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One little quilt finished got finished this week! I showed the top back before we went on vacation, so it was on the top of my list when we got back. The pattern name is Night Vision, but I think it looks like a pinwheel, especially in these colors.
The cats were sleeping on it, so I washed it yesterday after I got the binding on. It's extra crinkly, probably because the blocks did not lie perfectly flat. C'est la vie!
All the prints I added to the blocks except the binding (sashing, border, and backing) are polka dots! I didn't even realize I was doing that at the time. A friend of mine loves dotted fabric, and has got me into loving it too. BTW, all these polka dot prints were bought second hand.
I laid the quilt out on the floor to take another photo, but it was attacked! Can you see the culprit's tail?
All that exertion tired Snicky out, so he went to sleep under the china cabinet.
His sister, Little Lizzy, was looking out the window, sitting next to the Dead Plants Society. Poor plants! I have lots of work to do here.
A few more Color Block Stars got made, this time in green, as we finish up the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2025. The "calm" one above is for the block drive for Many Hands and Many Hearts. (Click
HERE for directions.)
And here's the wild one, made from novelty fabrics. Can you guess which one I love the best lol?
This one is a bit of a hybrid. It's the first one I made, and I didn't really think about the recipients. Are the novelty fabrics, like the Packers print, too much? Should I send it to Cynthia, or keep this one for my wild version? I can easily make her another calm one.
Is this a scrap monster, or a mini Mount Scrapmore? No, it's just a pile of strings, most of which were given to me by my friend Joey. The pile was bigger before I started a new project this week (more on that when I make more progress).
While sipping my tea this morning I sorted the strings into a scrap rainbow. I'm thinking of making string blocks again as part of next year's RSC. It's so much fun using them up making something colorful and useful.
Oh dear, here I am planning MORE blocks, when my box of RSC block sets is overflowing! Maybe I'll get to work on that today.
Have a wonderful week ahead, everyone! And Happy Quilting!
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Sylvia@Treadlestitches
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Your Night Vision quilt is stunning! I love how different yours looks in the bright colors with the light background - while mine has the dark background. They don't even look like the same blocks. Your does look very much like spinning pinwheels. Beautiful!! The dead plants society looks very familiar to me. I have a brown thumb when it comes to house plants. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sara! I like how dramatic your Night Vision quilt is, the contrast is stunning. I keep trying with house plants, but between over watering, under watering, and Lizzy biting flowers and leaves, all I have left are two cactuses and a geranium. I'm a bad plant mom sadly.
DeleteLol, Sylvia - I think we are all afflicted with "start a new project" syndrome! I'm always thinking about what's next. Your pinwheel quilt is a pretty finish - the polka dot fabrics in it are lots of fun! I love the color block stars, too. Each one is fun to look at!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diann! Starting something new is exciting, and finishing is satisfying, it's just the middle where I slow down lol. Gotta work on the middles!
DeleteI agree that pinwheels fits that adorable quilt better than Night Vision, at least in those adorable prints. Like you, I’ve got tons of block sets to stitch up into quilts. And by “tons”, I’m not exaggerating by much! LOL. I think Cynthia would love the hybrid Scrappy Stars block (who wouldn’t?).
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy! I guess I should see the block sets as sort of "quilts almost ready", rather than something to feel guilty about. After all, most of the work is done!
DeleteI understand completely, planning new blocks for RSC when there are so many previous block sets waiting to be stitched up!
ReplyDeleteRight! But making blocks is so much fun. And I will get to all of these sets, won't I? Maybe?
DeleteYour Night Vision quilt is bright and cheerful! I love it! As for planning more RSC blocks. . .I get what you are saying!!!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThanks, TerryK! Planning new quilts is even more fun than finishing old ones!
DeleteLove the Night Vision. Cynthia figures out how to use everything, so send it on! I need to get going on my block drive blocks! I'm also thinking of lots of strings next year. Great minds think alike???
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sue! I love how we all inspire each other. I was thinking about strings because Cathy at Crazy By Design makes hundreds of them, and they look terrific!
DeleteIt good to plan ahead right??? I really like your first quilt - did you have to do a y seam? Its cute - and what fun to make those happy stars!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alycia! Y seams?? Perish the thought! It's another block that uses a partial seam. I "seam" to have made a lot of these recently.
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