Not All Solids quilt finish & To-Do Tuesday #13

Yesterday I finished my Not All Solids liberated log cabin mini quilt!

It measures 15" x 17".  I started it last June after watching a TQS show.

The show is #2310 Big Impact with Bits, Scraps and Tiny Blocks with Lynn Carson Harris.  I just fell in love with this improv method using tiny scraps!

I used Riley Blake crayola solid colors for most of this but added a few pieces from my stash that are not solid....hence the name of the quilt!  I have blogged about this before.  I have been hand quilting this when we meet for our Tuesday quilt group.  This quilt has been so much fun to make.....I just want to make another one!!

This is my 13th week of linking with Home Sewn By Us for To-Do Tuesday.

Here is my list from last week and my progress

To-Do Tuesday for Week of March 24 through March 30:

1. Start putting my Around the Cabin blocks together and see how many more I need to make yes
2. Finish 3 more pineapple foundation paper pieced blocks yes
3. Get binding on the liberated log cabin quilt yes
4. Get the rest of the pieces cut out for the Apple Crisp quilt and sew more HST blocks almost

1 I got several groups of blocks sewn together....will be challenging as most of these blocks are all different sizes!  I have just been sewing blocks over the past year between other projects....now it is time to get them trimmed or add to some for them to match up!

2 3 more pineapple blocks done and total of 6 done now

3 As above I finished this quilt

Here is the back of the quilt using lime green Bobbins and Bits fabric

4 I cut out more of the Apple Crisp pieces but not all of them...and did more sewing of HST blocks

Update on the 15 week 200 mile challenge I started on Sunday, March 8 #2020spring200mile15weekchallenge

Through yesterday I have walked 50.74 miles.  

With average needed of 2 miles a day I am ahead of schedule.  This is a doable challenge and I like to be ahead with extra for those days when I just don't want to or can't get 2 miles!!  Anyone else doing this challenge?

To-Do Tuesday for Week of March 31 through April 6:

1. Do more Stitch Meditations
2. Do more FMQ on the yellow brick road quilt
3. Work on online class lessons
4. Spend time each day in my creative journal

Here is a page from my creative journal that I posted in my FB group

I am linking to Roseanne's  linky #34

Be sure to check it out and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Disappearing Jelly Roll Rails quilt

 A Friday finish this week........will link to finish it up Friday crazymomquilts...
I did the hand stitching on the binding this week while waiting at the hospital during my DH knee replacement surgery.

 I did a tutorial on making this quilt in an earlier post  http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2017/03/disappearing-jelly-roll-tutorial.html

I used the binding tool for the first time and watched several videos for how to use it....

I mainly took the photos for myself to remember next time..........

I will also link with Connie at Freemotion by the River for Linky Tuesday.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Disappearing Jelly Roll tutorial

 Are you looking for a project to use up some jelly roll pieces?
This is a tutorial and a story of how this quilt came about!!

Last weekend I was making a charm box mini quilt....very similar to the one I made last summer that was smaller...It is a pattern from Fat Quarter Shop....

AND I got an idea to use jelly roll strips.....so I started another project!

 I dug in my scraps and used 9 jelly roll strips, each about 17" long, and sewed them together...
I  put the zigzag strips at the 1st 5th and 9th positions....no particular reason, just balancing the look...
Then I cut down the center of every other strip starting with the first strip...
The above photo just shows the start of cutting one group....

Then I cut each of the 4 groups every 4" using my Stripology ruler....so I had 4" squares...
My idea was to use these 4" blocks and mix them with strips and squares.

BUT I started putting them in an alternating pattern and before long there was a pleasing pattern!
AND I ended up with a 14½" square miniquilt top!  Now to quilt it and bind it....
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Full moon....time for Log Cabin Loonies

Here is what I have so far with my log cabin blocks.  I am making 4½" size blocks using 1½" strips...
And the larger blocks have 2½" strips and are 8½" blocks.  I did one with the outer strips of the larger block being wood grain like logs.................it was a test to see if I like it or not!  What do you think?

Linking with JulieKQuilts for this full moon log cabin lunacy fun!!
Linking with Freemotion by the River Linky Tuesday.....

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Log Cabin Lunacy!!

Log cabin quilts are so fun!  And Julie at JulieKQuilts has asked quilters to join in on posting log cabin quilt progress every full moon.  Sooooo I had to join in on this fun.....so this week I started a new log cabin quilt using up some of my strips and scraps!  The link to her blog post.....
http://juliekquilts.blogspot.com/2016/05/log-cabin-lunacy.html

The first photo shows the 1" strips and so far the blocks in the photo are 2½" but I am planning on making them 4½".  The other blocks are 2" strips and so far those blocks are 5½" and I am planning on making them 8½".  I am using a lot of Pat Sloan fabrics and will be adding some Lori Holt fabrics and many others.  I may use a combination of the different sizes in the quilt.

If you want to check my past blog posts for log cabin quilts check the label log cabin block.  Also the last blog post I did in March shows the little blocks I made for cabin posies quilt using 1" strips.

Linking to Julie Log Cabin Loonies  here

Linking to Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River here

Happy full moon day!!

String bean log cabin quilt finished

I started this quilt in March when Pat Sloan offered a free pattern and a challenge.

You can find the pattern on Craftsy.

I used bobbins and bits fabrics plus others.  I used my walking foot for straight and wavy lines. On my Bernina it is #4stitch and 2 width and 2 length.

I hand quilted the centers of each block using Aurifil #12 matching thread and fabric with finishing set tart and macaroon from Fat Quarter Shop online.

  

I will link with crazymomquilts 

And freemotionbytheriver

Farm Girl Vintage chicken foot block + other quilt projects

 I finished another FGV block to hang on the clothesline in my sewing room.....
I have a lot of quilts in progress and here are photos of SOME of them....

 I am hand quilting the center rectangles of my string bean log cabin quilt........
I hope to have this done this week............

 Gudrun of GE Designs has a facebook group and this is the start of the quilt Another Part of Me.  I am using the stripology ruler on this project.

 I made some tubes of my Bobbins and Bits fabric strips and used my strip tube ruler and cut some blocks.  This was started on a day when I just wanted to sew strips and keep the petal down!

I bought Leanne's House BOM I think in 2007 and I have finally started on it.

Lots of projects......lots of fun!!

I will link with Connie at Freemotion by the River for Linky Tuesday............

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

String Bean Challenge quilt

Pat Sloan gave us a challenge on her blog and a free pattern.

I have posted it on instagram, her facebook group and flickr.....

I used mostly Pat's bobbins and bits fabric but added some other fabrics too.

I haven't decided how to quilt it yet???  Any ideas?  Wondering how others are quilting theirs?

Link to Pat Sloan's blog

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Link to Connie at Freemotion by the River

coasters for quilt friends

Last evening was our Christmas party for our quilt bee group

The stack of coasters I made were an inspiration from Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation

I used jelly roll strips sewing two together 

then cutting and making 4 patches

closeup of one of them

The back is Bobbins and Bits batik so these can be used all year

 The table setting was lovely.  We usually do a potluck for Christmas but this year one of the daughters cooked us a really delicious meal.

Here is my awesome quilt friends.  They are so special and what a special evening we had at Jackie's.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

I am linking to finish it up Friday and Link a Finish Friday
Also linking to Linky Tuesday Freemotion by the River

D4P block

I finally got my sewing machine back from getting a tuneup!  3 weeks is a long time!!  A reminder to myself not to be without my sewing machine in November.....take it in earlier!

This is Pat Sloan's birthday month and she has requested blocks for her birthday and I decided to make a D4P block.  I used 4 charm squares out of her batik Bobbins and Bits fabric.  Here are the photos:

 I did a D4P tutorial in June 2010 on my blog.

I ended up with a difference in the last seams and I tried to pull them together...
so now a decision....
rip it out and hope it improves with a new seam?
just leave it?  I am tempted to leave it as in the past when I change something it gets worse!
Anyone reading this....what would you do?  Thanks for any suggestions.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Update:  thanks for the input...I did send this block to Pat.