March is green

 The color for March is green. I've been making 6.5" blocks for a couple weeks. There are selvage blocks, strip blocks, and scrappy crumb blocks. And a few lizard blocks. haha   I had some lizard fabric that I was tired of looking at, so I cut it up.

The top is 78x90. It has not been quilted yet....but should be this month.

Some of the cute lizards.  are lizards 'cute'? 

I made it in rounds....6 crumbs in the middle...then a round of string blocks...then a round of lizard blocks...then more strings...then crumbs ..with 2 rows top and bottom.... then final round is selvages. 

I still have a pile of green blocks to use up .... and I have some green scraps that I am making more blocks. I am getting sick of green, but really want to use up these scraps and not put them back on the shelve. I considered just throwing them away, but couldn't do it. haha

The March projects are coming along nicely. It should be a good month. I have 3 more applique blocks to make for the North Africa animal quilt top. 

Bright and Wild Hearts

 I really have no info about this quilt.....except that I quilted it. haha

It was found when we cleaned out the house when my son died. I have no idea if he started it....I rather doubt it, since it isn't his color palette. He might have gotten it at an auction....or found it in an alley. He was forever bringing things home from everywhere.

One row was quilted....in a rather tight scribbly fashion. I believe it was done on a domestic machine because if it was done on a longarm, the top and edges of the top would have been sewed down....and they weren't.  There were a couple of safety pins still in it, so that says domestic machine to me. 

I finished it in a larger open scribbly fashion. With yellow thread...the same as it was started. It is 70" square.

Here is part that was already sewn (quilted).

And another part already sewn (quilted).

Here is what I quilted.

This is the back.  it is more a brown...there is no sun today and my camera sucks....or perhaps the picture taker sucks. haha

There are little hearts all over the back.

 

Instead of a normal binding, I just folded the back over and sewed it down. hahahaha   that was a disaster.  Remind me not to do that again.

I don't know what will become of it....I don't have a plan in mind. It was my quilt of the month (#6).

February's report

 February got a gold star....I got all my projects completed.

Quilts finished....

Blessings of Autumn

And the quilt made from February's black blocks.

I made a bunch of doll clothes, too. Here are some of them.

A black and white houndstooth skirt.  check out those purple cowboy boots. haha

Polka dot color block dress

Hi-Lo skirt with bikini wrap top.

Raincoat and hat.

Jumper with pockets...and a crocheted hat. and adorable bunny slippers.

A swing coat. In my signature selvages. haha

I got about 200 more black blocks made. A lot of them have dogs in the middle. They will go on eBay.

But, the best thing....my project of the month....Catch me if you can quilt.

I started this at least a year ago. Made 4 circles and put it in a box. At the beginning of the month, I had these finished....

By the end of February, I had this much finished.

Some close ups.

This is what it will be when finished.

I hope to get back to this soon. Once I get my March project finished, I'll pull this out and work on it some more. It takes so long to understand the directions....and make all those little paper pieced arcs. I was on a roll when the month ended, and I would like to continue it before I forget what I was doing. haha

I work on several things at once, so, I did black blocks for a couple of days, then switched to doll clothes for a couple days, then worked on the catch me if you can quilt for a couple days. In the end, it all gets finished......usually. haha

March projects look to be easier than February. 

Jen's Quilt

 This quilt is for my niece, Jennifer. It didn't start out that way....I was just making black scrappy blocks to use up some black scraps. My sis said Jen would like it, so i put it together for her. The red border was my sister's idea. It is about 70 x 80"

There are bits of color...like this lime green quarter circle. it is less than 1/2"

And a bit of orange

And there are a couple of cats. Jen has a cat.

Some spooky looking cats and some blue color

There is even a dog

This little square of red and black plaid started the "red column". The third column from the left has a bit of red in each block.

Usually pretty subtle...like these red circles in the black.

And the tiny red stripe in the black and white stripe.  I quilted it with gray thread across....a line in the ditch of the blocks and 3 lines across the block. After all that, i turned the quilt and quilted lines in red in the red column.

This is the back. My pic is kind of grainy...it is a gray, black and white print. My sis picked it out, too.

Jen is a graphic design artist, so I think she will like it. 

Blessings of Autumn

 I think I started this in 2019....finished piecing in 2020....and just got it quilted.  I used a really fat batting that I got from my son....it was a bear to quilt. It was my quilting project for the month.

It is fusible applique but i sewed things down with the longarm.

 

 

 

A really fat batting just makes everything all wonky.

 

I think that bird needs an eye. perhaps a button.

I like the background fabrics that have a grid....easier to come up with a quilting plan. haha

I always like the backs. I think I meant to put a little bell in the top of that schoolhouse, but forgot....so, I quilted one in there.

 

My sister says she wants it, so it will be her birthday present since this is her birthday month.

Is it HOT in here.... or is it just me?

 This one is now completely finished....binding and all.

There is something just amazing to me about just laying pieces down and sewing them down on the longarm....no piecing on a machine. AND....meander quilt it as you sew down pieces. All at the same time.

Then, go back and couch some yarn over the seams.

I used red, orange and yellow yarn.  Just traveled across the quilt, covering seams without rolling back and forth too much. 

Sometimes i backtracked to get where i wanted to go....there are some seams with 3 pieces of yarn. Sometimes it's hard to get to where you want to go without backtracking.

The back is an orchid and white check sheet from the thrift store. This one was for me, so i didn't worry about thread color. I used up bobbins with several whites and tans and a yellow, green and brown. haha  It is now over the couch in the tv room. it is kind of heavy so should be nice and warm for naps.

I'm going to do this again one day.....but i have ideas to make it a bit different. 

Fun, fun.