Mom was right!

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I have started a new project, using a jelly roll of fabric from a line called Georgia by Moda Fabrics.  I was at the local quilt store and felt a jelly roll was a more economical purchase than a half yard each of the entire fabric line, looking so wonderful on the shelf.  😊

So, what jelly roll pattern to use?  I have a pattern called Over and Down Under, purchased a few years ago:

You need one jelly roll of 40 strips, and a background fabric.  I bought a deep purple for the background.

I ran this idea past my mom: sending her the image above of the pattern, and sending her to the website by Moda of the Georgia fabric line.  (You can click and see it too.)

Mom is a retired art teacher, and knows color, hues, tints, shade, contrast etc.  She gently pointed out, that although a set of beautiful fabrics, the pastels would not have much contrast, and the 'woven' look may not develop.

I cut the fabric, and started anyway.  Here is part of the border:

And here is the top left corner, partially sewn together:

Mom Was Right!  6 rows together and the fabric blends together!  Well except for one strong lavender column on the right.

I will persevere and continue... (the fabric is cut) ... but this top may never be quilted.

I still like this pattern.  I have a jelly roll of bright batiks (no pastels) in a rainbow of colors, and yardage in a charcoal color for background.  That will be my next project, and I'll share it to this blog when I have some progress.

Linking up with Midweek Makers (she featured my log cabin project - thank you!), Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Teal log cabin quilt - a finish

 A finish - and it's one of my oldest UFO's!

I was living in Chicago in 1993, and a local church had a quilt show, and would allow you to display (over church pews) unfinished as well as finished items.  This project dates from that time period, and has a label on the back to prove it.

I had started hand quilting much of the quilt, so that needed to be finished up.

Note: logs in the log cabin pattern finish at 0.5 inches.

Next: how to bind the quilt?  Did I have any of the teal fabric in my stash?  Amazingly, I did.  Pieces of the border fabric (on upper right) and other fabric used in the quilt:

The final quilt, about 41 by 41 inches square:

And the backing:  a cotton -poly blend fabric that I loved at the time, and still like.  Made in the USA it said on the selvage.

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Hollyhocks: Now a top

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  I've been getting a lot done in my sewing nook this summer.

I unearthed an old pattern - yes it's copyrighted 2002.

I purchased a range of batik fabrics in pinks, raspberry, and greens, and started.  Instructions are given for templates, rotary cutting, and foundation piecing.  One block done was not very exciting.

And hollyhocks have five petals, not 4.  But I continued on.

Laid out on my design floor.  Dark green background at the bottom, for foliage and shadows, and blue/white batik for sky and clouds above.

I am almost done!  I added a 5 inch border in medium green all around.  It does look like hollyhocks, and I am quite pleased with how this turned out.

I will send this to the long arm quilter I use, once I pick out a quilting pattern, and find some backing fabric.  My older sewing machine did not like sewing on batik fabric with its high thread count - tension troubles!

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County Clare blocks

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I decided to try a few of the Leaders and Enders blocks designed by Bonnie Hunter - the County Clare pattern.  See her blog for more information.

I am working in 30's reproduction fabrics as I have a good number of scraps and pieces laying around.  The background fabric is leftover quilt backing fabric.  I am making chains of blue fabrics, and the small squares are of all kinds of colors.

Soon, I had a small pile of blocks.

And sometimes, I centered a dog or cat or child seen in the fabric used.

As in the two Scotty dogs above.  Although Bonnie cautioned readers not to go too fast, but use the block as a leader and ender, I now have almost enough for a small baby quilt:

I still need some blocks.  The "chains" of blue are not as prominent as I would like.  It may looks better once it is sewn together.  But, these blocks are packed away for now.  A new shiny object - a new pattern - has caught my eye.  But more on that next week.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss (she featured my Cups and Saucers top - thank you!), Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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