Tuesday, September 25, 2018

I'm On a Roll, But Might Have a Squirrel Problem

I was on a roll yesterday.  I finished 1/2 of one of my 2018 Finish-A-Long projects, which was to hand-applique 2 Flourishes blocks, a BOM I set aside years ago.  I finally finished one of the blocks.  I hope to get the second one finished by next week, when I am due to report my progress.



Meanwhile, I have decided to restart Cheri Payne Saffiote's Sweet Land of Liberty.  I had done one block, years ago, then loaned my instructions to someone.  This is my finished block.  Lori@ Humble Quilts was having a quilt-a-long earlier this year.  I have saved her instructions/measurements for the blocks and am planning to work on this.  This is the block I had finished before:

Okay, this is where the squirrel comes in.  I knew I had a bag of fabric in the closet that I had set aside from taking a class years ago.  I thought these would be perfect for this quilt.  They are primitive type fabrics.  What I discovered was that the class was another of Cheri Saffiote's quilts called Crow's Feet in the book Wednesday's Best .  I found that I had 13 out of 36 blocks done.  

Today, I cut and sewed 10 more.  Now I just have 12 more to do, then add the borders, and the applique pieces.

Meanwhile back to the Sweet Land of Liberty, I made 5 of the economy blocks.


I also prepped for my saltbox house.  I need to hold off on this a bit, until I finish my applique on the Flourishes block.


I also prepped 2 more pumpkin  blocks for the Great Pumpkin Quilt.  These will be machine appliqued,  


I tend to sew on my machine, in the daytime, and at night sitting with DH I do hand work.

I think that is all I have going on right now.  Other than laundry.  My machine finally got its new shock absorbers and I have 3 weeks worth of laundry to do.  

Thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

  1. I Love that...squirrel!! It totally describes my quilting world. Love all your projects in progress!

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  2. Karrin, what wonderful projects each one of those is! You're going to be finishing an extra UFO, too. Love your angel. As soon as I have the basket stitching done, I want to get the economy blocks made. I should probably do them first, since they might be quicker! Great progress on the Flourishes, too! I traced 2 Nursery Rhyme blocks at Edi's, so I may have to make one of those my OMG for October in order to get one done soon!

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  3. So many pretty blocks for so many beautiful projects! So did you get your pattern back for Sweet Land of Liberty or are you winging it like I am?

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  4. I did the same thing that you did. I made that angel block (and the checkerboard block) 5 1/2 years ago and then put it away. I am so glad for the SAL this year because I was motivated to get it back out and finish it. Love your pumpkins!

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