Working on flismies

Here is another border for several scrappy quilts.  This is a neutral fabric I like using. 

So do you give neutral quilts as gifts, or do you like give bold, brighter quilts as gifts?

Working on finishes

I love working with scraps.  It is always so fun to pick borders for these scrappy quilts.  But borders is where my project usually stops, and then the expense starts.  So I have a new plan.  When I buy a border, I now buy enough for several quilts.  This will cut down on the time it takes me to find a border, and it will also save money, because I won't just be putting the leftovers in with my scraps.  It will go to finish at least 3 quilts.  I am kinda doubting my color now.  I usually use a brown or green for borders so that it is fairly neutral quilt.  I do this as most quilts are given to people I really don't know.  Red is a little bold.  It went with the quilt I am working on, and I didn't think of it at the time that it is not a neutral color to put in the quilt. 

So would you give a quilt to someone that is really bold, or would you make it neutral to fit in with there home colors?

Scrappy Baby Boy quilt

I am trying to finish several baby quilts to have on hand when there is a cute baby to give one to.  Before I went back to work I always had 5 or 6 baby quilts ready at all times.  I would like to build up another stash.  For this one, I did something I always wanted to, I used pieces to make a a main block.  This one is really a free quilt.  All the blocks are leftover from other quilts.

These nine patches were made when I was doing one block a day.  I need to get back to sewing at least one block a day, I really want to spend more time sewing.

Cutting, organizing

I am still trying to get organized.  I went through my scraps from recent trimming of blocks and quilts, and cut them all down in my system. 

I am doing 1 1/2 for Lego quilts, the rest was cut into center blocks for a baby quilt and strips for the baby quilt.  I am working on a crayon quilt using the  Bonnie Hunter pattern.  Love that one to use  up scraps.

I now have 8 flimsies ready for ironing and sandwhiching.  I no longer iron before I have up, because I always fell I should reiron the whole top.

Lego quilt

I am still working on sewing up my processed scraps.  I sew until I use all of that size scrap.  Then I put the piece in a basket to iron later.  I am very behind in my ironing.  Maybe one day I will feel like ironing, but not this week.  I really do like doing this quilt. 

I hope to get inspired to iron soon.  I have probably 15 scrap centers of quilts to iron, then see if I have scraps for borders.  I am trying to sew all the fabric I have before I buy any more.

Back to sewing

I am getting to stich a little here and there.  this is actually the beginnings of 4 baby quilts.  I just cut scraps, and keep putting them in a box until I get to sew.  All these quilts will have not repeat fabrics.  I will just sew as far as I can, then put them back in the box until I cut more scraps.

Block a day

Here's our little sweetie watching guard as I am cutting out fabric.  Here is a whole bunch of string blocks that I am work on at one time.  I don't think I am going to like tearing all the paper off.  I wonder if I would have been happier using fabric.  Which would you rather us?

Block a day

Well, my block a day kinda fell to the way side.  But I plan on slowly finding them in the stack, and see how many I can finish this year.