This week I have been working on doing some more Monaluna block for the PMQG, this time I made a handful of Ohio Stars in the new Haven Range.
For the block I used the wonderful tutorial by Tessa at The Sewing Chick. Easy peasy!
I actually got quite a production line going….
Okay I admit it I got a little carried away…
But these fabrics are too much fun to not play with…
right…
I must admit I made more of these, but this is a nice selection that really highlight the lovely fabrics.
Today’s paper piecing pattern is a little bit different from my usual fair, as it is a lovely mix of traditional piecing and paper piecing, not that you can tell from the results….
The pattern I used is Lee at Freshly Pieced’s Arkansas Traveler block. Lee’s instructions are easy to follow and I loved making a block that had a little bit of traditional piecing
as well as some good old-fashioned paper piecing….
This is the block I am setting for August for my Do Good Stitches group. I can not wait to see how everyone in the Hope Circle interprets this block….
At this week’s PMQG meeting we delivered a large stack of quilts to a local Charity, Camp Erin. It was so wonderful to see the beautiful quilts that people had created for this charity. Among those delivered were three quilts made at our Charity Sew Days and the Orphan block sampler I put together….
The blocks in this quilt are fabulously diverse and really kind of fun…
Some of the blocks I trimmed, some I added borders too and others I cut in half…
There are hexagons, scrappy trips, churn dashes, nine patches and modern improv blocks. We have it all…
For the backing I found a wonderfully bright and slightly obnoxious Kaffe Fassett orange floral print that was just perfect…
The beautiful quilting was done by PMQG member Kazumi Peterson. Kazumi added an overall floral motif which went perfectly with the back of the quilt and added such a pretty cohesiveness to the front of the quilt.
I then finished things off with bright orange binding. I knew that I had to highlight the orange of the quilt – the blocks and the backing. I had originally tried putting an orange border around the quilt, instead of the grey, but I found it fought with the blocks for attention. Orange binding was the perfect compromise.
My darling husband had originally called this an ugly quilt but I think he is very wrong. The finished product is fun and bright and pretty…but I am a little biased.
This week I have been trying to sort out what is going on with my laptop. I have a work around while my computer expert (i.e. the husband) works out what the cat has actually done! In between the computer dramas I have been playing with some wonderful fabric from Monaluna’s Haven range. The PMQG is doing a fun fabric challenge with this pretty line….
I decided to make some modern 12 inch blocks and just went for it… I used a couple of blocks from “Modern Blocks” including Louise Papa’s Everything Equal block…
and Faith Jone’s Boxed In block…
and Yvonne Malone’s Seeing Double block..
I also did a little improv triangle play…
and finally I did a block that used a block from Tula Pink’s City Sampler book.
I am sorry about the lack of posting last week, and possibly this week. My computer has given up the ghost which makes writing a blog with pretty pictures very hard (I can only seem to access Instagram photos on my ipad). I am hoping to have a working solution by Wednesday, so please bare with me.
Thanks
Cath
Ps. I am of course blaming the cat.
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