Late 2021 start: Fun with Bricks

Hello and welcome on this cold windy day in the American Midwest! 

I have the beginnings of a new quilt project to share today.  I had out on my sewing table a range of dark blue and brown reproduction fabrics, piles from a log cabin top I worked on (fairly) recently.  I was inspired by the pattern Fun with Bricks on Bonnie Hunter's free patterns page, so I got to work cutting strips, and squares of unbleached muslin.  I started after Christmas in 2021.

Here is one square:

Following Bonnie's pattern exactly.  The values of the dark fabrics are the same, but note how "pinwheels" appear in the center if you orient the fabrics a certain way.  This could be interesting in scraps of two differing colors and somewhat different values.

Well, that block may not be too exciting.  But note the diagonal movement when you set some blocks together:

Set side by side, not sewn together yet.  I am still attracted to patterns with this kind of movement!  I hope I find time in the next few weeks to sew more blocks together!

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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Closing out the year with some border progress

 Good day on New Year's Eve!  Welcome to my blog.

I am closing out the year with some progress on a stalled UFO.  It's been a very busy fall at work and I haven't gotten into my sewing room as much as I would like.  But yesterday I felt energized and I put borders on my Dutchman's Puzzle, simmering for some time.  I blogged about the range of fabrics - ages and styles, in this post.

New batik fabric borders really perk up the top.

The blue is the same fabric as in the sashing.  The red is also a mottled batik fabric.  And a view of a corner:

That red really jazzes things up, and pulls out the reds in the blocks.

Happy New Year to you!!  Here is hoping for a better 2022.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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A finish - Crayon Box

 Good day and welcome to my blog post for this week!

It's been a very busy fall for me, and so I haven't been sewing or quilting as much as I would like.  My Dutchman's Puzzle top is still lying on the design floor, waiting on borders.  However I did pull out a project and bound it this last weekend.  Pieced in Sept. 2020, and machine quilted by a local lady who does a great job:

This pattern is Crayon Box, a free pattern available on Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville website.  These are all Civil War and 1800's reproduction fabrics in this quilt.  I have a lot and I was trying to get them used up.  Scary thing:  All the strips cut for this quilt fit in a shoe box!  How many quilts are represented in my stash!

Here is a close up of the border.  You can see the fabrics used and the great quilting.

Final size: 91 by 91 inches.  Too big for my home sewing machine, so I am glad I "quilted by check".

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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Wednesday Check In - it's been awhile

 Wow, I haven't posted since August!  The reason is my day job keeps me very busy, during the day and into the evening and weekends.  When I do find  few hours, I take a nap.  So not much sewing has been done.

However: I did bind a hotpad this week:

It is about 11 inches square and made completely from scraps and leftovers.  Bits from from a previous red and white quilt.  Batting leftovers (cotton, 3 layers) from previous projects.  Backing too.  Even the binding is leftover from a red and white log cabin quilt project.

It actually doesn't match the colors in my kitchen, but will be great for Christmas time!  Now to find some time to put borders on my flying geese/Dutchman's puzzle project, still laid out on the design floor.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

Viridian