Pink is the new….

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Another Pink themed Paper Piecing Monday…

Today’s block is the last one for my baby quilt. It is another EQ inspired block that I turned into a paper pieced pattern. You can find the free PDF pattern for this 12 inch block here…Pinwheel Snowball

Now that I have completed four of these blocks, I have been playing with the layout for the baby quilt. For the first time I had a plan for my paper piecing Monday blocks before I started making them…

I knew I wanted to make the most of the scrappy black and white background fabric so I cut a stack of 6 1/2 inch square blocks from my b/w stash and started playing with the layout.

I have a bit more rearranging to do with the blocks, but I am close to being happy with the layout. My hope is to have the top done by Friday…weather permitting!

30Mar2015

Pretty in Pink

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I am running a little late today…sorry but it is still Monday in the US so I am still within the set parameters of Paper Piecing MONDAY! So here goes…

I ummed and ahhed about making the center of the block black and white or pink. A pink center give the blocks a cool star at its center but I liked how the black and white highlighted the pennant like section of the block.

The free pattern for this 12 inch block can be found here….Pink ball 3.

I will have four blocks done next week which will allow me to start playing with the layout of the quilt top. I promise to include some wip photos of all the blocks next week.

23Mar2015

Tickled Pink….

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This weeks Paper Piecing Monday block is the second in my snowball series….

I am loving the shape of these blocks and I must admit I may do more than I originally scheduled… this block is adapted from a pattern that came with my EQ program. It has quite a few little bits, and takes 80 fabric scraps to make!

So if you would like to give it a try you can find the free PDF pattern here…Pink ball 2.

Tune in next Monday for another pink snowball block, and another bad pun!

16Mar2015

In the pink….

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This week I am starting on a new paper piecing adventure. It will not be a long one, but hopefully it will be fun. The coming series of blocks is inspired by the impending arrival of a friends baby…

Yep they are having a girl…I wanted to do a quick, scrappy fun quilt for them using snowball blocks. I have designed five 12 inch blocks for this quilt and for a change, I have an idea of what the final quilt will look like!

This first block takes 48 pieces of fabric to make and as you can tell I full embraced the novelty print and pretty pink. Just so that it did not get to sweet and girly I added some dinosaurs just for good measure! You can find the free PDF pattern here….Pink ball one

I hope you will indulge me and my love of pink over the following few weeks as I work to get this quilt done!

2Mar2015

Paper Piecing Monday…

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Another Monday another paper piecing pattern… I am eventually going to run out of ideas I am sure, but until then I give you…

The Sunny Star, another 8 inch block. This is a cute one and was pretty easy to put together (no really strange angles) and takes just 40 pieces of fabric.