Spiral Lone Star quilt along in March

 Yikes....I got away from blogging....I had a birthday the 16th and missed that Tuesday to blog!  Then I just stoppped and now it is time to get back to blogging again!!

Jan Krentz is having a Spiral Lone Star quilt along starting in March and I wrote a little about it in my FB cinnamon holiday workshop post on February 6.  The following is from the Amazon site where you can purchase her pattern:

From bestselling author and internationally recognized quilt instructor Jan Krentz, the Spiral Lone Star Quilt, originally published in Lone Star Quilts and Beyond, is now available as a stand-alone pattern pack.

Here are some of my photos of fabric as I try to decide which ones to use. I purchased a fat quarter bundle and now to decide which fabrics to select for the quilt and then purchase more of each one I select. The fabric bundle is Connect the Dots Artisan Batiks by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

This is the photo Jan made that is so striking and I just love it!!! AND it is the photo I posted on my FB cinnamon holiday workshop.

The last two photos show what I am thinking of now...the row of 8 together in each photo.  I will probably change my mind many times.  So I will order some of the extra fabrics on the right side of the last row to go along with the other eight on the left.  I may have some other fabrics to add to these also.

Today I started a practice piece of Jean Wells design from her book Intuitive Color & Design:  Adventures in Art Quilting.  Here is a photo of the start of working on joining four pieces of solid fabrics.  I saw a video by stitches by julia about this and then watched a video by Jean Wells.  And then my February Sew Sampler box had a bunch of solid fabrics that I am now using.  SOOO I just had to start working on practicing this method!!  AND the photos show the start.....

Such fun to do!!!  

AND I am still working on my log cabin loonies small quilt..9 blocks done..

AND I am working on my kawandi table runner

AND now it is getting close to March Madness and we are watching a lot of basketball.  We love to watch our Aztecs and now we are watching a lot of other teams as well.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #52

  Today is To-Do Tuesday #52  and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of February 2 through February 8:

1. Grassy Creek Bonnie Hunter quilt...get all the directions I need because the posts with all the directions, tips and photos will be going away on Feb 12✅
2. FMQ 4 times this week✅
3. Log Cabin Loonies...add the next 6½" strips and make more blocks✅
4. Mat for under my mixer using Blueberry Park fabric✅

I finished the mat and then I decided it is too pretty to cover up under my mixer so I will gift it to someone.  AND use some practice FMQ piece for under the mixer!

front and back photos....sorry I didn't crop the photos on my phone before transfer

Here is a journal page from last week.  It has a photo of a FMQ image I did.

A photo of a new project I started using Peltex and some ME honeybun strips doing quilt as you go quilting with the walking foot

To-Do Tuesday week of February 9 through February 15:

1. FMQ x 4 days
2. finish the ME Peltex project
3. do more log cabin blocks

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

https://www.homesewnbyus.com/index.php/to-do-tuesday-79-our-last-linky-party/

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #51 and Log Cabin Loonies

 Today is To-Do Tuesday #51  and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of January 26 through February 1:

1. Keep stitching Kawandi table runner every day✅
2. Grassy Creek quilt blocks✅
3. Log Cabin Loonies blocks✅ 
4. Do some free motion quilting✅

  Here is a photo of some of the log cabin blocks in different stages...checking to see if I want to turn every other block for a different possible layout!

Julie at JulieKQuilts is the leader of all the log cabin lunatics.....join us!

No other photos of my other goal projects. 

I started some new projects....I got the idea to make a mat to put under my mixer to make it easier to move on my counter.  I saw this on another blog.  

AND I started another improv small quilt.

The next photo is from my creative journal/art journal documenting the end of December and first of January.  I am in a fun FB group where everyone shares their decorative journal pages.

AND here is a photo of a beautiful plant that a neighbor gave me last weekend for happy new year!

To-Do Tuesday week of February 2 through February 8:

1. Grassy Creek Bonnie Hunter quilt...get all the directions I need because the posts with all the directions, tips and photos will be going away on Feb 12
2. FMQ 4 times this week
3. Log Cabin Loonies...add the next 6½" strips and make more blocks
4. Mat for under my mixer using Blueberry Park fabric

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

https://www.homesewnbyus.com/index.php/to-do-tuesday-78-weekly-update/

AND go check out the others that link to this site

Smiles and hugs....Caryl