Franken block

So I decided to try my hand at making Block 12 so I can finish sewing the Mineral Matrix top together.  We actually get the kit for Block 12 tomorrow but my QBFF convinced me to get going on my own version!

Getting closer

I started sewing the rows together.  It's going together well except for the triangles on the edges.  I never do those well.

I'm also trying to make Block 12 from just a picture.  It goes right in the middle of the quilt and I want to finish this sucker.  Well, there will be one more finishing kit this weekend for the borders. . .

Finishing kit No. 3

36 identical blocks for Finishing Kit No. 3.  This was some really boring sewing!  After completing these, I started pinning this rectangle blocks to all of the finished 12.5 inch monthly blocks as well as pinning to the blocks from Finishing Kit No. 1.  I got up early today and did some stitching before I left for work.  

We have one 12.5 inch block to receive in December.  Wouldn't you know it goes in the exact middle of the quilt??  My QBFF suggested I do the math and make it without the pattern so I can polish this off!

Blocks for the Saturday sampler

These are the latest blocks for the Saturday Sampler.  I made the one with the friendship star this morning.  I think it is really pretty.

 

Here are a stack of finishing kit blocks.  This was finishing kit no.1.  

I started sewing the blocks for finishing kit no. 2 this morning.  I've got finishing kit no. 3 waiting in the wings.  We have to make over 30 nine patches for that one!  Plus more strip piecing for the settings.  I'm really hoping I can finish this to top status before we begin on the new one in January.

September block

This is the September block for the Saturday Sampler at my LQS.  I really like this fabric combination.

A little piecing

I've gotten in a little piecing lately.  The bowties are samples for Karen Montgomery's Tuxedo Ties pattern.  I cut both styles of these bowties with my 8 inch Qube.  They were fun to make so I cut more of my repro stash to use as leaders and enders.

This is the August block for my LQS' Saturday Sampler.  She gave us the pattern for Block 9 which caused me a little distress, thinking I'd lost a block, when I realized that August is the eighth month.  I really like the colors in this sampler.

June block

The latest block for the Saturday Sampler.  I find that if I don't make the blocks immediately, I get too busy and end up doing it the night before!

Two more blocks

I'm really loving the colors for this BOM.  These are the May and April blocks.  My sewing time has been limited-I'm looking forward to a long weekend for Memorial Day.  I'll actually be off for five days due to the last day of school and graduation.  I'm hoping that I will get plenty of rest and lots of sewing time.

March Block

This is the Saturday Sampler block for March.

A "normal" block

It felt so good to stitch this block.  I felt like I was doing something "normal" after the dogs quilt.  LOL

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!