Looking good

Finally got the blocks completed and sewn together!  Now I need to add borders.

A little hexie love

So the company, Paper Pieces, hands out these little sample kits at the Houston Quilt Festival every year.  I usually share mine-like I got my sister hooked-but I've never done one.  So I pulled one out and stitched up this hexie goodness.  I plan to applique it on red fabric and make a mug rug out of it.

The instruction page from Paper Pieces warns that hexies are addictive.  This is most certainly true!!

Gone to the dogs

 

So I am working on a sample quilt for my book club.  This is the Reflections pattern by Karen Montgomery.  (It's basically a delectable mountains block.)  I had planned to use this funky fabric but as I was digging around for brown fabric in my stash I came across these dogs and was smitten!  I had to use them.  Of course, I couldn't make it easy on myself.

The first block showed me that I, after cutting the fabric as instructed, would have to have the blocks in a vertical orientation.  I really prefer the horizontal version. Can you see how the dogs are facing?  So I cut another test block and got all of the dogs going the right way.  I'm leaving out lots of cutting errors as I sub-cut the pieced blocks (grrrr).  I had to get DH to help me lay out the blocks as it was!  Tonight I'm hoping to get another full block pieced so I can try the alternating blocks.  I'm hoping to have this finished for Book Club on Saturday so I really need to spend some time.  I had two yards of the dog fabric and I was hoping to have some for a border but it's not looking good.  And this is really old fabric!!

A new Saturday Sampler

It's time for a new Saturday Sampler!  This year we are doing Mineral Matrix from Wing and A Prayer.  I had said to my Quilty BFF that I was not doing another Wing and A Prayer BOM but I really liked the colors!