown Turning Twenty Finish.... and!! Finished!! ( or not) Friday!

 When my Dear Friend gave me some of her fabrics . You may remember the first thing I did was play in her browns.... and I found some FQ's of Brown and made a top.

and now!!!

Its a FINISH!!! Its bound ( i know!) and washed - and ready to go to my local hospice.

Now - we have had snow on the ground since 12/31/21 - but the sun came out for 2 seconds and I ran outside to get a show of it... after sweeping the snow away.....

Look at that - a shadow... If I was the Phil thing would I say 6 more weeks of winter? cuz.... well it snowed again this week!!!

A little close up of the quilting. I am thinking that a Brown lover will like this quilt?

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STOP TOSSING - Step Number Two!!!

 

STEP 2

*Take those Twelve 9 patches and lay them out on your board

They measure 14 inches square

You are going to cut them into fourths

Lay them out and place the ruler vertically at 7 inches from the edge

Make a slice

DO NOT MOVE THEM

Lay your ruler out 7 inches from the edge horizontally.

Make a slice

You now have 4 - 7 inch by 7 inch blocks from each 9 patch = 48 blocks

*Take the top left and the bottom right squares and twist them so the contrast square in on the outside corner.

And re stitch into a 4 patch block

This block will measure 13 ½ inches

 

·         I will tell you – in my scrappy version ( where I used a LOT of Blues ) I mixed and matched the 7x7 blocks so that it looked more scrappy – but you do NOT have to!

So here is the deal - on the blog - the clues will just be typed in - but in my Groups.io Mystery group ( NOT a facebook page) there will be printable Pdfs... Its just too easy to do it there!!

Link to the group: https://groups.io/g/MysteryQuilts4Military

ALSO!! Thank you all for asking - Past Patterns are available - 

They are in my ETSY store   Quiltygirl Etsy Store

Happy Happy Mail

 I just had to give a few shout outs today!!

I received THE cutest Valentine Card... I just love talented people!!

I tell you - is that not sweet? Thank you Linda!!
and then

YARN

As you may know I have learned to make hats.... and Bonnie said ... I have some extra yarn - I'm sending it ... and it arrived!! I have already grabbed the purples to start a new hat... Maybe that will be the RSC color for March??? Any one have a guess???

Thank you ladies - you know how to make a heart happy!!!

a Little Monster Quilt... and Hands 2 Help

 Joyful Jinxed me.... she said I may have more quilt tops in hiding.....

Now any of my UFO's shall not be UFOS... they shall be Joyfuls.... I will show her!!!!

( Love you Joyful!!!)

I found this little top in my stash of tops too - and decided to quilt it up with some of the extra backing on another quilt....

I will be honest - I remember starting this - I don't know what the intent was.... but thats all good!

Because!!

Have you heard about Hands 2 Help?

This year the Academic Quilter is Hosting it!!!

You can read all about it Here: 

 https://academicquilter.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-hands-2-help-kickoff.html

She has listed quite a few places that need Quilt Donations - as well as looking around in your own home town. I think this little one would be good for the Little Lambs Foundation for kids.

Teal Aqua Rainbow Scrap Challenge

 Earlier this year I received and email from the QuiltDiva 

She said I have a bunch of Half Square blocks and I am no longer interested in them - would you like to play with them and I screamed YES!!!

Since this month is Teal - I decided they had to be played with this month....

I thought - I love the offset bulls eye look - lets head in that direction... so this is what I got up on the wall..... then I had to stop to cook dinner....

and I kept looking at the wall and I thought - oh... what about TWO offset bullseyes.....

and now - here is where I am.

I am going to get these rows stitched together and then see what this particular piece tells me where to go....  so far... this has been so much fun!!! Its much more fun to play with others cast offs haha!!

Linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!

Snowballs and Nine Patch FINISH!!! and.... Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 Remember back when I said I didn't have any UFO's and then I found one?

Apparently that happens a lot around here!

At the beginning of this year, I decided to go through the tops that I have made and make sure they are all quilted. Lo and Behold.... I found this 9 patch and snowball top that I had made back when I started quilt piecing!!!! 

I very clearly remember buying the book with my aunt while we were shopping for fabric for a Quilt retreat ... in Wyoming!!!! At that particular retreat I was making a quilt for my Middle son.... So I am guessing I finished this top about 12-13 years ago???? 

I must have put it in the pile and it didn't yell at me!

NOW!!!

It is FINISHED!!

Aren't those fabrics fun? They are all jewel toned ( ish) and bright!!

oh ya!! and note!!! IT IS BOUND!! and it is large - here it is on a Queen Bed

I decided I needed to just feather the day away - so I feather Quilted it - and I believe - that was the right choice. And! If it wasn't ---- to late now.... its done, and bound!!

YAY!!

now!! it is your turn!! Our linky party is growing - so continue to spread the word. I am learning of all sorts of new blogs!!

Please add your Direct link only ( not the main link to your blog)

Please only link up a Finished ( or not) project - not announcements .. that's not really in the spirit of the link up

Please make sure to visit the links - make someone's day with a sweet comment

Please - link back to this post so others can join in

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Have a super great week!!!!

Stop Tossing - Step Number ONE!!!

 

Step 1

 

 

Let’s work on those 108  -  5 inch Squares

You will be making Big 9 patches from them

You will want that one contrasting color to be the center.

You are making a total of Twelve 9 patches.

 

I stitched:

·         24 rows of varying Blues

·         12 rows of the blue with my red in the center –

and then sewed the rows together to make the 9 patch.

Press seams away from each other so they nest.

Blocks will measure at 14 inches Square

So here is the deal - on the blog - the clues will just be typed in - but in my Groups.io Mystery group ( NOT a facebook page) there will be printable Pdfs... Its just too easy to do it there!!

Link to the group: https://groups.io/g/MysteryQuilts4Military

ALSO!! Thank you all for asking - Past Patterns are available - 

They are in my ETSY store   Quiltygirl Etsy Store

Cowboy Gingham - up on the design Wall

 I am back to playing with that Ginham/Buffalo Plaid pattern... This time

I dug into some of my coveted Cowboy Fabrics...

I had that little red one up on the design wall, and I thought - I wonder what would happen if you used 10 inch squares? so.... I had to go cut 10 inch squares and see what I thought.

I kinda like it - its not big - 50 ish (you know seam allowance) Square

But it was a fun fast one to cut and get up on the wall

Now to stitch it up!!!

Today is an anniversary of sorts. One that I don't think I want to remember very many times. A year ago today my Mom got her Pancreatic Cancer diagnoses. It wasn't but 10 months before that our world came to a stop with my Dads  Heart Episodes, and here .. it stopped again.

It's one of those things that is still weird - we knew she wasn't feeling well, and had been trying to eliminate foods that bothered her. Then the Doc said she had Diverticulitis and so more foods were eliminated and she got some small pain pills. For a lady who never took more that Tylenol - that was a change. And then - They did another test to check some things - and Bam! 

The world as we knew it changed.... still not a fan of the change....