Works in Progress, 4.4.12

Most of my projects this week have involved curves.

Lots of curves.

But it's been fun!

 A start on New York Beauty, Block 4

 My first Retro Flowers block -- LOVE it!

 I'm planning to do 12 more blocks . . . 

with a mix of fabrics . . .

flea market fancy, good folks, and we'll see what else jumps in.

The next 4, all ready to go!

  

 This year I'm making Easter Capes for my girls,

at least I hope to get them done in time for Easter!

  My furry friend had other ideas today, though!

In Minnesota, in April,

it's often too cool outside for the cute

Easter dresses that my little girls love.

Oliver & S red riding hood capes to the rescue!

I'm planning to make them in bright spring colors,

with a soft cozy lining,

so that my little ones don't freeze while hunting for eggs.

I think they'll be fun for playing dress up for years to come, too!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Linking up to:

Jane Market Bag

Jane Market Bag

(by Alicia Paulson)

Love this pattern -- 

what a great bag!
I need to make another --
 the large pocket would lend itself nicely to patchwork, I think!

Linking up to:

Granny Squares

I put together my granny squares quilt top yesterday!

This has been such a fun "work in progress."

I could make these blocks all day--

& I have enough scrap fabric to do just that!

When I trim up fabric scraps, I usually try to make them fit into 2 inch squares or 1 1/2 inch squares -- and I have lots of 1 1/2 inch squares!  My Granny Square blocks are made with 2 inch squares, but I wanted to use up some 1 1/2 inch too.  So I set them on point, trimmed them to 2 inches, and then made 2 inch sashing, too.  I'm planning on hand quilting this beauty . . . someday! 

And I have so many squares left over that I'm tempted to take 2 sides of the sashing off and make this quilt a little (or alot?!?!) bigger.

 Linking up to:

and

Doll Quilt Swap 12

 Finished!

 My secret partner in the DQS12

was really easy to sew for--

she likes log cabins, Munki Munki, and bright colors.

Easy!  And fun!

This little quilt measures 18 1/2 inches square.

 

 I quilted in random straight lines --

my favorite type of quilting for 

busy mini quilts. 

I'm also linking up to Fabric Tuesday,

and

Rachel's Festival of Scrappiness, 

as it was created entirely from fabric scraps!

Scrap Attack Quilt #1

Have you been following the Scrap Attack Posts at

Stitchedincolor.com?

I have quite a few scrappy projects going at the moment!

Here is my first scrappy quilt top. . . 

made using entirely extra pieces of fabric from my stash.

 It started with leftovers from this quilt.

(more about it here)

I had lots of solids left,

and a little bit of the cities/houses print

that I used on the back (below).

I fussy cut some of these scraps,

and made several log cabin style blocks.

 One of my daughters agreed to hold the quilt for me . . . 

I haven't measured it yet,

but I would say it's just a little shorter than a 6 year old!

Linking up to:

Works in Progress, Home from Vacation

We spent last week at Disney World,

enjoying warm weather and all things princessy.

It's good to be home!

Lately I've been obsessed with making Granny Squares.

It's just so much fun to trim scraps to size

(I'm doing 2" squares)

and arrange them in different color combinations.

I could do this all day!

 Here are a couple of my favorites.

(the color and focus seems off,

my camera was not behaving well today)

 Yesterday I finished up 8 scrappy blocks for 

my do. Good Stitches bee.

This was a really fun block for using up scraps --
great idea, Paula!

Below is the aftermath!

 Right before we left on our trip,
I started this color wheel quilt,

using Rachel's tutorial through her curves class.

I'm still auditioning fabrics for the center circle and edges.

I can't decide if I want to go scrappy
or use all the same fabric.

Any thoughts?

Linking up to Freshly Pieced!

Solid Swoon Mini Quilt

 I finished up my solid Swoon mini quilt this week,

and thought it would look pretty outside in the new snow.

(The blurry white smudges on the photo are snowflakes falling!)

This is my neighbor's clothesline,

my favorite spot to photograph my quilts.

This is the first time it's been quite so snowy this winter!

Close-up of the quilting --

pebble quilting in the background,

and hand-quilting outlining the star points.

I wasn't sure that this

combination of machine FMQ & hand-quilting

would "work" -- but now that it's done,

I love it! 

And the back looks so cool!

This quilt will soon be headed to my secret partner in the
For the Love of Solids Swap.
 I'm also linking up to Ellison Lane Quilts'

Mini Quilt Contest --

be sure to check out all of the amazing entries!