november finish

I recently received Scrap Republic by Emily Cier, a lovely book that shares ideas of using your smaller pieces. Also very inspired by the colorful creations of Jolene over at Blue Elephant Stitches, I just had to give it a try.

Starting with a sunny yellow center, I added one or two logs of each color.

My scrappy rainbow log cabin is 38" by 39". I quilted diagonal lines 1" apart on Hobbs Thermore polyester batting. The back is a colorful print from Nancy Wolff. A lot of times I struggle to find a good backing. Looking through my stash of children's prints this one was a perfect match!

I have saved a lot of colorful small pieces. The book has great ideas and patterns on how to use them all. I hope to dive into those scraps again soon...

There's been stormy, wet weather lately. I have a few finishes waiting for photo opportunities. Wish you all some time to create!

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wordless wip wednesday

finished top

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my star blocks! It is time for a little update on my last post. The stars are put together on a dark blue (Kona Nightfall), that changes color when photographed in different angle and light.

The blocks were cut down askew from 6.5" to 5.5". Ending up 5" in the finished top. This way they are twinkling a bit more. Some of the star points were cut off in the process, too.

I added three more rows, aiming for a 50" by 75" size lap:

Now to ponder quilting it myself or sending it out. So many options, such hard choices to be made...

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I will probably have to sleep on it!

Hope november is treating you all ok. It's getting cold around here. I am glad I have a pile of quilts to keep me warm!

november stars

Some late flowers from the garden celebrating 11.11.11

It's beautiful weather, and dark blue, starry nights this november. I am celebrating by making maverick stars, creating my own constellations as I go...

Wish you a beautiful friday, and may the stars wink at you, too...

lions and tigers, oh my...

Just a quick post to show the finished quilt from 2 weeks ago. Lions and tigers... is 36" * 52" with a solid green back and Quilters Dream Select batting. It was fun playing with the different widths of the bars, using precut squares and more from stash.

The more I worked on it, the more I came to love that lion print by Amy Schimler. Too cute! I like this recipe (not pattern) and plan to use it again on a later opportunity.

Wish you all a lovely week!