You might remember that I rescued these Dear Jane border blocks from my sister when she was going to throw them away because they didn't fit her quilt properly. I couldn't believe that after all that work of making them she would just give them up. They are needle point on Aida cloth. I guess you call it needle point. Not sure.

Anyway, I made myself a quilt. She is not getting them back. haha   I fused an interfacing on the back of the blocks to help hold in threads. I had to trim tons of thread off.  It is 68 x 75" and rather heavy.

The quilting doesn't show anywhere but in the border. I just went around everything.

I ran out of the pale brown that I used as a border for the blocks, so decided it could use some zing and used the black and white for the rest of the blocks.

And then used the black and white for the binding also.

Every block is different

 

 

 

 

I backed it with this wild thing I had in the stash.

September's accomplishments

 Well, my September was a lot of fun. I decided not to do any personal challenges and just do what I wanted to do. 

I finished up a few things that you have already seen ...

..Stars and Bars sew along with Scott Flanagan

..Finished nephew's new baby quilt

..Finished art wall hanging top. It's on eBay

I also pieced...

..145 selvage blocks of all colors and sent to a lady in OK.

..Made 39..so far.. black and white selvage blocks

..made 80 .. so far .. green scrappy blocks

..made 47 .. so far .. totally scrappy blocks

Made the next block in the Pumpkin Kisses BOW. Have the next one cut out, just need to fuse to background. Perhaps today ...  maybe.

 

Made the Sweet Pea house for September.  October's house will be available tomorrow.

 

Started this quilt... all backgrounds are pieced. I am stitching on block 2.

block one hand stitched down. fused pieces

fuzzy close up. you know my camera skills suck. haha

Made some Lego letters. I am thinking this MIGHT be the back side of my Harry Potter quilt, not sure yet. It's a long term project and I only have the letters done so far.

 

 

 

Have first 3 rows of the Boo A Long finished. Have rows 4 and 5 to do. Those should get done today. Have pieces cut and ready to go.

 

 

 

Have 20 hand appliqued felt flower blocks done and on eBay.

 

Been working on Christmas Baby blocks from Molly Mine. 13 of 20 finished.

This one is my favorite

And am embroidering Harry Potter blocks. Have a bunch done so far but more to go. I'll just do another post on that .. there are lots of pics.

 

I'm back to my personal challenges for the month of October. They are ..

..Make brown selvage blocks. There will be a ton of them.

..Embroider 20 dinosaur blocks....2 are finished

..Piece UFO Sunset Over Sedona.  I hope I can understand my instructions and figure it out. It's been sitting in the closet for a while. 

If I don't die first, I think it will be a busy October.

My nephew's baby quilt

 I finally finished the baby quilt for my nephew. They are in Brooklyn, New York. New parents are in their 40's, so hope things all go well. So far, so good. She is due in November.

I forgot to measure. It's about 55x65 ... somewhere in there.

The letters are crazy quilt style, done on the embroidery machine.

They are cat people, so 2 of the corners have cats.

 

I'm a dog person, so he had to get in there, too.

And, Pooh for the baby.  Hope that scary looking face above Pooh doesn't scare the baby. haha  

I quilted around the letter and alternated horizontal and vertical lines in the blocks. Irregular spacing.  Line spacing in the border also.

Love the colorful dots for the sash and border.

The back is a bit brighter yellow that this shows.   And some wild stripe for the binding.

The baby should have that alphabet all learned by the time he goes to school. 

August accomplishments

 Well, August has been crazy. I finished some stuff....I started some stuff...and I trashed some stuff.

I finished....

..My sister's Plaids quilt .. you've seen it

My cousin Bob's quilt .. in the mail to him

..7 potato chip challenges ... in various degrees of finished ... you've seen those

..Quilted 4 baby quilts for my sister for her new grandbaby ... you've seen those

..Pieced an alphabet baby quilt for my nephew ... it will be quilted when my a/c is fixed in the studio

... finished block #2 in the Pumpkin Kisses BOW

 

..Made 21 crazy quilt blocks ... 20 green and 1 red ..  they are on eBay

..Made 80 rail fence blocks .. they are on eBay

 

..Made 42 Red crazy quilt blocks .. they are on eBay.  The centers are a texture...satin, velvet, corduroy, felt, etc. They are done on the embroidery machine.

 

 

 

..Made 12 Circus Horses blocks. they are on eBay.  It is the center of a Bonnie Hunter block. These are already 18"..if I had finished the block it would have been 24" ..  too large. All the horses are different.  I only had a pic, not the pattern. Her pieces were probably much smaller. My horse square was 6.5". Bonnie's was probably 2" or smaller.

 

..And I started one of these circles on squares. My first intention was to hand sew the circles down, with batting inside. I quickly gave up that idea and fused the circle down and stitched around with applique stitch. I'll make 80 or more. The squares are blacks, whites and greys. The circles are all wild.

 

That's all I got. 

I decided September would be different. I will have no 'formal' challenges. I'll just work on whatever I like. I have plenty to choose. from. haha

Potato Chip quilt block challenge from MQR

 OK, you know I can't make just one, right?   Here we go...

1.  Scrappy basic. made 24 blocks...on eBay. I screwed up and made them all the same way.  sigh!

 

 

 

 

2.  Spiral dogs and bones.  all done...made 12 blocks. blocks are 18".  on eBay.

 

 

 

3.  Hearts, red and white. 2.5 of 12 hearts finished. (that's 10 blocks, since it takes 4 blocks to make 1 heart.  Blocks are 24".

 

 

 

 

4.  Linked boxes, blue and white. Blocks are 12". 23 of 30 are done.

 

 

#5.  Gridlock, tiny bits, the bits in the bottom of the potato chip bag. 9 of 20 finished. blocks are 12". I need to stop using that dark gray in with the whites.

 

 

6.  Basic with applique hearts. done and sold.  Blocks are 12" Hearts were leftovers from another project. There were 20 blocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  Pinwheels. 3 of 6 pinwheels done. That is 12 blocks done as it takes 4 blocks to make 1 pinwheel.  Blocks are 24". Not sure I like these, the background is too busy with the flowers to see the pinwheels properly. Needed more contrast.

 

 

 

 

 

And, that is all. I actually thought I would get these all pieced before today. hahahahahahahaha   I know, delusional. 

But they are fun....mostly. 

I do like a few more designs, but may have to finish these up and call it a day.