I am so excited about my current Second Chances quilt.

Not ready for the complete reveal, but here’s a sneak peek…
I am so excited about my current Second Chances quilt.
Not ready for the complete reveal, but here’s a sneak peek…
The 25 blocks are now a top.
I used THIS TUTORIAL as a guide while I considered setting options. A tilted look fit the vibe of the quilt.
I also added a border.
And the top is finished. Quilting soon, I hope.
The green crumb quilt is moving along.
I have completed 25 blocks and am really pleased with how they look.
Given the inspiration, art murals created by our art teacher and kindergarten-grade 5 students at school, I decided on a low volume print for the setting and a “tilted” look.
Those are all coming together.
I hope to start assembly by this weekend.
A little while ago I shared pictures of a new idea.
Now I have a picture of progress.
I have never made crumb blocks before, but I am (mostly) enjoying the process. Getting the pieces to end up the “right” size isn’t as easy as it looks, but I am working along and learning as I go.
There are numerous tutorials out there, but it seems that it is most productive to just “give it a go” and learn while creating.
I’ll keep you posted…
Inspiration for new idea.
Pulling fabric for new idea.
It looks a mess, but the excitement is real.
I am gearing up for a weekend of binding. Goal: FOUR quilts.
Here is the first victim.
Starting soon…
Some of those great scraps from Stephanie have found an idea.
And a purple patchwork project is in progress.
Right now I have three quilts in the works.
The Jewel Box quilt has become my leader/ender and there are suddenly 50 blocks complete. Only about 10% of the final total, but that is progress. One must be persistent with this sort of project.
Next we have a Second Chances quilt. It is slowly evolving and will be a fun small quilt, table topper or wall hanging soon. Fun colors!
And, finally, we have my new general scrap pattern for donation quilts. I use them to practice on the treadle. I am getting better rhythm and fewer thread breaks all the time. This is 15 blocks out of 35 to create a 60″ x 80″ top.
In the meantime, there is one quilt being bound and four waiting for binding. I am saving them up for General Conference the first weekend of April, a great time to listen, learn, reflect and bind quilts.
More updates (and some of those quilts finished) soon!
The blog has been a little quiet lately, but not because nothing has been going on. Life is busy, but not in a bad way. Trying to keep school in business and take care of personal obligations…that sort of thing.
It seems like when I am busy, I always get several projects going at the same time, too.
There is a whole set of Welcome Home blocks (96 of them) ready to build two twin size quilts. These were mostly sewn on my “new” treadle machine (that story coming soon).
And a 30s quilt that is using up some small (2″ square) scraps. It has no definite size plan. Just until I am out of usable scraps, maybe?
And the start of a Jewel Box quilt. The blocks will finish at 4″. It will only take 500 or so to make a queen size quilt. Probably a two year project.
And a Second Chances quilt that is nearly done. Just 15 small snowballs to go.
I am pleased that the current projects show so much style variety. Yes, they are all scrappy, but so many different aesthetics.
So, that is four active projects, plus the one I hope to finish binding in the next few days and show by the end of the week (also a Second Chances quilt). Other than that, not much. 🙂 You know how it is.
When THIS QUILT was sized down I was left with 32 extra 16-patch blocks. What to do with them?
There are plenty of 2″ squares at my place, so I made an additional eight blocks. Then, 40 4-patches with 2″ background all around.
Well, that was a quick top. Only 48″x60″, but a nice lap quilt size. And, no leftovers.