Sunday, November 29, 2015

Sunday Scrapiness

Over at Cynthia's Oh Scrap Sundays are always fun and inspiring. Check out what Cynthia is working on plus lots of others that link up!
Here is my scrapiness for this Sunday...  first up I am happy to say I finished my Disappearing Hourglass from Missouri Star Quilt Company.  In the end I have 10 green and 10 blue blocks.  Some of you asked if I found this fiddly to work with. No I didn't really, however the one thing I found most helpful is to pay attention to how your block is laying when you cut it apart and sew it in the final step of the block itself. Be consistent so your seams nestle the right way. I didn't pay attention for a few of them it seems as I had to tweak a few seams in the back to get them to nestle up to the next one. It came out in the end by doing that.  I had to search through some stash to find the right fabric for the outside border. It is a dark green Thimbleberries tone on tone that pulled it all together.

Since I cut 10" strips x WOF from yardage of 10 different greens and 10 different blues, that means you get 4 blocks of each print. So yep you might have guessed I have lots of leftover 10" sqs. What that means is there will be 3 more quilts of this style in the future! I just need to get more light yardage before I continue on. For the next ones I will use a different pattern of theirs-disappearing pinwheel and some of their others-so I don't get bored ya know!  I love how it came out. It measures at 55 x 65"  Into the 'to be quilted' pile it goes for now.



 Earlier this month I went to a Saturday sewing day with friends, we call our little group The Mod Squad.  It's a group of us that want to share our love of modern quilting with each other. We have a little meeting, some show and tell then we get down to sewing whatever project we bring. I had cut out a bunch of strips to make these blocks and worked on the while there. Once again when you cut strips off yardage you end up with loads of extra after doing one of these little quilts that measure 32.5" sq. when done...


 so of course there are more flimsy's in the making! I ran out of aqua blocks so I will have to make a few to finish up.  I think I still have enough blocks to put together another one!! The borders will all be different. These will get donated to our local Neonatal.  In the past they have asked for ones alike for triplets, well I will have some for quads!  I hope to finish them all up in the next week or so.

Edited to say the pattern is Leslie by Me and My Sister Designs in their 3 Times the Charm book 2



When I need a break from sewing I do a little crocheting-OMG how adorable is this little baby hat???  It was a quick one to do-I made it this morning!  I found the pattern on Craftsy a while back, downloaded it and forgot. While looking through my downloads last night I found it and thought I should try it and I am so glad I did!
Don't forget to go check out the inspiration of others at the linky party-see link in first sentence above!


20 comments:

  1. Vicki, your disappearing hourglass is beautiful! How nice to have extra blocks to make another quilt. The bright little quilts will be perfect for a neonatal unit. So happy looking. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  2. Love the disappearing hourglass! I will have to watch that video for sure now! Your other block is great, too, especially for scraps. Does it have a name?

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  3. Nice work on the Disappearing Hourglass and your Mod Squad quilt! The BEST part is there will be MORE quilts coming!!!

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  4. Love your quilts! The bright ones are so cute!

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  5. I think you will have a lot of fun making more disappearing blocks to coordinate. These are such cute quilts. And I love the new colors on your blog.

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  6. The disappearing hourglass is such a nice mix of blues and greens! And you are right--the border frames it perfectly. The Mod Squad quilts are bright and cheery--I'd never thought of matching ones for multiple births...nice. claire aka knitnkwilt.wordpress.com

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  7. Those neonatal quilts are so bright and cheery! The blocks look like little presents to me. Such sweet things to donate!
    Love your disappearing hourglass, too!

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  8. Lots of great projects this week. Love the colors on the baby quilts.

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  9. I really like your mod squad quilt! are you able to share a pattern name?

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  10. Your rainbow baby quilts are lovely and someone will be ever so happy to receive it.

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  11. Hi Vicky, I followed your link from the FB group we just joined.

    I love both of your quilts and the little baby hat. We have a new grandniece that will be two months old at Christmas. I may try that pattern. Thanks for the link!

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  12. These are all great projects that turned out lovely.

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  13. Oh that little cap is precious! You amaze me with how much you accomplish. I really like that Me and My Sister little quilt! (Mod Squad, love that too.) Your D Hourglass turned out wonderfully; makes me think of a snuggly January quilt by a fire.

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  14. The disappearing hourglass is awesome! As are the neonatal quilts, so colorful and happy :) That little cap. . . I might need to make one, not that I know anyone that has a newborn! LOL It's just too darn cute!!

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  15. Always wanted to try a Disappearing Hourglass quilt and yours makes me want to even more Vicki! It's beautiful and I love the color you chose.
    LOL - Mod Squad is what I named my Pinterest board for modern quilting. 3 times the Charm looks great!

    Oh gosh I'm in love with the little beanie you made!

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  16. I like the disappearing hour glass but I love your rainbow quilt.
    What a simple concept and what a gorgeous quilt!!! Kudos to you. http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/

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  17. that hat is adorable. I've been "pinning" hat patterns too for my new baby :)

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  18. The disappearing hourglass looks so fun and easy to make. But did you have an oops moment in the lower left?

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  19. I love your Disappearing Hour Glass quilt. I also love your new look.

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