My Freefall finish

I intended to get this posted last week, but time got away from me and before I knew it I was headed up to Duluth to the MN quilt show.  It was a good show I found some goodies in the form of fabric, thread, patterns and the Deb Tucker Corner Beam ruler.  I always have ulterior motives for going to the show when it is in Duluth as our Son and DIL live close by.  He works in Duluth and happens to park in the convention center parking lot-I like getting chauffeured around, LOL

So onto my finish of my Freefall quilt from Sandra's QAL, she will be having the final linky party this week so of course I will be linking up there.  I am really happy with how this turned out, I love the colors and how the black background makes them really pop.

I have bar magnets that I use on the belly bar of my longarm to hold down my quilts as I float all of them.  Here you see them holding my quilt up on the steel garage door. Too bad my garage doesn't face the south so I could do most of my pic's on it.  Below is a closer look at the magnet. They are from Harbor Freight.  If you use them, be sure you don't let them snap together or it is very very hard to get them apart. And no, I have not done this, but I have heard from others who have. 

Ima, my longarm, wanted to try something a little different this time.  She thought a swirl with a closed circle would be fun, and she was right!  The swirl makes it look like the leaves are blowing in the wind.

The bar magnet also holds down a quilt on my block wall :)  The sun was shining nicely at the wall to get a more natural color of my fabrics.  The background is black and grey mottled. 

Superior variegated King Tut called Flower Pot was my thread of choice along with Hobbs 80/20 batting.

 Thank you Sandra for a fun QAL!!!

Linking with Sandra, Beth, and Connie when their linky parties open.
And I realized this was also a Q2 FAL finish for me, so I will also like with She Can Quilt

The last Freefall blocks done and RSC17

All my blocks have been sewn for the Freefall QAL hosted by Sandra.  I hope to have it all done the next time you see it.  I have a few commitments next week that have to get done and some daycare for the youngest grandson most likely, so we'll see how soon I can get to it.

For some reason these last blocks took some brain thinking for me, I think it had to do with the split colors in the the background and making sure they were all in the right spot.  I purposely didn't cut these leaves out as I wasn't sure what colors I would want after getting all the others in place. So glad I did it that way.  I am loving how it is turning out!

And my green blocks are done for RSC this month, along with linking these to Scraptastic Tuesday!

Linking at MMM linking party for the Freefall QAL

And Angela at Super scrappy for RSC17

Wishing all mothers every where a Happy Mothers Day!

Freefalling...

It's time to link up to Step 3 of the Freefall QAL that Sandra at MMMquilts is hosting. My Step 3 blocks are the ones with the black background.  Not sure if they are all placed in their final resting spot, but, you get the idea.

Looking forward to seeing all the finishes in a few weeks!  Stay tuned.

I leave you with a bit of spring from my yard...

Also linking with Midweek Makers and Let's Bee Social

Freefall QAL 2nd phase

Here are my first set of blocks pieced for Sandra's Spring Freefall QAL.  Since these were cut during the first week, the sewing went really fast.

There was some trimming up to be done and I relied on my Block Loc 2.5" ruler-love that little guy. Since these were trimmed to 2" I just had to slide it down to the 2" mark. For little blocks I like to use a small rotary mat instead of my turn table one. It's just easier to move this little guy around.

 And what's a project without a pile cute trimmings!