It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Wisconsin. We can tell fall weather is coming from the cool temperatures and the few trees that are starting to change color.
I'd say it was quilting season, but for me, it always is! Winter, spring, summer or fall. How about you?
Today's "finish" is just a flimsy.
The pattern is Carolina Chain, by Bonnie Hunter, from her book
Addicted to Scraps.
It's a great pattern, but of course I changed it for my quilt (as I always do) just to make it my way.
In the pattern,the blocks are on point, with scrappy blue side triangles and no borders. I set my blocks on the straight, and added a border. I also used lots and lots of my favorite novelty prints, both in lights and darks. It was so much fun to piece.
I keep using this butterfly/dragonfly fabric in everything. I got about 5 yards of it in a $5.00 bag at Goodwill.
How am I going to quilt it? I'm NOT. I'm handing it over to the ladies at the quilt group. They'll quilt it on a longarm, and I'll probably get it back for binding. Then it will go to charity.
We just found out that the local Boys and Girls Club needs quilts for the kids. I think this would work for that project, but it will go wherever it's needed.
In other news, I'm in the home stretch, piecing my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts.
The blocks for the Fly Away Home quilt are almost done! I ran out of white fabric to finish the last few flying geese blocks, so I'll have to get some today. Can't wait to put this one together.
All the Wagon Trail blocks are done, and are ready to sew together. I'm going to set the blocks together in fours, quilt them, and then set them together.
New projects keep calling my name. (Why is that?) Last Wednesday night, we had a speaker at our quilt group meeting who showed us amazing ways to make quilts from panels. I was so inspired, I had to dig around in the basement and find my panels bin.
I have more than I thought I had. Even an alphabet and teddy bears set from the 1980s. What exactly am I going to do with these? It will be fun to find out.
Little Buddy loves to have his picture taken. He likes "helping" Grandma.
Thanks, Bonnie Hunter, for the inspiration and the terrific pattern.
Cheers for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
Linking up with
Angela at
soscrappy
Sarah at
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Myra at
Busy Hands Quilts
Cynthia at
Oh Scrap
