Lime Green Halloween....with Orange

Another UFO find with Orange....this time Crazy Quilt Pumpkins made with the embroidery machine.

This is the original pattern for the pumpkins.

I made one original, then skipped the embroidery in the sections and just did the applique part with the embroidery on the seams. I used all kinds of Halloween fabrics.

I used the same green for all the leaves and orange for the stitches around the pumpkin.

Here it is....all together.  It is 44" square.

There always seems to be an "oops" in my projects. haha   This top had a couple oops. Sometimes I forgot to skip the embroidery detail parts.....see the orange ghosts on the right hand side.

Lime Green Halloween....i love it.

4 Patch I Spy .... with Orange

And the fun just keeps going. I found more blocks that had been pieced that had orange sashings, so i figured that would work for the February Orange Challenge from Judy Laquidara. I am on a roll for this month....I never would have guessed I had this much orange.

This is what the blocks looked like when I pieced them on August 13, 2019. I think I was at my godchild's when I did these....babysitting her dog.

This is how it all came together. I like how it looks like half blocks around the edges.

I found enough orange to match the sashing so it could have a bit of a border. It's not very large...approx. 50x60"

Makes nice 4 patch I Spy blocks.

I have a whole drawer of Halloween fabrics....and we know that holiday has a lot of orange. who knows what might be next.

Orange Madness

It's amazing that I found this much orange in the studio. I searched everywhere. Got UFO triangle blocks....9 patches left over from other projects....some 4 patches....even some HSTs...  and it all became this.

It's about 70 x 85"  Can you find the 2 selvage blocks that are pieced diagonally?

A row of 4 patches....

A row of 9 patches...smaller ones...

And larger ones....

A lot of bits and pieces became scrap blocks....rows and rows of them....

Even some HSTs...

These triangles were part of a UFO from a couple years ago. I had enough of them to make a row across the middle and another row down the side.

There is still some orange fabric on the shelve, but all of the selvages are used up and the bits and pieces are gone.

Today I searched for more orange UFOs....after all, there is still some February left.  I managed to find 3 bags with things cut out that were orange......stay tuned for more.

Coral and Aqua...with some gray

In the spirit of February is Orange....I dug out this UFO. We'll pretend the coral is close enough to orange to work.

Several rows were already finished....and the gray patches were sewn on....and the rest of the HST blocks were put together, so I just needed to sew the rest of the rows together.

This is what I got...

Plan A was to have the gray patches over the whole thing.....but, since it has been marinating for a while.....and I really wanted it finished....we went with plan B....and ditched the rest of the gray and just put the rows together. Works for me. haha

I'll use the rest of the gray patches in something else.

I bought the coral and aqua fabrics together in a bundle, so it works well together. The blocks are 6" and it is set 10x12, so is about 60 x 72.

This was the inspiration photo....copied from Mary Johnson's blog. 

And now I am on to another Orange for February....it is also part of another UFO.  Should be finished before the end of the month.

Orange Selvages

In Judy's Color Challenge for the year, February is Orange. I'm using up my selvages for this challenge. Although it didn't look like there was a huge amount of orange selvages, I made 119 eight inch blocks.

And they look like this. It is 76x90

Each quarter goes in an opposite direction.  This is the middle. If you look closely, you can see that some strips are pieces sewn together. I used up the shorter pieces as I went along.

Half are vertical...

And half are horizontal...

I used the bits and pieces of leftovers to make the last block.

More orange to come.....because February is Orange....and February is not over yet.

Snowy Village

Today was a day of finishing up a few things. These Snowy Village blocks...and the train blocks....have been hanging on the design wall for quite some time. So, today I decided to piece them together.

The blocks are done on the embroidery machine. I used old feed sacks for the fabric. The middle blocks needs just a bit of border to fit the train blocks. I had some thin red and white stripe that worked well. And then had some larger stripe for the border.

Some of the train blocks...
The engine and coal car ...

Some passenger cars...

Some cargo cars.... 

There is a train station and a barn ...

A school ....

A cafe ...

Several other houses and establishments... and a bench to rest on ....

At least now I can say it is pieced. Hopefully will be quilted before I die. hahahaha

Vicki's Squares

I seem to steal borrow a lot of quilt pics from Vicki Welsh's blog. she has some cool stuff. This is something I saw a week or two ago.

I cut my squares at 5". I had some floral I wanted to use up, so that was the border.

I chose the colors from the flowers in the border.

I had enough, so i added another couple of rows at the top and bottom to use up all the floral fabric. Actually, I was short 2 floral blocks, so i substituted another floral....you can tell if you really look for it.

A great stash buster. Thanks, Vicki.