ticker tape quilt + more

 I have been wanting to make a ticker tape quilt for awhile....
I have a lot of small scraps that I save and this is a perfect way to use them....
This past week I was cutting strips and squares from my stash for projects I am working on....
SOOOOOOOO when I ran into a bag of these little pieces....I had to start a little quilt!!!!

 Here is my scrappy trips quilt.....
in August I finished the wavy line quilting across the squares....

Also in August I put on the binding....

using Sandy Gervais fabric of course....

all of the pieces of this quilt are from her lines of fabrics....

I have blogged many times about this...

Here is the binding in the large glass container on the floor......
A really easy way to keep the binding out of the way and ready to clip to the edge of the quilt...

I am now working slowly on hand stitching the binding to the back and doing this in between other projects.....

I am linking to Pat Sloan's Show and Tell........
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Scrappy trips, zendoodle, recycled shirts and Traffic Jam quilt

 This post is about the projects I have been working on this past week............
I started quilting the scrappy trips with #4 stitch on my Bernina...

 This is the largest quilt I have ever quilted....
Roll the extra fabric....adjust the tiny area to sew....sew....readjust....over and over...
I am loving this quilt even more....and am getting used to the routine of machine quilting it...

 Page from my creative journal where I used some distress inks for the background...

 I just got this new book and am really enjoying it so far.....

 Our Tuesday bee group is gathering recycled shirts and making quilts...
These are some of my blocks I have done so far....

Pat Sloan's Traffic Jam pattern....
I am trying out the sashing in this photo....
I had the strips on the table using it for my Brambleberry Friends quilt and thought I would check it for a possibility for this quilt...
The sewing of the recycled shirts blocks and Traffic Jam were sewn previous weeks...
but this week I am cutting out more strips and blocks for them between the quilting scrappy trips.....
Never a dull moment.....I always have fun projects to do!!!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Scrappy Trips quilt top

This past week I finally got all of the scrappy trips blocks together!!!
I used fabric lines by Sandy Gervais for all of the blocks.....

 This is the top left.....

 Here is the top right.....

 Here is the bottom left.....

 Here is the bottom right....

Here is a photo of the quilt more from the top of the quilt but the top rows are not in the photo...
It was hard getting the photo of the whole thing....
My hubby got the photo at the top of this post and it was actually the last photo we got...
He got it by standing on a ladder to get all of the quilt in the photo....

Pat Sloan got me going this month to sew every day.....
I will be posting another time about my other projects I am working on....

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

visiting out of state quilt shops and projects I am working on...

We were in the Phoenix area and we visited 2 shops...
The first one is In Stitches and their website is here
My SIL found a pattern that a lot of people in her area are making....

 So I got the pattern but they didn't have the ruler there...
But I found the ruler at the 3 Dudes Quilting...
Their website is here

They had a really neat display with the Glamping fabric by Moda....

There is a photo on their website under What's New...
They served coffee and cookies...very friendly people...

My SIL has made 3 of the spiral table runners...
Now...I will wait on making my spiral table runner....as I have a lot of other projects to do!!

Some of the projects I am working on this week are:

• scrappy trips layout....got the block placement decided and ready to sew together...

• traffic jam...I have been cutting out squares.....Pat Sloan pattern...
• Brambleberry Friends BOM by Pat Sloan...
• Rancher's Daughter Quilt Along blocks....
• recycled men's dress shirts project with my Tuesday group...
• Craftsy reversible tote.....

 

I will link up with Pat Sloan's Show and Tell

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

64 blocks for scrappy trips quilt

 I have posted a photo of each block I have made for my scrappy trips quilt.....

 I started these blocks in January and have certainly enjoyed putting all of them together....

 I used Sandy Gervais fabrics for all of the blocks.....

Here is the last block.....sad in a way as it has been so fun...........
Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville has the directions for the scrappy trip around the world...

Here are some of the blocks on my LR floor.....
Taking photos is a good way to see what blocks look best together....
I just layed blocks down to see what happens...
I have a lot of major changing blocks around to find the best placement....
Such great fun!!!!.......

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Scrappy trips blocks 57 through 60

 I am getting close to having all of the scrappy trips blocks done....

 These are for my scrappy trip around the world quilt using a tutorial from Bonnie Hunter.....

This quilt will have all Sandy Gervais fabrics in the blocks....

I am working on the last four blocks and I will post when they are finished....

The flickr group is growing and it is fun to see what others are doing....
I think everyone should join in the fun.........

I am linking to Pat Sloan's Show and Tell.
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

scrappy trips blocks 53 through 56

 It is time to show some more scrappy trips blocks...

 I have changed to putting the dark blocks in a different place on the block...
going from top left to bottom right............

 I am still continuing with all Sandy Gervais fabrics in these blocks...

It is a lot of fun to see other scrappy trips quilts all over the internet and flickr!!
I am linking with Pat Sloan's Show and Tell!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

adding another jelly roll for more scrappy trips blocks

 In this post are blocks 49 through 52........

 I opened another jelly roll....Flirt by Sandy Gervais..........

 These are a lot lighter in color....but I love the variety of all the blocks so far!

 I decided to start adding in the other jelly roll fabric lines with the Flirt...

Finally I discovered if I sew the strips of blocks in a reverse order...then I have the dark going the opposite way.....and I will need it going that way in half of the blocks....
I can also turn the blocks to the side to get the dark to go from top left to lower right...
I am still having fun with these and enjoying this process with no rush......

Join in the fun....and check out the photos on flickr...awesome quilts in this group....

I am joining Connie at Freemotion by the River for Linky Party Tuesday!
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

scrappy trips blocks 46 through 48

 This is one of my favorite blocks of my scrappy trips blocks so far....

 I am mixing up the different fabric lines of Sandy Gervais jelly rolls....

I have ordered a new Sandy Gervais jelly roll and can't wait to get it....
I thought I needed another fabric line to add to this quilt............

The flickr group Scrappy Trip Along now has grown to 1,033 members...
such fun to see all the colorful quilts.....
I am linking with Connie at Freemotion by the River for Linky Party Tuesday!
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

scrappy trips blocks 41 through 45

 Continuing on with showing my blocks for my scrappy trip around the world quilt....
I am mixing up Sandy Gervais fabric lines in each block now instead of keeping each block in the same fabric line as I did at the beginning............

I am linking with Connie at Freemotion by the River for Linky Party Tuesday...
And linking with Pat Sloan's Show and Tell Thursday......

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

scrappy trips blocks 36 through 40

 I am working on blocks for my scrappy trip around the world quilt.....
Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville has the directions for this...

I added a strip of Flirtations by Sandy Gervais to the previous block...

 Then by accident I mixed the Lollipop and Pumpkins Gone Wild together in the same block...
I had them in a box together and forgot I had done that...but it is okay...more scrappy..

 So I will probably do more mixtures of blocks.....

If you haven't started one of these....you better get at it....it is fun!!

AND...Be sure to check the Scrappy Trip Along flickr group for lots of fun ideas!!
There are over 1,000 members in that group!!

I am linking with Freemotion by the River for Linky Party Tuesday....
and also linking with Pat Sloan's Show and Tell Thursday......
Smiles and hugs....Caryl