100% and then back to zero

I took me a while to get moving on Saturday, I don't know why I was so tired, but I did finally get to cutting more print strips and sewing the pairs together. Sunday I finished sewing the strip sets, sliced then, and got all 24 blocks I needed done! I didn't want to use too many novelty fabric, but I did have to add one minion fabric and one with skulls. I did managed to find enough different prints so each print is only used in one block.

I am happy with the layout. I tried to spread the colors around as I placed them on the design wall. So now it is on to sewing the rows together.

73% done

I got those 12 blocks sewn together, pressed and hung on the design wall. That means I am 73% done with making the blocks for this quilt. The one block is laying on the floor because I ran out of room on the wall and there will be 10 rows by 9 blocks wide.

I dug around and found these to containers that had some fat quarters in them.

I need 24 more blocks and was able to find 15 prints that I had not used yet in this quilt. I still need 9 more prints, but I am confident I can dig around in the fabric storage room and find 9 more prints that will work.

On my way to work I got to thinking about what do I have for backing. I want a print with some color. I will have to look around this weekend to see what I can find.

Have a great weekend!

Better than nothing

I had dinner with a friend last evening so I didn't have much time to sew. I did manager to get two blocks sewn together this morning before I left for work. That is better than nothing! LOL!! I will press them once I get the rest of the blocks in this group sewn together.

It had been a few months since my friend and I got together so I had a few things to pass over to her. I had the placemats that I dyed, a knitted baby blanket - that is a long story, and the flannel table topper.

It was good to get together and hear about her trip to San Antonio to go to a rodeo and visit family.

The daffodils are enjoying the milder weather although it is still getting cold at night. They must be at least 8 to 10 inches tall already. The daylilies are poking up too although the deer come by and eat the new tender leaves. Once the leaves get about 4 to 6 inches the deer won't eat them.

More progress on the 16 patch blocks

I got the strips sewn together

pressed, and sliced into 3" wide pieces so they are ready to sew into blocks.

These will make 12 blocks which will give me a total of 66 blocks. I need 90 so I will have to go digging in the stash again for 24 more prints since I want each block to have a different print.

5 more done

I got those five blocks sewn together

and here they are slapped up on the design wall. I now have 54 of the 90 blocks I need sewn together. That comes to 60%.

I got started on sewing the strips together for the next batch of blocks. I need 36 more blocks. I have no idea how many blocks I will get out of these strips - I didn't bother to count yet.

When I was cleaning up plies of fabric looking for more prints for cutting strips for this quilt, I cut these wide strips out of my pile of neutral fabrics. I saw this on ebay for these vintage 17" nine patch blocks that I liked. I thought to myself why buy these when I have fabric that I have had so long it is now vintage so I will make my own vintage neutral nine patch blocks! LOL!!! Look at the stack that I ended up with! This will be one of those projects that will take a while because I will sew these when I have a few minutes here and there.

Now we are making progress!

This is the first weekend in a while that I have not been exhausted. I still have a cough, but the feeling of constantly being tired has lifted. This definitely shows in the amount of sewing I got done this weekend. I now have 49 blocks on the design wall!

For now I am just sticking them up trying to spread the colors around. I have five more blocks ready to sew together. Since I need 90 blocks for this quilt I am more that half way done with the making blocks!

I spent a couple hours yesterday going thru a few more stacks of fabric sorting and cutting more strips of prints. I would like to end up using each print only once. Here is my next stack to sew together.

I am going to have to go thru my fabric again and take a second look at the prints I did not cut from the first time thru. I still need another thirty or so of prints so some of those rejects the first time might get used after all.

I also make more banana cupcakes on Sunday. One of the fellows at work didn't get one on Friday at the pig out so I told him I would bring some today. There were lots of cupcakes at the pig out, but mine were the only homemade ones. I guess people just don't bake. I forgot to take a picture of the nine of them this morning after I frosted them, but here is a picture of three of them in the container I put together for that fellow. For me this is fun to hand over some homemade goodies to someone who appreciates them.

Did you get some quilting/sewing done over the weekend to celebrate International Quilting Weekend? I also spent some time doing laundry and dishes, but left a few tasks around the house undone since I spent so much time sewing. This week I will have to catch up on those.

Yeah it is Friday!

It has been a long week so I am glad the weekend will start in just a few hours for me. Last night I made from scratch, banana cupcakes for work. I have always been out in the field, so this is the first St. Patrick's Day pig out at the office I will attend. The company is furnishing corned beef and cabbage, fish, and a host of sides. Employees are to bring dessert.

I iced them with cream cheese frosting and added some green sprinkles. I didn't have any regular sized cupcake papers; I only had Texas sized papers so my cupcakes are big and I only got 9 out of the batch.

This weekend the 15th thru 17th is International Quilting Weekend. Almost every weekend is a quilting weekend for me! LOL!! Have a great quilting weekend!