Lots of Blocks!

I've been busy sewing up lots of blocks!

First up, I chose this block for March, for my month as the do. Good Stitches quilter:

 Road to Tennessee Block

(tutorial here)

I asked my stitchers to send blocks in bright solids;

it's going to be a fun quilt!

I've also been working on the

Sister's Ten Modern Block of the Month blocks:

March blocks
(I accidentally made the smaller sized blocks first!)

 April's blocks, Lady of the Lake

And I've been doing a little practicing FMQing lately . . . 

these samples are destined for the back of a pillow.

I hope to have this finished up soon!

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Shelburne Falls Washi Dress

I'm so happy to have finished up this little dress-- my first "Washi" dress!

Fabric: Shelburne Falls, plaid & dot, by Denyse Schmidt.
Pattern: Washi Dress by Rae, modified just a bit.  I added about 1.5 inches to the length of the top to bring the waistline down a bit.  Then I started the rows of shirring a little lower too, and added a few extra.  I followed Rae's video to add a bodice lining to the top -- this turned out to be an amazing way to finish the dress (genius!).
I see many more of these dresses in my future -- I'm going to try one in voile next!

front "U" cutout -- surprisingly easy!

shirring on the back

lining layer on the inside

And since I had extra fabric, I made a little clutch, too!

I'm entering this dress into

Rachel's Shelburne Falls contest

at Stitched in Color.

Be sure to check out the other creative entries, too!

(Now we just need some warmer weather--

yes, that is still snow in the background!!!)

Improv Quilt, finished!

 What a fun quilt to have finished!

I loved making these improv blocks,

using up my treasured AMH Good Folks fabric.

 Wonderful texture with straight line quilting!

Wouldn't these photos have been beautiful,

had I looked at my camera settings more carefully?

(I was so frustrated when I returned home from my friend's beautiful farm to find all of my photos way overexposed!!!)

So here is the finished quilt again, on the clothesline in my backyard:

Love, love, LOVE this quilt!
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